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...Garcia Abrego. And she has revitalized Justice's antitrust, civil rights and environment divisions. But she has also failed to harness her popularity to win important legislative battles, such as expanding the FBI's wiretap authority. Her darkest day remains the deadly assault on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas; its devastating effect on the morale of the FBI continues to haunt the agency...
BORN: Sept. 15, 1949, Waco EDUCATION: Texas A&M U, B.S., 1972; Purdue U, M.S., 1973 FAMILY: Wife, Janet; three children RELIGION: Methodist MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Engineering consultant POLITICAL CAREER: Sought Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, 1993; U.S. House, 1984- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1444, Ennis...
...station wagon when he arrived in Texas in 1980, Stockman unseated 42-year incumbent Jack Brooks in 1994 with a shrewd one-issue campaign--opposing gun control--that resonated with the district's large gun-owning population. In Congress Stockman has drawn fire for such positions as calling the Waco raid on the Branch Davidian compound a ploy by federal agencies to build support for the assault-weapons...
CHET EDWARDS (D) District 11 (Central--Waco...
BORN: Nov. 24, 1951, Corpus Christi EDUCATION: Texas A&M U, B.A., 1974; Harvard, M.B.A., 1981 FAMILY: Wife, Lea Ann Wood RELIGION: Methodist MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Radio-station executive POLITICAL CAREER: Sought Democratic nomination for U.S. House, 1978; Texas Senate, 1983-90; U.S. House, 1990- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 182, Waco...