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Frank Rudolph Wolf (born January 30, 1939) is the U.S. Representative for Virginia's 10th congressional district, serving since 1981. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Early life, education, and early political career
Wolf was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He overcame a speech impediment, a stutter, early in life. He attended Pennsylvania State University where he was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity and earned a degree in political science. He received a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. He then joined the United States Army as a reservist and became a lawyer for the military.
Wolf got his start in politics when he became a legislative assistant to U.S. Representative Edward Biester, beginning in 1968. From 1971 to 1975, Wolf served as an ...
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) today said the events unfolding in the Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile states in Sudan is eerily similar to what happened in Darfur and that the only way to end the ethnic cleansing, mass murder and rape of innocent civilians in the region is for Sudanese President Omar Bashir to be arrested for crimes against humanity.Warrants for Bashir’s arrest were issued by the International Criminal Court in 2009 and 2010 and it is time for a concerted effort by leaders around the globe to bring Bashir to justice, Wolf said at press conference on Capitol Hill discussing his ...
A Virginia congressman asked a federal panel Friday to reject a design for a memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Washington, saying the World War II general's family objects to it.
In a letter to the National Capital Planning Commission, Rep. Frank Wolf said he is worried the approval process is being rushed and that the design by famous architect Frank Gehry won't have public support.
Last month, The Associated Press reported the Eisenhower family was asking the commission to delay final approval so the memorial could be redesigned. The family said the design overemphasizes ...
Citing an Army lieutenant colonel’s claims that there is no progress being made in Afghanistan, Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., is urging Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to create an independent study group to review U.S. strategy in the sandbox.
In a letter dated Friday, Wolf wrote he is deeply troubled by the conclusions reached by Lt. Col. Daniel Davis and asks Panetta to immediately create an Afghanistan/Pakistan Study Group.
In 2010 and 2011, Davis traveled to Afghanistan on assignment with the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force, an organization tasked with getting urgently needed ...