Reply With Quoteprops to him for going and not sitting it out.
Columbus Senator To Be Deployed To Iraq
Stivers Running In November Election
POSTED: 3:05 pm EDT September 8, 2004
UPDATED: 6:53 pm EDT September 8, 2004
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A state senator has announced he's headed to the Persian Gulf as the leader of his Ohio Army National Guard unit.
Steve Stivers
Columbus Republican Steve Stivers, the commander of the Columbus-based 237th Personnel Services Batallion, leaves next month for a deployment in support of the war in Iraq.
He said security rules prevent him from providing more details or saying where he'll be based.
His unit keeps track of soldiers in the field, the awarding of medals and contact with families at home.
Stivers, 39, was appointed to the Senate in January 2003 and is running for election to the seat this November.
Stivers joined the Army National Guard 19 years ago.
He was eligible for a lawmaker's deferment but said he never considered not going.
"I always knew that mobilization was a possibility, and now the time has come," Stiver said.
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props to him for going and not sitting it out.
That's what I'm talkin' about....right there!!
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