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Kirsten Elizabeth Rutnik Gillibrand (born December 9, 1966) is the junior United States Senator from the state of New York and a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to being appointed to the Senate by New York Governor David Paterson in 2009, she was elected twice to the House of Representatives, representing New York's 20th congressional district. Gillibrand was born and raised in the Albany area. She is a 1988 graduate of Dartmouth College, where she majored in Asian studies. She received her Juris Doctor from UCLA Law School in 1991 and passed the bar the same year. She was an associate in the law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell in Manhattan before becoming a partner at Boies, Schiller & Flexner in Albany. Gillibrand won an upset congressional election in November 2006, ...
ALBANY, N.Y. — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is heading to Afghanistan and Pakistan to meet with troops and officials.
Gillibrand, who serves on the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, is leaving this week with a delegation of senators. Gillibrand aides say they cannot release details of the trip due to security concerns. They did not identify the other senators.
They will stop in Afghanistan for meetings with military commanders, diplomats and troops. The delegation will then head to Pakistan for more meetings with officials
Gillibrand supports the Obama administration's ...
Kirsten Gillibrand, Mark Udall, Joseph Lieberman Urge DADT Repeal
Senators Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut and Mark Udall of Colorado have renewed calls to end “Don't Ask, Don't Tell,” the 1993 law that bans gay and bisexual troops from serving openly, this year.
The three senators are urging Congress to act during the upcoming lame-duck session of Congress.
Lieberman, an independent, sponsored the measure to repeal the law in the Senate Armed Services Committee last spring. After the committee agreed to tuck repeal language inside ...
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is trying to help out two of her former colleagues in the House.
Gillibrand sent an email to supporters this morning, asking them to contribute to the recount efforts of endangered congressmen Dan Maffei and Tim Bishop.
"Dan and Tim have both taken courageous stands to get health care to people who need it and to protect our environment," Gillibrand wrote. "We simply cannot afford to lose these critical allies for working families in the House."
New York has already lost five House seats, and if Maffei and Bishop lose, the seven-seat loss would be the ...