America the Beautiful: An American Political RP (OOC)

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Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: The Orion Islands
Character Name: Everitt Rigby Colbert
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 52
Character Height: 5'11"
Character Weight: 215 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: United States Senator form Utah
Appearance: https://www.minnpost.com/wp-content/upl ... ?strip=all
Character State of Origin: Utah
Character State of Residence: Utah
Character Party Affiliation: Republican
Main Strengths: Military experience, Long term state government experience, Well liked in Utah, Strong willed, Good questioner on committees
Main Weaknesses: PTSD, very emotional, establishment, somewhat on the outs with the GOP for a slight dislike of Wolf's style and overt willingness to work with Democrats, social media outbursts,
Biography: Everett was born in Salt Lake City and raised on a small farm about 10 miles outside the conurbation. Raised in a Mormon household, he was raised with a deep appreciation of the American political tradition and traditional American culture. He had emotional problems during school stemming from his father's death at age 10, but he finished high school third in his class. He attended the University of Utah, where he almost failed out in the first month. On the advice of a friend, he tried out for football. The coach provided him with the mentorship needed to continue. He eventually graduated 10th in his class, with a degree in business administration. He also started at free safety his redshirt junior and senior years. He played in the 1992 Copper Bowl, a 28-31 loss to Washington State. After graduation, he spent a three years in the Mormon missionary service, mainly serving in southern California. He worked for the Smith's grocery chain until 9/11, as an administrative assistant.
After the 9/11 attacks, Everett enlisted in the Marines and saw two tours of duty in Afghanistan with the 3rd Marine Division, 12th Regiment. He served with distinction. In one incident, the vehicle he was traveling in took an IED blast and rolled over. Everett cut everyone out of their seat belts and removed them all from the vehicle. No one was killed, and they all returned to duty at a later date, although he did suffer a concussion in the blast. He was discharged honorably with the rank of Corporal. In 2005, when he returned, he went to work at the Salt Lake VA hospital as an administrative assistant. That meant he mainly dealt with the day to day running of the hospital and some of its finances. In 2006, seeing the path the VA was on as well the path the country was on, he decided to run for Utah State House district 28. He was victorious in his first primary, winning by 205 votes. He was elected by an electorate disgusted with the way the country was heading. He developed a small government, pro-life, pro-business, pro-veteran voting record over his 12 years in the state house. He occasionally voted against his party if he thought it would help his district and did not impinge on his Mormon values. Colbert at times had passionate confrontations with legislators who he found to be corrupt or do-nothing, with an occasional personal attack thrown in. At times, he narrowly won reelection due to having made certain enemies. However, he held onto a base who was fed up with the system as is. The Republican leadership eventually decided that he could be useful as a committee chairman, and so he gained the chairmanship of the Veterans and Military Affairs Commission his final two terms. He used his chairmanship to aggressively investigate issues with the VA in Utah and was popular for grilling officials who were not doing (in Colbert's opinion) their best work. He also served on the Business and Labor Committee. In 2018 he ran for Senate largely on the strength of his voting record. He made sure to visit every county in Utah. He won the primary due to the Republicans in Utah liking his independent streak as well as his willingness to work with Democrats if it would help Utah. He went on the attack against his Democratic opponent in the general election. He asserted she was soft on national security, and he also attacked her as weak on economic matters, as well as being a bit out of touch with Utah. He was supportive of the President, but hesitant due to some of the comments he made about women and minorities, as well as his nicknames. He won that election with 62.6% of the vote. Upon arrival in the Senate, he began to push a strong national security agenda, while pushing to confront China. He was a strong advocate for increasing the strength of the US military. He also has longer term goals of pushing infrastructure and Social Security reform. He earned some derision for his comments after the payroll tax was suspended, Colbert called the suspension "illegal, unwise, and dumb as hell."
Other Info: He holds Romney's seat

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[Imperial Esplanade]

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Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Imperial Esplanade
Character Name: Emily S. Davenport
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 62
Character Height: 5'5
Character Weight: 124 lbs.
Character Position/Role/Job: United States House of Representatives (CA-34)
Character Appearance: Emily Davenport
Character State of Origin: California
Character State of Residence: California
Character Party Affiliation: Democrat
Main Strengths: Emily is a strong orator and an equally gregarious person, thus she has always had found little-to-no issues with her ability to communicate with constituents or with fellow members of Congress. This has, incidentally, led to her enhanced ability to fund-raise and to maintain a decent approval rating with her constituents, upon conducting events such as town halls or other meet-and-greets on a somewhat regularly-recurring basis. Emily has always been a bit to the left of her party in years prior, which was once a weakness of hers, and yet is now one of her strengths.
Main Weaknesses: Emily is an extremely partisan individual, to the point of fault, and has been involved in politics for much of her life such that she has become synonymous with the perception of a true "career politician," as well as having the occasional regrettable choice in her publicly-disclosed voting history as any tenured politician would have.
Biography: Born an raised in the small town San Clemente, situated just south of the city of Los Angeles, to a social conservative pastor father and an equally-so stay-at-home mother, Emily has credited her frequent run-ins with them, and acts of rebellion as a child and a teenager (albeit jokingly), as one of her initial "signs" that she was stubborn enough to ought to run for political office one day in her future -- a dream she never considered until her collegiate years. Emily, along with her five other siblings, grew up in a middle class home, only moving out of San Clemente once she was admitted to Stanford University up north in Santa Clara County, going with her longtime boyfriend from high school, Hal Davenport.

Originally attending Stanford with the intention of becoming a psychologist, Emily switched her major to study political science in her sophomore year of college. Upon graduating as part of the class of '89, Emily moved to Washington D.C. to intern with her Congressional representative's office from back home for a year, citing the experience as "integral to her growth," and saying it had "laid the foundation of her desire to seek running for office one day" as well. Emily stayed in Washington, working for her representative, for an additional two years before volunteering to be a part of the Clifford Presidential campaign during the 1992 Presidential Election. Emily described her time with the Clifford campaign, assisting across the state of California -- but especially focusing in the L.A. metropolitan area, saying it was "equally challenging as it was rewarding," and that she then openly considered moving to Washington, D.C. to work full-time in any capacity for any Democratic politician who would be willing to hire her thereafter.

Yet, as fate would have it, she was unable to find employment and eventually returned home; yet following the Republican Revolution of 1994 that saw her district (among many others) flip from Democrat to Republican, Emily made the determination to run for Congress in the next cycle, two years later, in 1996, at just 29 years old. Her first attempt to run for office was an utter, abysmal failure (to put it lightly) however; and Emily hardly captured 1% of her district's vote -- falling in last place for the election. In 1998, Emily tried again, and failed once more with only getting 3% of the vote following an intensive effort in grassroots campaigning. Feeling deflated, exhausted, and defeated, Emily and her then-now-husband, Hal, moved to Los Angeles once he earned a promotion with an engineering firm based out of the city, and Emily found work with the City of Los Angeles shortly thereafter, serving as an assistant to the mayor for three years -- a job that, as she has stated, "gave her that spark back." Emily left her job with the mayor's office in 2004, focusing heavily on local activism ahead of the 2006 midterms election, and decided to attempt running for Congress once more in spite of the previous two attempts back in her hometown. With the incumbent Democrat retiring, leaving an open seat for the election, Emily fought through a highly tumultuous primary bout and managed to squeak by the thinnest of margins to earn a primary win, and then went on to victory through the general election against a surprisingly strong Republican challenger who closed the gab considerably from years prior. As a Congresswoman, beginning in 2007, Davenport's record has largely followed the Democratic whip -- and continues to do so to this day, continually earning her the ire of anti-establishment activists, and those generally discontent with the Democratic party in her district. Yet, despite a scare in the 2012 primary where she nearly lost to a local progressive hardliner activist, Davenport has held a mostly-firm grip on her district, easily winning re-election time and again, ever since.

Foreign Policy
NATO: Davenport believes that the Wolf administration, and by default the Republican Party as a whole by association via their silence on the matter, has been intentionally neglecting the most important alliance in America's repertoire and that repairing the relationship America has with NATO countries is of utmost priority as it relates to the foreign policy agenda of the United States. She believes the recent treatment on NATO is a dangerous precedent, and that America must truly treat friends as friends and foes as foes, with zero room for ambiguity.
Afghanistan: September 11th, 2001 will be twenty years ago, and the United States has soldiers on the front lines to fight an enemy in "America's Longest War," who have no recollection of the events that transpired on that fateful day, nor are able to recall life prior, some even not being born yet. Emily believes it is past time to withdraw our forces, and to entrust and support the Afghanistan government in maintaining its' stability as it continues to combat terrorist threats from within.
Iraq: Davenport has a somewhat conflictive voting record: initially opposed, yet turned mildly-supportive of the Iraqi Troop Surge in 2007; citing it as tactically critical to the mission, but yet shortly after has been sharply critical and dismissive of American involvement henceforth in the years that followed, something she has continued adhering to as of this day. As ISIS arose, Davenport staunchly opposed sending American ground forces to even help Iraq combat against the terrorist organization, saying she believed an international coalition that involved limited American forces was the only acceptable option, and even then she desired minimal American involvement.
North Korea: Davenport has been cautiously optimistic as to the Wolf administration's attempts at brokering a diplomatic solution with the North Koreans at the time of negotiation, endorsing the idea of meeting, but has since called it "nothing better than a photo op for the two men," and has cited North Korea's continued nuclear ambitions as evidence to the Wolf administration's complete and total incompetence. Prior to the Wolf administration, however, Davenport has been supportive of diplomatic pressures and sanctions applied on the North Korean state and has generally opposed options of force against them.
Russia: Davenport believes that President Wolf has been too friendly and warm to geopolitical foes, such as Russia, and has strongly rebuked his cordiality with President Putin in juxtaposition with President Wolf's public contempt and frustrations expressed against American allies. Davenport has strongly condemned the Russian government as a "cesspool of corruption," and has called on the United States to be more bold and forceful and direct in its' rebuke against "acts that undermine the integrity and stability of the modern world," especially so in Ukraine, and has frequently called the Republican Party "disgusting hypocrites" for not being as vocal in opposition to President Wolf's dealings with the Russian government as they were against President Baharia.
China: Davenport has called China "the next great unknown," as in she wasn't certain in China was a existential threat to American supremacy or our greatest business partner in the modern world, and she has a mixed voting record between votes to strengthening trade relations with the burgeoning superpower and votes to support measures defending American interests from Chinese exploitation. Davenport has since, however, stated that China is "weaponizing its' economy," and that the United States must work with other business partners to strengthen alternatives to China's economy and markets. Standard mild political rhetoric.
Israel/Palestine: Davenport supports Israel's right to exist, as a state, and has since evolved to also call for Palestine's recognition as a co-equal state to that of Israel, favoring a two-state solution between them. Davenport did not support the Wolf administration's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capitol of Israel, calling the move "dangerously divisive" and "problematic in the movement to seek a two-state permanent solution."
Iran: Davenport has always been critical of the Republican Party's hawkish views on Iran, calling them "warmongers seeking to create a new Iraq," and was supportive of President Baharia's Nuclear Deal to quell its' nuclear program. Not surprisingly, Davenport scolded President Wolf and the Republicans, both, for pulling out of the deal entirely and has since publicly questioned their collective competence on handling the issue of Iran.
Saudi Arabia: Davenport is hesitatingly supportive of the relationship the United States has with Saudi Arabia; in public, she openly enthusiastically touts the partnership as "instrumental to the foreign policy agenda and interests of the United States," yet has been far less clamoring in private and has never endorsed any bills in support of the regime beyond an "aye" vote. However, following the alleged assassination of a high-profile Saudi journalist, Davenport has touted the party line in calling for accountability regarding Saudi Arabia.
Libya: Initially, Davenport was supportive of the Baharia Administration, and its' implementation of the "no-fly zone," agreeing with the President (as nearly all Congressional Democrats had) on the grounds of a looming massacre and a political/societal crisis within the country. Yet, in response to the Wolf Administration's actions within the country, Davenport has been more muted, even suggested the United States ought to consider ceasing operations in Libya altogether, to avoid being heavily-embroiled in yet another Iraq War.
Syria: Unlike in Libya or Saudi Arabia, however, Davenport was highly, publicly supportive of the United States policy regarding the fight against ISIS/ISIL, and more muted in response to the Wolf Administration's actions in Syria. Her rhetoric, while toned, has been to suggest a standard, repeated cautionary tale she tells against becoming meddled and over-committed in any foreign war, akin to Afghanistan or Iraq, even though she has also said that "defeating terrorism, wholly and completely" is required.
Latin America: Davenport has expressed a desire to expand trade relations with Latin American countries, and American ties with each country, so as to combat against increasing Chinese influence in the region, and to keep the western hemisphere under U.S. geopolitical hegemony, and doing more to help combat domestic corruption and the prevalence of drug cartels south of the U.S. border, going insofar as to declare that "in the 21st century, we must ensure our own backyard is secure, above all else, and that our neighbors know we stand with them. Their fight is our fight." A notable break from the standard non-interventionist rhetoric she has with other parts of the world, likely as a nod to the latino vote.
Cuba: Davenport has expressed considerable support to the Baharia Administration's decision to open ties with the Cuban government, calling it "a step in the right direction, with many more to go," and has heavily slammed the Wolf Administration for "turning back the clock, and damaging the reputation of the United States, by deciding on a whim to put into place sanctions against our Cuban neighbors, for no other clear reason than to reserve progress under President Baharia."
Venezuela: Davenport joins alongside many of her Democratic colleagues, calling the country a "dictatorship" under President Maduro, saying it is "unacceptable for us to remain silent against the face of such an extreme humanitarian crisis." Yet, has criticized calls or suggestions for war against Venezuela, calling them "warmongers who offer little actual solutions, only a bigger problem." Davenport agreed with the Baharia Administration's labeling of Venezuela as a national security threat, with their sanctioning of the economic interests of the nations, and has called for more against what she says is "a rogue nation."

Domestic Policy
Healthcare: Davenport proudly touted the Affordable Care Act as "the fix our healthcare needs," and as "the first big step," and has continued to stand by her support of the bill; yet, Davenport has also gone on to suggest it requires "the next big step, an embrace of Medicare-For-All." Davenport made some headlines when, early in the GOP majority of late-2017, she called her Republican counterparts in both chambers of Congress "senseless cowards" for their support of "Wolfcare."
Social Security: Davenport has mostly stayed quiet about the issue and challenges facing Social Security; yet has been on record suggesting that social security is in need of an overhaul, and that she supports the increasing, or even the elimination of, the payroll tax cap, while opposing the Republican view of raising the retirement age, saying that "some people cannot wait that long to retire," and that "it is another example of Republican obsessive efforts to kick the problem further down the line onto the next few generations."
Climate Change: Davenport has continued to scorch Republicans for their positions on environmental issues, as a whole, and especially so on climate change. Davenport has cited her background in Christianity once, saying "as a daughter of a pastor, I know the Bible, and I remember God commissioning us to be stewards of the Earth since the Old Testament. The Republican Party proudly touts religion on one hand, as the basis for its' beliefs when it is convenient, but runs the other way and ignores the rest when it isn't. They are hypocrites. To ignore the obvious long-term detrimental harm we are committing on the environment isn't just negligent, it should be seen as blatantly sinful for those who aren't complete religious hypocrites." Davenport has publicly expressed her support to House Democrats calls for a "New Green Deal." Davenport has called for the Wolf Administration to reverse-course, and re-enter into the Paris Climate Agreement, and has once openly suggested that she wished "the Baharia administration would have made climate change a more pressing issue from the start."
Pollution: Davenport has expressed support to the idea of a ban on single-use plastics, as well as calling for urgent action to clean up the world's oceans, saying "it isn't enough to fight against the climate challenges we face tomorrow because of our actions of today, we must save our oceans, and the fate of our existence on this planet, from ourselves today, right now."
Abortion: Davenport is completely, and wholly, supportive of abortion rights, even though she has said that she would "never considered it an option" for herself, she added "but I will be the strongest advocate for our gender, and for our bodily autonomy. This is our choice, not the choice of men in Washington."
Taxes: Davenport supported the Baharia tax bill of 2010, as part of her support of the stimulus bill, though has since expressed some semblance of regret on the matter while opposing the Wolf-led Republican tax cuts of 2017, saying "if tax relief doesn't help the people who need it most, and if economic growth doesn't happen for the stagnant middle and lower classes of America, what even is the point of what we're doing here?" Davenport has accused "trickle-down economics" as being a fraud, and a guise to "help the rich get richer." Supports a Wall Street "speculation" tax, a top-tier "marginal" tax hike, and the increase of tax rates on the wealthiest of Americans.
Federal Budget: Davenport supported the Baharia Administration's spending and tax policies, ignoring criticisms of the effects it would have on the budget, and largely has done the same regarding the Wolf administration, yet has said "long-term, of course our debt has to be paid-off;" and has since regarding Republicans are "disgusting hypocrites" for actively criticizing President Baharia's administration, on the grounds of the national debt, while "not lifting a finger against Wolf, despite doing far worse."
Trade: Davenport has expressed support for NAFTA, as well as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, originally; yet, has taken a balanced-approach to the issue of trade, citing "environment and labor" as chief concerns she has moving forward in future trade negotiations, or re-negotiations, while saying she is open to revisiting the United States and its' involvement in any current trade deals, despite saying she isn't inherently opposed to NAFTA, or any other equivalent deal.
Gun Control: Davenport has called for greater action, and activism, on the question of gun control, going insofar as to support mandatory buyback programs, as well as an assault weapons ban. "There is no need for a weapon of war, meant to be in the hands of our military, to be in the hands of ordinary people on the streets of America. This is the United States there is no need for this, and we have to act for the safety of our children."
Education: Davenport supports the state's shouldering more fiduciary responsibility, on behalf of the students attending public universities and colleges, going insofar as to seek making them tuition-free for four-year students, while also doing the same for those seeking two-year associate degree educations at community colleges. Davenport supports Common Core standards.
LGBTQ+ Rights: Davenport initially began her legislative career adopting a position as against same-sex marriage; yet, she supported the notion of a "civil union," only to reverse her stance in 2010 to openly supporting same-sex marriage and endorsing bills to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act in 2011. Fast-forward to today, Davenport calls for greater protections for LGBTQ+ Americans, suggesting a "new civil rights act may be necessary" to protect them against discrimination, and has called for Congress to act on banning conversion therapy for minors across the United States.
Labor: Davenport has gravitated from a position of third-way economics, starting in 2006, and into a quasi-social democrat as of today. Davenport is supportive of mandating paid family and sick leave, and has taken positions of strong support in regards to labor and trade unions.
Minimum Wage: Davenport, in 2013, supported efforts to raise the minimum wage to $10.10, and again supported efforts to raise the minimum wage in 2015 to $12.00, and now supports a $15.00 minimum wage as-of 2016 with an additional claim that it must be "indexed to a living wage."
Criminal Justice Reform: Davenport is supportive of banning private prisons, declaring them to be a "modern institution of slavery," and calling them "cesspools of systemic racism." Davenport also supports mandating police officers wearing body cameras at all times, and the total abolishing of the death penalty.
Banking Industry: Davenport was supportive of Dodd-Frank, and now as-of her 2018 election, has taken to the position that "no institution should become too big to fail," and that "banks ought to be forced to be broken up" should they reach such levels of financial unsustainability. Also, as-of 2018, Davenport vows she will act to ensure that interest rates on loans are to be capped at a reasonable rate so as to protect consumers from financial exploitation or from other predatory practices against them.
Energy: Davenport, joining among the key contributors and endorsers of the "Green New Deal" movement, has clamored for incentives for the production of energy from solar, wind, and geothermal sources; although, Davenport has also drawn a contrast from many of the others in that she has also vocally supported nuclear energy, and touting it as a viable "bridge" between fossil fuels and the "energy of tomorrow." Davenport also supports the idea of a carbon tax, to help pay for the investments into a cleaner source of energy.
Homeland Security: Davenport, upon beginning her political career, sided with the President in support of the PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011 and the USA Freedom Act of 2015, having initially refrained from commentary on the NSA spying scandal or sharing her opinion regarding the actions of Edward Snowden, saying on the matter "Mr. Snowden broke the law, but he brought to light a lot of concerns that many of us knew nothing about previously." Since then, Davenport has remained quiet on her opinion of him, and has kept to pivoting onto the point on seeking reforms within the homeland security apparatus while balancing between the national security interests of the United States and the civil rights and privacy of citizens and others alike.
Agriculture: Davenport has stated that "even though I represent a big city, and come from a big city, I have just as much concern for rural America as any other." Davenport supports aggressive trust-busting and comprehensive rural-development and revitalization proposals, stating "rural America oftentimes experiences the brunt of hardship, economically and ecologically; and lower-income rural Americans deserve to see their dreams become as attainable as those anywhere else in America."
Internet: Davenport endorses Net Neutrality, and suggests it ought to be codified into, and mandated by, federal law.
National Park System: Davenport Supports extensive expansion of land claimed under the National Park Service across the United States, and the restricting of "ecologically-threatening activities" and the "expansion of the human footprint" within land claimed by the National Park Service.

Other Info: Emily's middle name is Stephanie, and her maiden name is Shaw. Emily was also a member of the Pi Beta Phi Sorority during her years at Stanford.

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[Newne Carriebean7]

Counterpoint. Make her crazy.

Make her Sharp's granddaughter.

Actually, I named Maxine's son after Sharp's middle name, just to throw in some reference.

[Velahor]

New version of my Montana Senator app:
-Added networking with Baharia and not-Jim Messina
-Added 2008 campaign manager and 2014 chief legal counsel position with not-Steve Bullock
-Added Veteran’s issue positions
-Added 2018 campaign gun and police comments to give a slight rightward stance

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Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Velahor
Character Name: William Scott Rogers III
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 44
Character Height: 5’11
Character Weight: 180
Character Position/Role/Job: United States Senator from Montana (2020-present)

Appearance:

Character State of Origin: Montana
Character State of Residence: Montana
Character Party Affiliation: Democratic

Main Strengths:
-Youthful, attractive and ambitious.
-A very strong ideological fit in Montana.
-Exudes professionalism (outwardly).
-While generally a moderate Democrat, his rhetoric has notes of populism that are attractive to the same type of voters who voted in 2016 for both Wolf and not-Governor Bullock.
-Very pragmatic and reasonable.
-Good at campaigning, has a lot of campaign trail stamina.
-Name recognition within Montana between family name and his own political and legal work
-Has overcome several electoral failures to finally be elected to the Senate

Main Weaknesses:
-He is a better campaigner than legislator. He honestly does not know what to do now that he’s elected.
-Long-standing feud with family is not public knowledge, but is a major personal distraction.
-Suffers from ADHD, but it is not publicly disclosed. Symptoms of inattentiveness, distractibility, and rejection sensitive dysphoria hamper his administrative effectiveness, but they are somewhat mitigated by medication and well-practiced coping skills. He is concerned that someone may eventually leak his diagnosis publicly.
-Not a great team player, and a bit of a loner. Rogers prefers to take on most projects alone.
-He is pretty new to the Senate and an overly trusting person, and thus is easily manipulated by party elites. Though this may change as he gains wisdom and experience.
-Not very appealing to hard-left progressives.
-Very lacking in foreign policy knowledge.
-Grandfather & uncle were notable as Republicans, but he is a Democrat.

Career History:
-United States Senator from Montana (2018-present)
-Campaign Manager for not-Rob Quist For House (2017)
-Chairman of the Montana Democratic Party (2016-2018)
-Chief Legal Counsel to Montana Governor not-Steve Bullock (2014-2016)
-Candidate for Montana State Senate District 31 (2014)
-Montana State Representative, House District 61 (2012-2014)
-Associate Attorney at Marshall & Marshall LLP, Bozeman, MT (2007-2014)
-Campaign Manager at not-Steve Bullock for Attorney General (2008)
-Associate Attorney at Brixton, Myers, & Moss LLP, Los Angeles, CA (2001-2007)
-Law Degree at UCLA (1998-2001)
-Sales Representative at Wonderful Pistachio Company, Los Angeles, CA (1997-1998)
-Bachelor’s Degree in Agribusiness at Montana State University (1993-1997)

Biography:
William Scott Rogers III was born on July 29, 1976 in Bozeman, Montana and raised on the Lazy R Ranch near Twin Bridges, Montana. It is one of America’s largest working cattle ranches, the ranch has been in the family for five generations. His late grandfather, William Rogers Sr. was a one-term Congressman in the 1970’s and a longtime Republican state senator in what is now State Senate District 9. His uncle was also briefly a Republican state house member. His father was not politically-inclined but was well-known for his business acumen in managing his ranch. Rogers grew up with 3 younger siblings. He was raised in a Republican household but was by all means the black sheep of the family.

Rogers experienced scholastic issues early due to ADHD symptoms but with the assistance of a Gifted & Talented school program was able to play into his strengths and become a successful student. At the end of his senior year of high school, he was selected as State President of the youth organization Future Farmers of America, which provided him with many opportunities to travel around Montana and meet all sorts of people from the state. From a young age, Rogers wanted a career in politics, though he also felt obligated to work for his father and carry on the "legacy" of their family ranch.

Rogers returned to the family ranch and began working under his father. Within a year, a feud brewed between Rogers and his parents over his relationship with his fiancee, his role on the ranch, political differences, and financial concerns. After one particularly heated argument, Rogers packed his bags and left with his college girlfriend for her home state of California. He has mostly cut ties with his parents, however, he still has a strong relationship with his younger brother who lives on the ranch.

After briefly working for the Wonderful Pistachio company as a sales representative, Rogers enrolled in UCLA Law School in 1998. While law school was very challenging for Rogers, he managed to finish it, pass the bar, and began working as corporate employment attorney in Los Angeles at . During this time, he married Kate Summers, his long-time girlfriend who he met at Montana State. While in Los Angeles, Rogers occasionally donated to local Democratic candidates in both California and Montana. He proved to be a valuable asset to his firm as an attorney. He was particularly good at bringing in new clients and at making an impression on a judge with sharp legal knowledge.

In 2007, Rogers returned to Montana, buying a home in Bozeman. He was quickly was admitted to the Montana bar by “admission by motion” and was hired by one of Montana’s leading law firms. He also registered with the Montana Democratic Party and began regularly volunteering to help with state party activities.

On April 5, 2008, the Montana Democratic Party held its Mansfield-Metcalf Dinner in Missoula, MT, where presidential candidates Baharia and Clifford each spoke. Rogers was there and spearheaded organizing the event, and was very inspired by Baharia’s speech. He introduced himself to Baharia and in turn, Baharia introduced him to University of Montana graduate and acclaimed political adviser not-Jim Messina, who was at the time the National Chief of Staff of the Baharia campaign. Baharia and Rogers built a strong rapport, having bonded over having some discussion of a recent SCOTUS as fellow constitutional law enthusiasts. They still talk once in a while, in fact, Baharia had briefly considered Rogers for a federal district court nomination until Rogers declined the offer.

But as far as his career went, the connection made with not-Messina was arguably more valuable than the one with Baharia. Not-Messina moved on to work in the Baharia White House and to manage the 2012 Baharia campaign, and later managing campaigns in the UK, Spain, and Italy. But he always kept Rogers in mind as a young politician to watch out for, as he reminded him in some ways of former Senator not-Max Baucus, who not-Messina had gotten his start working for. He urged Rogers to run for office, but to wait until he had been back in the state for a few more years. Not-Messina also was impressed with the event Rogers hosted enough that he got him in contact with little-known Montana Attorney General candidate not-Steve Bullock.

Not-Bullock and Rogers formed a very strong campaign team. Both Montana-born men who went to the coasts for their education and early law careers, the two had common interests and often common goals in how to market the AG campaign. Due to his contact with not-Messina, Rogers implemented strategies that the national Baharia campaign was using on the smaller scale of this state race. This compatibility between campaign manager and candidate, and the use of those strategies proved helpful, and not-Bullock managed a plurality win.

In 2012, Rogers was elected as a Democrat to State House District 61. The campaign had a significantly larger budget than its competitors due to donations from not-Messina’s allies, and the win can mostly be credited for that. He was mostly a do-nothing State Representative during these two short years, mostly due to the composition of the State House. But he did gain some notoriety for stopping a bill that would have reduced grazing permits on state lands, which was not necessarily a Democratic position.

In 2014, Rogers decided to make the jump to State Senate and ran Democratic primary for State Senate District 31. This time he was very competitive, but with his old ally in not-Messina out of the country working on a campaign in the UK, it was harder to dig up donors. Nevertheless, he caught the attention of the media. The Bozeman Chronicle ran a front-page article titled “GONE ROGUE” about how he had left his family’s ranch, become a successful attorney, and now was a growing star on the Democratic side. Rogers felt pretty hurt that his dirty laundry was aired out as it was, but he pressed on, and the publicity surely helped. He won the nomination from the Democratic Party, and received campaign endorsements from major Montana Democrats, but fell short in the general election by 2%.

After his 2014 loss, Rogers was chosen by not-Bullock, now the Governor of Montana, as his chief legal counsel.

In 2015, the Rogers’ had twins, son Walter Rogers IV and daughter Ella Anne Rogers.

In 2016, Rogers was elected as Chairman of the Montana Democratic Party after an extensive push for the nomination at the convention by an informal group that that was dubbed the “cowboy caucus,” a group of rural Democrats in the agriculture industry who were trying to keep hard-line environmentalist elements out of the state party. He resigned from his law firm position.

In 2017, Rogers’ wife Kate was elected to the Bozeman, Montana school board. That year, Rogers was floated as a candidate for the 2017 Montana Special Election for the At-Large House district, but he opted to remain in the state party chairmanship and instead assisted in managing the campaign of not-Rob Quist. While the not-Quist campaign was not successful, the creative strategies used for the campaign were noticed by national-level Democratic strategists, who began contacting Rogers about personally running for office. But he was hesitant after how hard his 2014 loss was on him.

In 2018, not-Jon Tester was presumed to be the nominee for the Democrats, when a health condition rendered not-Tester unable to run. Rogers was unsure about campaigning for Senate with only two years of State House experience and a party chairmanship under his belt. But he took the leap, and luckily, the connections he formed through not-Tester and while working on the not-Quist campaign helped him earn large donors, which began to build up the campaign’s war chest quite nicely. Rogers won a closely-contested Democratic primary.

He then faced not-Matt Rosendale in the general election. Rogers began criticizing not-Rosendale for not being from Montana and being out of touch with the state’s values. While Rogers ended up pulling out the win, he did not fare near as well as not-Tester would have, only beating not-Rosendale by 1.8%.

Part of what gave Rogers the boost over not-Rosendale was his building of strong connections with the state’s veteran’s organizations. A major policy plank of his campaign was a proposed overhaul of the GI Bill that would increase veteran’s benefits. He regularly spoke at local VFW chapters during his campaign.

He was also able to turn out more of the state’s independent voters than not-Rosendale by leaning right in his rhetoric on the Second Amendment, and distancing himself from the BLM movement by expressing support for police. Quote: “While we definitely need to end brutality and excessive force, I’m not a fan of the comments like ‘ACAB’ or ‘eff the police’. I’m not going to blame all cops for the actions of a few.”

Since his election to the Senate in 2018, he has mostly voted the same as not-Tester would. He has not yet proposed any legislation, and has only really co-sponsored a few mostly symbolic bills.

Other Info:

Views (not public unless otherwise stated):

Healthcare: Supports ACA. Supports additional healthcare reforms. Does not support single-payer. Advocate for improved mental health services.

Climate Change: Supports climate regulations in general but will oppose any regulations that he thinks will hurt agriculture. Long-term goal of replacing income taxes with carbon taxes on factory emissions (not disclosed publicly).

Abortion: Pro-Choice, but not looking to push to expand abortion beyond Roe v. Wade.

Foreign Policy: Lacking in foreign policy expertise, he will likely rely on voting along with the party line.

Immigration: Very moderate on immigration, supports existing controls but does not support border wall, willing to increase yearly immigrant numbers.

Trade: Moderate-to-free on trade, except with China, where he takes a more protectionist stance.

Gun Control: One of the most pro-gun Democrats in the Senate, but he does support background checks and limited red flag laws. Openly against an assault weapons ban.

Veteran’s issues- supports greater funding of the VA, expanded GI bill, and reinstating the Reserve Educational Assistance Program

[b]Civil Liberties: Supports cannabis legalization. Supports LGBTQ rights. Supports police reform (but doesn’t call it “defunding”.)

Taxation & Spending: In the short-term, he generally supports Democratic spending and taxation plans, though he would prefer to see a shift in spending priorities to “growth-oriented spending.” In the long term (though this isn’t mentioned publicly), he would like to see the sources of revenue shifted from income tax to other types of taxes. He is in favor of big spending for infrastructure repair. He supports agricultural subsidies. Basically, he is a typical Democrat in practice, but more focused on economic growth in theory.

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: Velahor

Do Not Remove: 84721

[Kargintinia]

New version of my Montana Senator app:
-Added networking with Baharia and not-Jim Messina
-Added 2008 campaign manager and 2014 chief legal counsel position with not-Steve Bullock
-Added Veteran’s issue positions
-Added 2018 campaign gun and police comments to give a slight rightward stance

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Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Velahor
Character Name: William Scott Rogers III
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 44
Character Height: 5’11
Character Weight: 180
Character Position/Role/Job: United States Senator from Montana (2020-present)

Appearance:

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Character State of Origin: Montana
Character State of Residence: Montana
Character Party Affiliation: Democratic

Main Strengths:
-Youthful, attractive and ambitious.
-A very strong ideological fit in Montana.
-Exudes professionalism (outwardly).
-While generally a moderate Democrat, his rhetoric has notes of populism that are attractive to the same type of voters who voted in 2016 for both Wolf and not-Governor Bullock.
-Very pragmatic and reasonable.
-Good at campaigning, has a lot of campaign trail stamina.
-Name recognition within Montana between family name and his own political and legal work
-Has overcome several electoral failures to finally be elected to the Senate

Main Weaknesses:
-He is a better campaigner than legislator. He honestly does not know what to do now that he’s elected.
-Long-standing feud with family is not public knowledge, but is a major personal distraction.
-Suffers from ADHD, but it is not publicly disclosed. Symptoms of inattentiveness, distractibility, and rejection sensitive dysphoria hamper his administrative effectiveness, but they are somewhat mitigated by medication and well-practiced coping skills. He is concerned that someone may eventually leak his diagnosis publicly.
-Not a great team player, and a bit of a loner. Rogers prefers to take on most projects alone.
-He is pretty new to the Senate and an overly trusting person, and thus is easily manipulated by party elites. Though this may change as he gains wisdom and experience.
-Not very appealing to hard-left progressives.
-Very lacking in foreign policy knowledge.
-Grandfather & uncle were notable as Republicans, but he is a Democrat.

Career History:
-United States Senator from Montana (2018-present)
-Campaign Manager for not-Rob Quist For House (2017)
-Chairman of the Montana Democratic Party (2016-2018)
-Chief Legal Counsel to Montana Governor not-Steve Bullock (2014-2016)
-Candidate for Montana State Senate District 31 (2014)
-Montana State Representative, House District 61 (2012-2014)
-Associate Attorney at Marshall & Marshall LLP, Bozeman, MT (2007-2014)
-Campaign Manager at not-Steve Bullock for Attorney General (2008)
-Associate Attorney at Brixton, Myers, & Moss LLP, Los Angeles, CA (2001-2007)
-Law Degree at UCLA (1998-2001)
-Sales Representative at Wonderful Pistachio Company, Los Angeles, CA (1997-1998)
-Bachelor’s Degree in Agribusiness at Montana State University (1993-1997)

Biography:
William Scott Rogers III was born on July 29, 1976 in Bozeman, Montana and raised on the Lazy R Ranch near Twin Bridges, Montana. It is one of America’s largest working cattle ranches, the ranch has been in the family for five generations. His late grandfather, William Rogers Sr. was a one-term Congressman in the 1970’s and a longtime Republican state senator in what is now State Senate District 9. His uncle was also briefly a Republican state house member. His father was not politically-inclined but was well-known for his business acumen in managing his ranch. Rogers grew up with 3 younger siblings. He was raised in a Republican household but was by all means the black sheep of the family.

Rogers experienced scholastic issues early due to ADHD symptoms but with the assistance of a Gifted & Talented school program was able to play into his strengths and become a successful student. At the end of his senior year of high school, he was selected as State President of the youth organization Future Farmers of America, which provided him with many opportunities to travel around Montana and meet all sorts of people from the state. From a young age, Rogers wanted a career in politics, though he also felt obligated to work for his father and carry on the "legacy" of their family ranch.

Rogers returned to the family ranch and began working under his father. Within a year, a feud brewed between Rogers and his parents over his relationship with his fiancee, his role on the ranch, political differences, and financial concerns. After one particularly heated argument, Rogers packed his bags and left with his college girlfriend for her home state of California. He has mostly cut ties with his parents, however, he still has a strong relationship with his younger brother who lives on the ranch.

After briefly working for the Wonderful Pistachio company as a sales representative, Rogers enrolled in UCLA Law School in 1998. While law school was very challenging for Rogers, he managed to finish it, pass the bar, and began working as corporate employment attorney in Los Angeles at . During this time, he married Kate Summers, his long-time girlfriend who he met at Montana State. While in Los Angeles, Rogers occasionally donated to local Democratic candidates in both California and Montana. He proved to be a valuable asset to his firm as an attorney. He was particularly good at bringing in new clients and at making an impression on a judge with sharp legal knowledge.

In 2007, Rogers returned to Montana, buying a home in Bozeman. He was quickly was admitted to the Montana bar by “admission by motion” and was hired by one of Montana’s leading law firms. He also registered with the Montana Democratic Party and began regularly volunteering to help with state party activities.

On April 5, 2008, the Montana Democratic Party held its Mansfield-Metcalf Dinner in Missoula, MT, where presidential candidates Baharia and Clifford each spoke. Rogers was there and spearheaded organizing the event, and was very inspired by Baharia’s speech. He introduced himself to Baharia and in turn, Baharia introduced him to University of Montana graduate and acclaimed political adviser not-Jim Messina, who was at the time the National Chief of Staff of the Baharia campaign. Baharia and Rogers built a strong rapport, having bonded over having some discussion of a recent SCOTUS as fellow constitutional law enthusiasts. They still talk once in a while, in fact, Baharia had briefly considered Rogers for a federal district court nomination until Rogers declined the offer.

But as far as his career went, the connection made with not-Messina was arguably more valuable than the one with Baharia. Not-Messina moved on to work in the Baharia White House and to manage the 2012 Baharia campaign, and later managing campaigns in the UK, Spain, and Italy. But he always kept Rogers in mind as a young politician to watch out for, as he reminded him in some ways of former Senator not-Max Baucus, who not-Messina had gotten his start working for. He urged Rogers to run for office, but to wait until he had been back in the state for a few more years. Not-Messina also was impressed with the event Rogers hosted enough that he got him in contact with little-known Montana Attorney General candidate not-Steve Bullock.

Not-Bullock and Rogers formed a very strong campaign team. Both Montana-born men who went to the coasts for their education and early law careers, the two had common interests and often common goals in how to market the AG campaign. Due to his contact with not-Messina, Rogers implemented strategies that the national Baharia campaign was using on the smaller scale of this state race. This compatibility between campaign manager and candidate, and the use of those strategies proved helpful, and not-Bullock managed a plurality win.

In 2012, Rogers was elected as a Democrat to State House District 61. The campaign had a significantly larger budget than its competitors due to donations from not-Messina’s allies, and the win can mostly be credited for that. He was mostly a do-nothing State Representative during these two short years, mostly due to the composition of the State House. But he did gain some notoriety for stopping a bill that would have reduced grazing permits on state lands, which was not necessarily a Democratic position.

In 2014, Rogers decided to make the jump to State Senate and ran Democratic primary for State Senate District 31. This time he was very competitive, but with his old ally in not-Messina out of the country working on a campaign in the UK, it was harder to dig up donors. Nevertheless, he caught the attention of the media. The Bozeman Chronicle ran a front-page article titled “GONE ROGUE” about how he had left his family’s ranch, become a successful attorney, and now was a growing star on the Democratic side. Rogers felt pretty hurt that his dirty laundry was aired out as it was, but he pressed on, and the publicity surely helped. He won the nomination from the Democratic Party, and received campaign endorsements from major Montana Democrats, but fell short in the general election by 2%.

After his 2014 loss, Rogers was chosen by not-Bullock, now the Governor of Montana, as his chief legal counsel.

In 2015, the Rogers’ had twins, son Walter Rogers IV and daughter Ella Anne Rogers.

In 2016, Rogers was elected as Chairman of the Montana Democratic Party after an extensive push for the nomination at the convention by an informal group that that was dubbed the “cowboy caucus,” a group of rural Democrats in the agriculture industry who were trying to keep hard-line environmentalist elements out of the state party. He resigned from his law firm position.

In 2017, Rogers’ wife Kate was elected to the Bozeman, Montana school board. That year, Rogers was floated as a candidate for the 2017 Montana Special Election for the At-Large House district, but he opted to remain in the state party chairmanship and instead assisted in managing the campaign of not-Rob Quist. While the not-Quist campaign was not successful, the creative strategies used for the campaign were noticed by national-level Democratic strategists, who began contacting Rogers about personally running for office. But he was hesitant after how hard his 2014 loss was on him.

In 2018, not-Jon Tester was presumed to be the nominee for the Democrats, when a health condition rendered not-Tester unable to run. Rogers was unsure about campaigning for Senate with only two years of State House experience and a party chairmanship under his belt. But he took the leap, and luckily, the connections he formed through not-Tester and while working on the not-Quist campaign helped him earn large donors, which began to build up the campaign’s war chest quite nicely. Rogers won a closely-contested Democratic primary.

He then faced not-Matt Rosendale in the general election. Rogers began criticizing not-Rosendale for not being from Montana and being out of touch with the state’s values. While Rogers ended up pulling out the win, he did not fare near as well as not-Tester would have, only beating not-Rosendale by 1.8%.

Part of what gave Rogers the boost over not-Rosendale was his building of strong connections with the state’s veteran’s organizations. A major policy plank of his campaign was a proposed overhaul of the GI Bill that would increase veteran’s benefits. He regularly spoke at local VFW chapters during his campaign.

He was also able to turn out more of the state’s independent voters than not-Rosendale by leaning right in his rhetoric on the Second Amendment, and distancing himself from the BLM movement by expressing support for police. Quote: “While we definitely need to end brutality and excessive force, I’m not a fan of the comments like ‘ACAB’ or ‘eff the police’. I’m not going to blame all cops for the actions of a few.”

Since his election to the Senate in 2018, he has mostly voted the same as not-Tester would. He has not yet proposed any legislation, and has only really co-sponsored a few mostly symbolic bills.

Other Info:

Views (not public unless otherwise stated):

Healthcare: Supports ACA. Supports additional healthcare reforms. Does not support single-payer. Advocate for improved mental health services.

Climate Change: Supports climate regulations in general but will oppose any regulations that he thinks will hurt agriculture. Long-term goal of replacing income taxes with carbon taxes on factory emissions (not disclosed publicly).

Abortion: Pro-Choice, but not looking to push to expand abortion beyond Roe v. Wade.

Foreign Policy: Lacking in foreign policy expertise, he will likely rely on voting along with the party line.

Immigration: Very moderate on immigration, supports existing controls but does not support border wall, willing to increase yearly immigrant numbers.

Trade: Moderate-to-free on trade, except with China, where he takes a more protectionist stance.

Gun Control: One of the most pro-gun Democrats in the Senate, but he does support background checks and limited red flag laws. Openly against an assault weapons ban.

Veteran’s issues- supports greater funding of the VA, expanded GI bill, and reinstating the Reserve Educational Assistance Program

[b]Civil Liberties: Supports cannabis legalization. Supports LGBTQ rights. Supports police reform (but doesn’t call it “defunding”.)

Taxation & Spending: In the short-term, he generally supports Democratic spending and taxation plans, though he would prefer to see a shift in spending priorities to “growth-oriented spending.” In the long term (though this isn’t mentioned publicly), he would like to see the sources of revenue shifted from income tax to other types of taxes. He is in favor of big spending for infrastructure repair. He supports agricultural subsidies. Basically, he is a typical Democrat in practice, but more focused on economic growth in theory.

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: Velahor

Do Not Remove: 84721

There would be no 2017 At-Large House special election since Tenson never left office

[Velahor]

Thanks Karg, I took out the 2017 special election references. OPs, this is the correct version of the app to review

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Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Velahor
Character Name: William Scott Rogers III
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 44
Character Height: 5’11
Character Weight: 180
Character Position/Role/Job: United States Senator from Montana (2020-present)

Appearance:

Character State of Origin: Montana
Character State of Residence: Montana
Character Party Affiliation: Democratic

Main Strengths:
-Youthful, attractive and ambitious.
-A very strong ideological fit in Montana.
-Exudes professionalism (outwardly).
-While generally a moderate Democrat, his rhetoric has notes of populism that are attractive to the same type of voters who voted in 2016 for both Wolf and not-Governor Bullock.
-Very pragmatic and reasonable.
-Good at campaigning, has a lot of campaign trail stamina.
-Name recognition within Montana between family name and his own political and legal work
-Has overcome several electoral failures to finally be elected to the Senate

Main Weaknesses:
-He is a better campaigner than legislator. He honestly does not know what to do now that he’s elected.
-Long-standing feud with family is not public knowledge, but is a major personal distraction.
-Suffers from ADHD, but it is not publicly disclosed. Symptoms of inattentiveness, distractibility, and rejection sensitive dysphoria hamper his administrative effectiveness, but they are somewhat mitigated by medication and well-practiced coping skills. He is concerned that someone may eventually leak his diagnosis publicly.
-Not a great team player, and a bit of a loner. Rogers prefers to take on most projects alone.
-He is pretty new to the Senate and an overly trusting person, and thus is easily manipulated by party elites. Though this may change as he gains wisdom and experience.
-Not very appealing to hard-left progressives.
-Very lacking in foreign policy knowledge.
-Grandfather & uncle were notable as Republicans, but he is a Democrat.

Career History:
-United States Senator from Montana (2018-present)
-Chairman of the Montana Democratic Party (2016-2018)
-Chief Legal Counsel to Montana Governor not-Steve Bullock (2014-2016)
-Candidate for Montana State Senate District 31 (2014)
-Montana State Representative, House District 61 (2012-2014)
-Associate Attorney at Marshall & Marshall LLP, Bozeman, MT (2007-2014)
-Campaign Manager at not-Steve Bullock for Attorney General (2008)
-Associate Attorney at Brixton, Myers, & Moss LLP, Los Angeles, CA (2001-2007)
-Law Degree at UCLA (1998-2001)
-Sales Representative at Wonderful Pistachio Company, Los Angeles, CA (1997-1998)
-Bachelor’s Degree in Agribusiness at Montana State University (1993-1997)

Biography:
William Scott Rogers III was born on July 29, 1976 in Bozeman, Montana and raised on the Lazy R Ranch near , Montana. It is one of America’s largest working cattle ranches, the ranch has been in the family for five generations. His late grandfather, William Rogers Sr. was a one-term Congressman in the 1970’s and a longtime Republican state senator in what is now State Senate District 9. His uncle was also briefly a Republican state house member. His father was not politically-inclined but was well-known for his business acumen in managing his ranch. Rogers grew up with 3 younger siblings. He was raised in a Republican household but was by all means the black sheep of the family.

Rogers experienced scholastic issues early due to ADHD symptoms but with the assistance of a Gifted & Talented school program was able to play into his strengths and become a successful student. At the end of his senior year of high school, he was selected as State President of the youth organization Future Farmers of America, which provided him with many opportunities to travel around Montana and meet all sorts of people from the state. From a young age, Rogers wanted a career in politics, though he also felt obligated to work for his father and carry on the "legacy" of their family ranch.

Rogers returned to the family ranch and began working under his father. Within a year, a feud brewed between Rogers and his parents over his relationship with his fiancee, his role on the ranch, political differences, and financial concerns. After one particularly heated argument, Rogers packed his bags and left with his college girlfriend for her home state of California. He has mostly cut ties with his parents, however, he still has a strong relationship with his younger brother who lives on the ranch.

After briefly working for the Wonderful Pistachio company as a sales representative, Rogers enrolled in UCLA Law School in 1998. While law school was very challenging for Rogers, he managed to finish it, pass the bar, and began working as corporate employment attorney in Los Angeles at . During this time, he married Kate Summers, his long-time girlfriend who he met at Montana State. While in Los Angeles, Rogers occasionally donated to local Democratic candidates in both California and Montana. He proved to be a valuable asset to his firm as an attorney. He was particularly good at bringing in new clients and at making an impression on a judge with sharp legal knowledge.

In 2007, Rogers returned to Montana, buying a home in Bozeman. He was quickly was admitted to the Montana bar by “admission by motion” and was hired by one of Montana’s leading law firms. He also registered with the Montana Democratic Party and began regularly volunteering to help with state party activities.

On April 5, 2008, the Montana Democratic Party held its Mansfield-Metcalf Dinner in Missoula, MT, where presidential candidates Baharia and Clifford each spoke. Rogers was there and spearheaded organizing the event, and was very inspired by Baharia’s speech. He introduced himself to Baharia and in turn, Baharia introduced him to University of Montana graduate and acclaimed political adviser not-Jim Messina, who was at the time the National Chief of Staff of the Baharia campaign. Baharia and Rogers built a strong rapport, having bonded over having some discussion of a recent SCOTUS decision as fellow constitutional law enthusiasts. They still talk once in a while, in fact, Baharia had briefly considered Rogers for a federal district court nomination until Rogers declined the offer.

But as far as his career went, the connection made with not-Messina was arguably more valuable than the one with Baharia. Not-Messina moved on to work in the Baharia White House and to manage the 2012 Baharia campaign, and later managing campaigns in the UK, Spain, and Italy. But he always kept Rogers in mind as a young politician to watch out for, as he reminded him in some ways of former Senator not-Max Baucus, who not-Messina had gotten his start working for. He urged Rogers to run for office, but to wait until he had been back in the state for a few more years. Not-Messina also was impressed with the event Rogers hosted enough that he got him in contact with little-known Montana Attorney General candidate not-Steve Bullock.

Not-Bullock and Rogers formed a very strong campaign team. Both Montana-born men who went to the coasts for their education and early law careers, the two had common interests and often common goals in how to market the AG campaign. Due to his contact with not-Messina, Rogers implemented strategies that the national Baharia campaign was using on the smaller scale of this state race. This compatibility between campaign manager and candidate, and the use of those strategies proved helpful, and not-Bullock managed a plurality win.

In 2012, Rogers was elected as a Democrat to State House District 61. The campaign had a significantly larger budget than its competitors due to donations from not-Messina’s allies, and the win can mostly be credited for that. He was mostly a do-nothing State Representative during these two short years, mostly due to the composition of the State House. But he did gain some notoriety for stopping a bill that would have reduced grazing permits on state lands, which was not necessarily a Democratic position.

In 2014, Rogers decided to make the jump to State Senate and ran Democratic primary for State Senate District 31. This time he was very competitive, but with his old ally in not-Messina out of the country working on a campaign in the UK, it was harder to dig up donors. Nevertheless, he caught the attention of the media. The Bozeman Chronicle ran a front-page article titled “GONE ROGUE” about how he had left his family’s ranch, become a successful attorney, and now was a growing star on the Democratic side. Rogers felt pretty hurt that his dirty laundry was aired out as it was, but he pressed on, and the publicity surely helped. He won the nomination from the Democratic Party, and received campaign endorsements from major Montana Democrats, but fell short in the general election by 2%.

After his 2014 loss, Rogers was chosen by not-Bullock, now the Governor of Montana, as his chief legal counsel.

In 2015, the Rogers’ had twins, son Walter Rogers IV and daughter Ella Anne Rogers.

In 2016, Rogers was elected as Chairman of the Montana Democratic Party after an extensive push for the nomination at the convention by an informal group that that was dubbed the “cowboy caucus,” a group of rural Democrats in the agriculture industry who were trying to keep hard-line environmentalist elements out of the state party. He resigned from his law firm position.

In 2018, not-Jon Tester was presumed to be the nominee for the Democrats, when a health condition rendered not-Tester unable to run. Rogers was unsure about campaigning for Senate with only two years of State House experience and a party chairmanship under his belt. But he took the leap, and luckily, the connections he formed through not-Tester and while working on the not-Quist campaign helped him earn large donors, which began to build up the campaign’s war chest quite nicely. Rogers won a closely-contested Democratic primary.

He then faced not-Matt Rosendale in the general election. Rogers began criticizing not-Rosendale for not being from Montana and being out of touch with the state’s values. While Rogers ended up pulling out the win, he did not fare near as well as not-Tester would have, only beating not-Rosendale by 1.8%.

Part of what gave Rogers the boost over not-Rosendale was his building of strong connections with the state’s veteran’s organizations. A major policy plank of his campaign was a proposed overhaul of the GI Bill that would increase veteran’s benefits. He regularly spoke at local VFW chapters during his campaign.

He was also able to turn out more of the state’s independent voters than not-Rosendale by leaning right in his rhetoric on the Second Amendment, and distancing himself from the BLM movement by expressing support for police. Quote: “While we definitely need to end brutality and excessive force, I’m not a fan of the comments like ‘ACAB’ or ‘eff the police’. I’m not going to blame all cops for the actions of a few.”

Since his election to the Senate in 2018, he has mostly voted the same as not-Tester would. He has not yet proposed any legislation, and has only really co-sponsored a few mostly symbolic bills.

Other Info:

Views (not public unless otherwise stated):

Healthcare: Supports ACA. Supports additional healthcare reforms. Does not support single-payer. Advocate for improved mental health services.

Climate Change: Supports climate regulations in general but will oppose any regulations that he thinks will hurt agriculture. Long-term goal of replacing income taxes with carbon taxes on factory emissions (not disclosed publicly).

Abortion: Pro-Choice, but not looking to push to expand abortion beyond Roe v. Wade.

Foreign Policy: Lacking in foreign policy expertise, he will likely rely on voting along with the party line.

Immigration: Very moderate on immigration, supports existing controls but does not support border wall, willing to increase yearly immigrant numbers.

Trade: Moderate-to-free on trade, except with China, where he takes a more protectionist stance.

Gun Control: One of the most pro-gun Democrats in the Senate, but he does support background checks and limited red flag laws. Openly against an assault weapons ban.

Veteran’s issues- supports greater funding of the VA, expanded GI bill, and reinstating the Reserve Educational Assistance Program

[b]Civil Liberties: Supports cannabis legalization. Supports LGBTQ rights. Supports police reform (but doesn’t call it “defunding”.)

Taxation & Spending: In the short-term, he generally supports Democratic spending and taxation plans, though he would prefer to see a shift in spending priorities to “growth-oriented spending.” In the long term (though this isn’t mentioned publicly), he would like to see the sources of revenue shifted from income tax to other types of taxes. He is in favor of big spending for infrastructure repair. He supports agricultural subsidies. Basically, he is a typical Democrat in practice, but more focused on economic growth in theory.

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: Velahor

Do Not Remove: 84721

[Vaquas]

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Character Application and Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Vaquas

Character Name: Suzette Seidel

Character Gender: Female

Character Age: 58

Character Height: 5'6

Character Weight: 140 lbs

Character Position/Role/Job:
58th Governor of Missouri (2021 - Present)
Representative from Missouri’s 6th Congressional District (2011 - 2021)
State Senator for Missouri’s 12th District (2007 - 2011)
State Representative for Missouri’s 7th District (2003 - 2007)

Character State of Origin: Missouri

Character State of Residence: Missouri

Character Party Affiliation: Republican Party

Main Strengths: Early Wolf endorser and associated cred, Good at grassroots fundraising, frequent conservative media presence, law enforcement background

Main Weaknesses: Partisan extremist and heavily resistant to compromise, extremely authoritarian tendencies, “alleged” racist, conspiracy theorist, 1992 shooting incident

Biography: Born June 16, 1962 in Trenton, Missouri to a policeman, Ted Kristoll, and a home care nurse, Frida Kristoll, Suzette Kristoll was the fourth of seven children, raised in a poor, neglected area of the state. Growing up, her interests initially reflected a desire to pursue nursing as a career in the mold of her mom, but after witnessing her mother break down in tears after coming home from work when Suzette was 10, she instead began to emulate her father, who she viewed as a hero keeping the community safe from society’s undesirable elements. At age 13, Suzette was the victim of sexual assault at the hands of her oldest brother George, describing the experience as intensely traumatic and damaging and resulting in Kristoll’s father beating his son near to death in response. Ted would not face consequences due to a sympathetic jury, while George would be sent to prison. Suzette’s academic performance would suffer significantly in the aftermath of the incident, and she began searching for something to "reinvigorate her life". In doing so, she found and turned quite devoutly to Christ, regularly attending a non-denominational evangelical church in town and becoming heavily involved in its workings. Suzette has referred to this as a “spiritual awakening” and has called the moment she stepped into the church the “most powerful moment of my life”. Turning her academics around by junior year, Suzette decided to attend college after all despite flirting with dropping out and joining the church full time.

Attending Missouri State University and pursuing a degree in Criminal Justice, Suzette first entered politics in her freshman year, eagerly supporting the Presidential campaign of Ronald Reagan and volunteering locally for the man. It was here that she would meet Hubert Seidel, a man 20 years her senior, heavily involved in the local GOP and a senior firefighter. The two would date for less than a year before marrying, Suzette at age 19 and Hubert at age 39, and she would take his surname. Suzette would complete her degree in 1984 despite significant pressure from her husband to drop out and have children, and she would successfully apply and complete the training necessary to join the Missouri Highway Patrol.

Suzette’s tenure as a Highway Patrolwoman was very storied, and she quickly became known to her peers as a particularly overzealous member of the force, stopping people for the mildest of violations and issuing citations with nearly every stop. 8 years into her work with the force, Suzette was involved in a traffic stop in which she pulled over an intoxicated African-American man. The incident report associated with the stop details how upon pulling the individual over, Trooper Seidel was hit with a barrage of insults and threats. Trooper Seidel claimed that she attempted to diffuse the situation, and dashcam footage from the incident appears to show the two engaged in a verbal back and forth for several minutes. This evolved into yelling for about 20 seconds before the incident escalated significantly. At this point, the inebriated man opened the door to his vehicle, prompting Suzette to pull her firearm and demand that he show her his hands. At this point, the man appeared to reach for something in his console, prompting Seidel to fire her weapon three times, killing the man instantly. Failing to render immediate aid and instead calling for backup, Seidel was criticized in the after action report, but no further consequences were levied, as a firearm was indeed found in the vehicle’s console, alongside a wallet and appropriate insurance.

2 years later, Seidel was responsible for capturing a wanted drug smuggler, pulling over a suspicious vehicle and upon inspection of the vehicle discovering the man in question hiding in the trunk of the car in an attempt to escape the state. Seidel gave chase as the vehicle attempted to flee, and followed it for 4 miles before the car crashed into a tree, allowing her to arrest both men involved and receive significant praise.

5 years later, Seidel was involved in a firefight when an individual opened fire on a group of her and her colleauges while they were taking a break at a local donut shop. Seidel was struck once in the groin and another trooper was killed in the incident. Seidel was also determined to have fired the shot that killed the suspect. Seidel was transported to the hospital and underwent an emergency hysterectomy due to massive internal damage.

In 2000, Seidel was transferred to a patrol closer to her hometown, her husband and children moving with her and the former taking a job as the fire chief. In 2002, an opening in the Missouri state house prompted calls for her husband to run for the seat, but upon his declining, Suzette opted to run instead. Winning the primary overwhelmingly with the backing of police organizations and other local groups, Suzette began her tenure as a politician, though she remained on the force and achieved the rank of Captain shortly before her retirement in 2010.

While in the Missouri House, Seidel was most known for 2 pieces of legislation, the first being a bill to require the state, not localities or individuals, to pay for forensic reputations of rape victims and the creation of rape kits. The second was a bill to denounce and cut funding to “sanctuary cities” in Missouri, as well as punish employers for hiring illegal immigrants. These bills boosted Seidel’s profile, and in 2006 she ran for the vacated state senate seat and won by a significant margin.

While in the state senate, Seidel was most known for attaching herself to tax reform and authoring legislation promoting religious liberty, though she also proposed failed measures including a sweeping bill which would have shielded officers in the state of Missouri from most allegations of wrongdoing. The bill passed the legislature, but it was vetoed by the Democratic governor.

In 2010, Suzette ran for congress in her district, its incumbent Republican retiring. Facing opposition, she managed to secure the backing of police unions and the NRA, ultimately winning the primary handily and sailing through the general election, her campaign focusing in no small part on conspiracy theories and tea party adjacent policies. She has been overwhelmingly reelected each successive year, facing token democratic opposition. In 2016, she initially backed the campaign of [Not-Mike-Huckabee], but shortly thereafter backed Arnold Wolf, becoming his first and most prominent female congressional endorser. It was reported that Seidel’s name was on the large list of potential vice presidential options for Wolf, largely due to her success in fundraising and personal loyalty to him, and her name was included on the final shortlist of 4, though she was not selected.

In the House, Suzette was generally been considered to be one of its most right wing members, proposing over a hundred failed bills, many of which have been considered to be “intensely autocratic” and “racist”. She has espoused support for numerous conspiracy theories, including the Diane Clifford body count theory, the birther theory, and the pizzagate theory. She has described BLM as a “terrorist organization” and has called for a “full investigation” into “Antifa’s ties to the Democrat Party.” She is considered to be authoritarian on issues of criminal justice, and an ardent supporter of the death penalty. She has expressed support for medicaid expansion but has decried single payer as “communism in disguise.” She has described herself as “totally pro-life” and is vocally opposed to LGBTQ+ rights. She has however supported renewal of the violence against women act, breaking from many of her similarly aligned colleagues. During Caroline Simone's stint as Speaker of the House she on a multitide of occasions referred to her as a tyrant and called her “The Devil in Prada”, comparing her to Mussolini and Stalin on separate occasions. She voted in favor of the Relief Act cobbled together under Tawney and was a leading house co-sponsor of the murder sentencing act. She has supported legislation aimed at affirming human rights for women overseas, and spoken out against the "islamification" of Europe.

In 2019, Suzette was persuaded by her eldest son to run for Governor of Missouri, becoming convinced that she could tackle crime in the state and turn it into a “home of freedom and justice”. She narrowly won the Republican primary over the incumbent Lieutenant Governor, partially due to an endorsement from House Minority Leader Thomas Volker, and shifted to a General Election footing which consisted of railing against the “radical democrat party” and 2020 Democratic nominee Robin Diehl, who she has described as “Rashid Baharia, but dumber”. Seidel was an early backer of General Roffe, and expressed general distrust of Nate Richardson, though she was been largely quiet about him after he won the Republican nomination, and her campaign put out a statement endorsing his candidacy. She is a frequent guest on FOX, OANN, and Newsmax, and has also been known to pen pro-police op-eds during times of national unrest.

Having trounced her Democratic opponent in the general, Seidel has been sworn into office, her first two weeks spent acclimating to the role and the city. The question remains, just how far will Governor Seidel go?

Other Info: Despite getting along with several Republican colleagues, Seidel has 0 working relationships with Democrats. Owns a multitude of firearms. Widowed since mid-2017 following her aging husband’s fatal heart attack. 2 children, a son and daughter. Distantly related to Brad Pitt. Teetotaler. Plays the organ and the piano. Devout Evangelical Christian. Amateur ornithologist and birdwatcher, owns a parrot. Terrified of snakes. Very strong for her size.

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Character Application and Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Sao Nova Europa
Character Name: Gabriel Wilson
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 68
Character Height: 1,75m
Character Weight: 72kg
Character Position/Role/Job:

United States Military Academy - West Point (1970-4)
First Lieutenant - 509th Airborne Battalion Combat Team (1974 - 1977)
Command of A Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment (1977 - 1979)
Operations Officer of 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment (1979 - 1982)
Aide-de-camp to General John Galvin of the 24th Infantry Division (1981 - 1982)
Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas - Bachelor of Science degree in Military Science (1982 - 1983)
Princeton University - M.P.A. in international relations (1983 - 1985)
Princeton University - Ph.D. in international relations (1985 - 1987)
3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized)'s 30th Infantry Regiment (1988 - 1989)
Aide and assistant executive officer to the U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1989)
1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (1989 - 1995)
Chief Operations Officer of United Nations Mission in Haiti Military Staff (1995 - 1997)
Executive assistant to the director of the Joint Staff and then to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs (1997 - 1999)
Acting Commanding Officer of 82nd Airborne Division (1999 - 2000)
Chief of staff of XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg (2000 - 2001)
NATO Stabilization Force assistant Chief of Staff in Bosnia (2001 - 2002)
101st Airborne Division (2003 - 2004)
Commander of the Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq (2004 - 2005)
Commander of the Multi-National Force-Iraq (2007 - 2008)
Commander of the United States Central Command (2008 - 2010)
Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (2010 - 2011)
Honorary chairman of the OSS Society (2013 - 2016)
Visiting professor at Macaulay Honors College at the City University of New York (2013 - 2015)
Chairman of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. Global Institute (2013 - 2015)
United States Representative for District 11 of Virginia (2016 - )

Character Country/State of Birth: Virginia
Character State of Residence: Virginia
Character Party Affiliation: Democratic Party
Main Strengths: War Hero, savvy social media user, policy wonk
Main Weaknesses: Disliked by anti-war progressives, unpopular foreign policy views, mild alcohol addiction, extramarital affair (not publicly known)
Biography:

Gabriel Wilson was born in 20 August 1952. His father, Jacob, was employed at a desk job in a big company in New York. His mother, Maria, was a Greek immigrant working as a librarian. As a young boy, going into the library where his mother worked, he would read books about the exploits of Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Hannibal and Napoleon Bonaparte. As he was a rather reserved young man who was lacking in social interactions, those books provided him company. He would dream of one day becoming a great general, like those men, and even surpassing them.

Gabriel graduated from High School with good grades, especially on history, mathematics and literature. He went on to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Gabriel was on the intercollegiate soccer and ski teams, was a cadet captain on the brigade staff, and was a "distinguished cadet" academically, graduating first in the Class of 1974 with an academic score of 2424.12 merits out of a possible 2470.00 or 98.14.

After completing Ranger School (Distinguished Honor Graduate and other honors), Gabriel was assigned to the 509th Airborne Battalion Combat Team, a light infantry unit stationed in Vicenza, Italy. After leaving the 509th as a first lieutenant, Gabriel became assistant operations officer on the staff of the 2nd Brigade, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort Stewart, Georgia and in 1979 he assumed command of A Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment (Mechanized), and then served as that battalion's operations officer, a major's position that he held as a junior captain.

Gabriel became aide-de-camp to General John Galvin - commanding general of the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) - in 1981. Gabriel attended the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in 1982-3, earning the General George C. Marshall Award as the top graduate of the Class of 1983, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Military Science. He subsequently earned an M.P.A. in 1985 and a Ph.D. in international relations in 1987 from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. In 1988–1989, he served as operations officer to the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized)'s 30th Infantry Regiment. He was then posted as an aide and assistant executive officer to the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, General Carl Vuono, in Washington, D.C.

Upon promotion to lieutenant colonel, Gabriel assumed command in 1989 of the 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, centered on the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment. In that capacity, he took part in United States invasion of Panama. The goal of the 1st Brigade task force (1–504th, 2–504th INF, 4–325th INF, Company A, 3–505th INF, 3–319th FAR) was to oust Manuel Noriega from power. They were joined on the ground by 3–504th INF, which was already in Panama. The invasion began with a night combat jump and the takeover of airfields. This was followed by air assault missions in Panama City and the surrounding areas of the Gatun Locks. The 82nd then successfully assaulted multiple strategic installations, such as the Punta Paitilla Airport in Panama City and a Panamanian Defense Forces (PDF) garrison and airfield at Rio Hato, where Noriega also maintained a residence. Several key objectives such as Madden Dam, El Ranacer Prison, Gatun Locks, Gamboa and Fort Cimarron were secured.

Seven months later, the 82nd Airborne Division was again called to war, this time in the First Gulf War. In August 1990, the division was deployed to Riyadh and Thummim Saudi Arabia. Intensive training began in anticipation of desert fighting against the heavily armored Iraqi Army. On 16 January 1991, Operation Desert Storm began. The 1st Brigade (commanded by Gabriel) and 3d Brigade consolidated at the Division HQ (CHAMPION Main) near Dhahran. In the coming weeks, using primarily the 5-Ton cargo trucks of these NG truck companies, the 1st Brigade moved north to "tap line road" in the vicinity of Rafha, Saudi Arabia. Eventually, these National Guard truck units effectively "motorized" the 325th Infantry, providing the troop ground transportation required for them to keep pace with the French Division Daguet during the incursion. The ground war began almost six weeks later. On 24 February, the 1st Brigade moved forward to extend the Corps flank along with 3d Brigade. In the short 100-hour ground war, the 82d drove deep into Iraq and captured thousands of Iraqi soldiers and tons of equipment, weapons, and ammunition. During that time, the 82nd's band and MP company processed 2,721 prisoners.

Upon returning to the United States, Gabriel retained his command of the 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division. His brigade's training cycle at Fort Polk's Joint Readiness Training Center for low-intensity warfare was chronicled by novelist and military enthusiast Tom Clancy in his book Airborne. In 1995, Gabriel was assigned to the United Nations Mission in Haiti Military Staff as its chief operations officer during Operation Uphold Democracy. His academic background helped him to dialogue with civilian aid groups and UN officials, and he learned how to communicate effectively with senior military and political leaders in Washington. He supervised training programs for the police, sought funding to build schools and civic buildings, and helped to coordinate transportation and support for raids targeting criminal elements that still disrupted stability in the major towns. Gabriel even found a way to restore power to key parts of Port-au-Prince: he sent a staff officer to the foreign embassies in the capital, seeking donations to purchase generators. From 1997 to 1999, Gabriel served in the Pentagon as executive assistant to the director of the Joint Staff and then to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Henry Shelton. In 1999, Gabriel returned to the 82nd Airborne Division as the acting commanding officer.

From the 82nd, he moved on to serve as chief of staff of XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg during 2000–2001. During 2001–2002, as a brigadier general, Gabriel served a ten-month tour in Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of Operation Joint Forge. In Bosnia, he was the NATO Stabilization Force assistant chief of staff for operations as well as the deputy commander of the U.S. The hunt for war criminals, which Gabriel directly oversaw as the deputy commanding general, was the army’s largest special operations and intelligence deployment in the world at the time.

In 2003 Gabriel assumed command of the 101st Airborne Division during V Corps's drive to Baghdad. He led his division through fierce fighting south of Baghdad: in Karbala, Hilla and Najaf. Gabriel routed any remaining Iraqi army units and subdued pockets of fedayeen after several sharp engagements. Following the fall of Baghdad, the division conducted the longest heliborne assault on record in order to reach Nineveh Governorate, where it would spend much of 2003.

When the 101st’s advanced units reached Mosul on 22 April, they found a gloomy and daunting situation. There were no competent security forces in the city, and pillaging was widespread. Gabriel employed classic counterinsurgency methods to build security and stability: targeted kinetic operations and using force judiciously, jump-starting the economy, building local security forces, staging elections for the city council within weeks of their arrival, overseeing a program of public works, reinvigorating the political process, and launching 4,500 reconstruction projects in Iraq. Gabriel had long experience in nation-building thanks to his previous commands in Haiti and Bosnia. He firmly believed that good governance, personal security and economic and social growth would win the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people. As a political progressive, he had faith in the power of government to change peoples' lives.

Gabriel also took the novel step of reorganizing the division, starting with key staff functions, to better align with existing Iraqi governmental structures. The 101st’s division surgeon and medical team were assigned to work with the Iraqi Ministry of Health. The staff communications experts were paired with the Telecommunications Ministry, and the division engineers with the Ministry of Public Works. The division aviation brigade, in addition to flying their helicopters, would also support the students and faculty of Mosul University, which had been closed due to violence. The restoration of the Mosul University was one of the most important public works launched by Gabriel, who strongly supported the use of commanders' discretionary funds for public works. "Money is ammunition," he said, which quickly became a catchphrase.

In February 2004, the 101st was replaced in Mosul by a portion of I Corps headquarters. As Gabriel left Mosul, the region collapsed: the governor of Nineveh Province was assassinated, and most of the Sunni Arab Provincial Council members walked out in the ensuing selection of the new governor, leaving Kurdish members in charge of a predominantly Sunni Arab province. Later that year, the local police commander defected to the Kurdish Minister of Interior in Irbil after repeated assassination attempts against him. The failure was attributed to the change of attitude: whereas Gabriel was a 'builder', his successors were occupiers. They did not have a people-centric approach, which Gabriel had, or interest in local governance.

In June 2004, less than six months after the 101st returned to the U.S., Gabriel was promoted to lieutenant general and became the first commander of the Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq. This newly created command had responsibility for training, equipping, and mentoring Iraq's growing army, police, and other security forces, as well as developing Iraq's security institutions and building associated infrastructure, such as training bases, police stations, and border forts. During Gabriel's fifteen months at the helm of MNSTC-I, he stood up a three-star command virtually from scratch and in the midst of serious fighting in places like Fallujah, Mosul, and Najaf.

By late summer, the Iraqi troops faced their first test: Najaf, about 100 miles south of the capital, a U.S. Marine patrol approached the hiding place of Moqtada al-Sadr, the Shiite radical whose militias had been generating widespread violence in Sadr City, Baghdad’s largest slum. Sadr’s militia reacted by attacking U.S. and government personnel and facilities throughout the city. Several U.S. Army battalions and three of the newly stood-up Iraqi battalions were ordered to retake the city along with marine units already there. The ensuing combat was intense and validated Gabriel's direction. While U.S. forces on the ground and in the air had done the bulk of the fighting, the Iraqi forces at least had stood their ground and had not fled.

By the end of Gabriel's command, some 100,000 Iraqi Security Forces had been trained; Iraqi Army and Police were being employed in combat; countless reconstruction projects had been executed; more than 39,000 weapons, 22 million rounds of ammunition, 42,000 sets of body armor, 4,400 vehicles, 16,000 radios, and more than 235,000 uniforms, and other equipment had been distributed in what was described as the largest military procurement and distribution effort since World War II, at a cost of over $11 billion.

In the fall of 2005, Gabriel returned to the United States. As the insurgency got worse in Iraq, Gabriel began to develop a counterinsurgency doctrine. In the recent decades few American leaders had studied counterinsurgency seriously, and even fewer had practical experience. Gabriel approached the creation of the new doctrine in a typically unorthodox manner. In February 2006 he assembled a team of experts with wide-ranging expertise. Over the winter months, he oversaw the writing of the first draft. The team of experts was decidedly unmilitary, because in addition to soldiers and marines, professors, writers, intelligence officers, and even representatives from nongovernmental organizations were asked to contribute. Formally published in December 2006, it advocated a different approach to war than the prevailing US doctrine.

Political power was the key to counterinsurgency operations, Gabriel argued. The occupying force had "to get the people to accept its governance or authority as legitimate". Ensuring the population's sense of security was thus vital. To achieve this, Gabriel proposed a novel set of solutions involving not only combat operations, but the development of host-nation security forces, the provision of essential services by the host nation’s government, the building of host-nation political legitimacy, and the restoration of civilian economic activities.

The publication received extensive positive coverage. In January 2007, Gabriel succeeded Gen. George Casey as commanding general of MNF-I to lead all U.S. troops in Iraq. During Gabriel's tenure, the Multi-National Force-Iraq endeavored to work with the Government of Iraq to carry out Gabriel's strategy that focused on securing the population. Doing so required establishing—and maintaining—persistent presence by living among the population, separating reconcilable Iraqis from irreconcilable enemies, relentlessly pursuing the enemy, taking back sanctuaries and then holding areas that have been cleared, and continuing to develop Iraq's security forces and to support local security forces, often called Sons of Iraq, and to integrate them into the Iraqi Army and Police and other employment programs. In order to ensure domestic support for his efforts, Gabriel aggressively leveraged his media networks and talents to invite think-tank experts, pundits, and journalists to Iraq, providing them access and telling the story of the U.S. effort.

On August 28, Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) militias, in what amounted to a bid for supremacy among Shia militia factions, attacked the Imam Hussein shrine in the city of Karbala, one of the holiest sites of Shia Islam. The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) had expected that Sunni fighters might conduct an attack, but violence by Shia militants initially caught them by surprise. The ensuing battle resulted in more than 100 casualties and prompted a harsh response from Maliki, who ordered a full clampdown by the ISF. House-by-house searches for the perpetrators ensued, and the pressure on Sadr himself grew so intense that he ordered JAM to adhere to a cease-fi re. It was a significant victory for Maliki and the ISF, who proved that they would place Iraq above their own sectarian identity as Shias and stand up to criminal behavior wherever it was found. Gabriel took this as a sign that his ideas of good governance were taking root in Iraq. He attributed this success to the reforms he pushed forward: removing some militant leaders from opposition to the government; political reforms that were beginning to clean up the national ministries; and the positive influence of development activities.

In December 2007, The Washington Post's "Fact Checker" stated that "While some of Gabriel's statistics are open to challenge, his claims about a general reduction in violence have been borne out over subsequent months. It now looks as if Gabriel was broadly right on this issue at least". By the early months of 2008, U.S. deaths were at their lowest levels since the 2003 invasion, civilian casualties were down, and street life was resuming in Baghdad. In late May 2008, the Senate Armed Services Committee held nomination hearings for Gabriel, who was widely praised. On September 16, 2008, Gabriel formally gave over his command in Iraq to General Raymond T. Odierno.

On October 31, 2008, Gabriel assumed command of the United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) headquartered in Tampa, Florida. He was responsible for U.S. operations in 20 countries spreading from Egypt to Pakistan—including Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. In mid-August 2009, Gabriel established the Afghanistan-Pakistan Center of Excellence within the USCENTCOM Directorate of Intelligence to provide leadership to coordinate, integrate and focus analysis efforts in support of operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

On June 23, 2010, the President announced that Gabriel would be nominated as commander of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan. After being confirmed by the Senate on June 30, Gabriel formally assumed command on July 4. He focused on governance expansion, anti-corruption initiatives, promoting economic development, investing in infrastructure projects and improving security. The surge in troops supported a sixfold increase in Special Forces operations. 700 airstrikes occurred in September 2010 alone versus 257 in all of 2009. From July 2010 to October 2010, 300 Taliban commanders and 800 foot-soldiers were killed.

In early February 2010, Coalition and Afghan forces began highly visible plans for an offensive, codenamed Operation Moshtarak, on the Taliban stronghold near the village of Marjah. It began on 13 February and was the first operation where Afghan forces led the coalition. Led by the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (US), the offensive involved 15,000 US, British, Canadian, Estonian, Danish, French, and Afghan troops. It was the biggest joint operation since the 2001 invasion that ousted the Taliban. While initially successful, ISAF and the Afghans failed to set up a working government in the town, leading to a successful resurgence by the Taliban, but by early December the fighting there was declared "essentially over".

Gabriel retired from the U.S. Army on August 31, 2011. With the end of his military career, he declined the President's offer to become the new Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Instead, he focused on writing his military memoirs. Published in May 2013, it was titled A Soldier's Life - Gabriel Wilson. It was widely praised and became a bestseller. Gabriel also expanded his social media presence on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in order to promote himself and the book. Some spoke of the general harboring political ambitions, as he had never hidden his liberal political views.

In March 2013, Gabriel accepted the role of honorary chairman of the OSS Society. In July 2013, he was named visiting professor at Macaulay Honors College at the City University of New York. In September of that year, he was harassed by some of the students while walking on campus. On May 1, 2013, the University of Southern California named Gabriel as a Judge Widney Professor, "a title reserved for eminent individuals from the arts, sciences, professions, business and community and national leadership". Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., a New York investment firm, hired Gabriel as chairman of the firm's newly created KKR Global Institute in May 2013. At his new position, he would support its investment teams and portfolio companies when studying new investments, especially in new locations. In December 2014, Gabriel was named a partner at KKR and remained chairman of the KKR Global Institute until January 2015.

In June 2014, Gabriel announced the creation of the gun control group Veterans Coalition for Common Sense. In 2015, he announced his intention to run for the office of Representative in District 11 of Virginia. "I have always believed that the power of government can make peoples' life better," Gabriel said. "That was my philosophy in Iraq and Afghanistan; that clean, decent government can promote economic and social progress. That is my philosophy for the United States of America too."

Gabriel easily won the Democratic primaries, owing to his national profile and war hero status, despite opposition from anti-war progressive Democrats. He ran on a rather progressive domestic platform: expanding health insurance coverage to 97% of Americans, instituting a federal carbon tax while reducing income tax on lower-class families, raising the minimum wage, investment into American infrastructure and criminal justice reform. On social issues, he took pro-choice stance on abortion rights and a moderate position on immigration. He also strongly attacked Arnold Wolf as being 'mentally deranged', 'unfit to lead' and a 'danger to American democracy'. Foreign policy did not feature that prominently, but Gabriel supported a presence where need be to stand strong against terrorism ("we cannot allow terrorists to threaten the safety of American citizens"), strong support for NATO and containment of Russia and China.

In the 2016 elections, Gabriel was elected in the House of Representatives. As Representative, Gabriel earned a reputation of a policy wonk, as he eschewed sloganeering for charts and statistics in explaining his policy proposals. He was strongly opposed to Wolf's presidency and gain some reputation (and ire) for his strong comments against the President. In the 2018 and 2020 elections, Gabriel was reelected. Some believe that he may even be thinking of a 2024 run for President.

Other Info:

Gabriel Wilson is married with Ashlyn Hudson (61) and has two sons (25, 17) and one daughter (22).
He is having an affair with Naomi Palmer (32), a journalist for New York Times
Gabriel always had a problem with alcohol, but after his retirement from the military his alcohol addiction became worse. As a politician, he has tried to cut back on alcohol - with some success - but he still struggles with it.

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Character Application and Information Sheet

NS Nation Name:Newne Carriebean7
Character Name: Maxine Caroline Durant
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 58
Character Height: 5'7
Character Weight: 126 pounds
Character Position/Role/Job:
-Member of the U.S House of Representatives for Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District
(since January 3rd, 2015)
-Former member of the Mississippi State Senate for the 31st District
(January 3rd, 2005 - January 3rd, 2014)
-Manager of the Yazoo Star Newspaper
(August 14, 1986 - October 8, 2000)

Character Country/State of Birth: Yazoo City, Mississippi
Character State of Residence: Cedar Grove, Mississippi
Character Party Affiliation: Republican
Main Strengths:

Well-liked in her District:
Stemming from her first election, she has vowed to be a voice for the conservatives against a "left-wing mob in washintin' ". First deriding President Rashid Baharia as a "muslim communist", this type of rhetoric has only enflamed her conservative base within the district. An Elephant that barrels through walls, she is known to be as stubborn as always in defending conservative values.

Enjoys strong support from Gun's Rights and Anti-abortion activist groups;
Owing to her firm positions for the defense of not only the 2nd Amendment but of the right of the unborn, Maxine's house bids are usually accompanied with a slight nod by the NRA and the National Right to Life Committees, often in the form of donations to her house bids. In the sparingly few television adverts she puts out a few months prior to election time, they are usually filled to the brim with an average woman or man in the district explaining why they liked her policies, with a last emphasis being put on Maxine's staunch support for the 2nd Amendment or for the rights of the unborn against "communists".

Main Weaknesses:
History of controversial statements and opinions: (1)
It's no small secret that Maxine has garnered attention from more than the local papers for her off the cuff remarks and statements. Being from a state that seceded from the union during the civil war, and her former support for segregationist senator John Stennis has not earned her any real support from those folks that are still alive and remember the civil rights movement of the 60's vividly within Mississippi at the time.
Foul mouth;
Maxine is infamous in private for her, in her words: "Spicier dialogue". She is known to lack a real filter when it comes to choosing what to say and how to say it when there is not a script in front of her face when filming a television advert for her house campaigns.

Inability to Compromise:
When given the choice between amnesty for illegal immigrant families in exchange for increased funding for the President Wolf's prized boarder wall, she adamantly was a vocal opponent of the deal from the right wing. This is just one example over her long legislative series of votes where she not only towed the line of the extremist wing of the Republican Party , but refused to look the enemy in the eye at all.

Biography: Born in Yazoo City, Mississippi, on April 12th, 1962 to Garfield Sylvester Durant and Vanessa T. Katherine, Maxine's early childhood would be consumed with visits to the local library, fond memories of festive thanksgivings, Halloweens and Easters with Durant and Katherine's parents and hot summer days when her father would turn on the hose to cool them off. One of her fondest memories however, was when her father would take her up shooting when she was old enough. The moment she held a firearm in her hands, she fell in love with it. She admits later that she "went a little overboard" with being trigger-happy. The back-seat of her father's red pick-up truck were covered in pumpkin guts. (2)

Apart from a love of firearms, she developed intricate hobbies of collecting stamps. She found a weird mixture of meditation and comforting nostalgia in her younger years from the experiences of shooting a line of pumpkins every fall, then to come inside after raking up all the leaves to leave for a trip to the post office for a fresh roll of stamps, courtesy of her mother.

In 1980, after graduating from High School, Maxine tentatively decided to enroll in Ole Miss University. Her plan was to come out with (hopefully) a law degree after a few years. She got her first real whiff of politics during this time too. It was during the 1980 Presidential campaign that she started to think for herself and chart which way of the political aisle she would tack towards. It wasn't a very steady course. She admits in her early years that "I was all over the place". She would learn about a certain subject, then hear upon it on the news, then chat with it at her multiple after-school jobs that ranged from dishwasher at the local greasy spoon to secretary at a child's day-care.

She volunteered hard of the state's senior U.S Senator, John Stennis, in what would be his seventh and last term in the 1982 Mississippi Senate election. She knocked on doors all throughout the state, crossed into a third of the state's counties and wore out her voice giving dozens of stump speeches in support of the old man. In the end, Stennis handily beat back (not Haley Baurbor) by almost thirty points, allowing her to sit in smug satisfaction at yet another conservative victory for the Democratic Party.

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In 1986, Maxine decided to open up a newspaper called the 'Yazoo Star' (4). During this time, she would bemoan the loss of 'traditional values' of the 'old days' and call for a 'return to Stennis's Hour'. The newspaper was moderately successful, though she did get tons of push-back from the more African-American sections of the state and liberal democrats who derided the paper as 'a return to the plantation'. In her writings she pushed more to the right, though would consistently continue to support and offer endorsements to Democrats in local Mississippi races, so long as they were 'conservative enough' for her. Eventually, this would give way to her begrudgingly backing Republican candidates in local races when there lacked a consistent, in her words "voice for conservative values from the Democrats". Maxine would notice a distinct shift in both parties around the end of the (Not Bush Sr.) and the start of the (Not Bill Clinton) years. The most alarming issues were the left-wards shifts the Democratic Party was taking on Gun-Control and Abortion. She was tempted to run for Stennis's old seat as a conservative Democrat, but decided that the Democratic Party had 'abandoned traditional conservatives' in her eyes, and so on August 5th, 1994 she officially changed her party registration from Democrat to the GOP, abandoning the donkey for the elephant. (5)

Maxine became a firebrand for conservatism, railing against the incumbent liberal administration in the White House for years until an avid subscriber wrote to her and wanted her to run for the State Senate. Although laughing the idea off at first, she began to plot the groundwork for a campaign for the State Senate in Mississippi's 31st District (6). In 2000, she launched her campaign as an insurgency against the well-funded incumbent, trying to attack him from the right-wing. Unfortunately, she was defeated by a margin of 64% for the incumbent to her 35% (1% for another right-wing candidate). Still, the result was notable as the incumbent hadn't had to campaign for the primary in his past five elections, forcing him to blunt Maxine's challenge with tacks to the right.

Maxine came back with a vengeance in 2004, rallying her tight-nit base, learning from her time supporting Stennis throughout the state and using her newspaper to promote her right-wing message to the voters. It would end up being enough... just barely defeating the Republican incumbent in the primary by a margin of 51.4% to 48.6% before cruising to an easy victory in the General election that fall following the conclusion of the 'real election' for the Senate seat.

Now stuck with the other state senators in Jackson, Maxine would carve a name for herself as a 'staunch conservative'. By far her highest moment was when she pushed for the impeachment of the state's Democratic Governor. She would drag (Not-Ronnie Musgrove) through the mud, though her calls for impeachment were never seriously entertained by the State legislature or even by the Republican Party of Mississippi. Her voting record in the state house was typical with traditional republican positions. She was a good old lady and frequently toed the party line when she needed to, though when she did have objections to certain bills that were gifted from the state house she would vote against them. She proved to be uncontroversial enough to warrant multiple re-elections from her constituents, often with little opposition to her state senate seat. She would be re-elected in a landslide in 2008 and by another large margin in 2012 to the 31st District.


2014 was when the thought occurred to her: "'National Politics, now that's somethin'". So, Maxine tentatively held her breath for her home seat that was represented by (Not Gregg-Harper). Although she personally loathed 'identity politics', she was willing to let Republican staff members on her campaign for her prospective House seat emphasize the 'historic' choice she would be as the 3rd Congressional district's first female representative if elected. She began to court the anti-abortion, evangelical protestants within the Republican Party, often holding rallies and giving speeches outside of churches or near religious institutions. (7)

However, controversy came up when a 1998 periodical that she had written came up in the House primary debate (8), stating that 'Mississippi's heroes were knights'. Maxine defended herself by stating she hadn't specified any one group, insisting that the periodical was taken out of context "by a lying, stinking media that's only now digging this **** up, now that I'm running for Mississippians for the Third District." She also vehemently denied any allegations to the Ku Klux Klan and condemned their 'hateful messages and ideas'. The controversy may have been small, but it did garner the attention of more local political operatives in alarm, forcing more money to shore up Maxine that might have been spent in other competitive districts. In the end, the money did go to good use, as Maxine won with 67% of the vote, agaisnt her Democratic opponent's 32%. (9)

2016
The 2016 election was a tumultuous affair. The Democrats decided to go with a "blue dog" style Democrat that was able to appeal to the evangelical Christians of her district. Maxine tried again and again to tie her candidacy to the failed presidential bid of Sam Baginski, deriding him as a "crazy commie". She closely attempted to make the case that, "a vote not for me is a vote for communism", though throughout her House campaign polls saw her ahead of her opposition by at least 14 points. Come election night, those polls had a little bit of an oversampling of Republicans to Democrats within the District, but still granted her a generous win of 55% to 45%. (10)

2018
In contrast to her spirited defense in 2016, the Democratic Party opted wisely to avoid throwing away a whole lot of money at this seat, but still put some-one up for the purpose of not letting her win unopposed. A former elementary school teacher ran against her on a mostly education focused platform, though failed to gain any real traction, leading to a wide 58% to 42% victory for Representative Maxine. (11)

2020
In her 2020 re-election bid, the Democrats nominated a black opponent, to which Maxine made another series of damaging gaffes comparing her opponent as an 'ape' when it came to his proposals to do something about an 'issue that don't exist' (climate change). Still, in spite of promising Democratic internals that might have flipped the seat Blue, Richardson being at the top of the ticket and the increasing rarity of split-ticket voters throughout the country handed the incumbent Representative a resounding victory for a fourth house term with a margin of 65% to her opponent's 35%.

While in the U.S House, Maxine has worked hard for farmers and gun-owners. She readily adopted President Wolf's anti-immigration rhetoric whilst serving in the house, insisting that the "Mexicans were coming for good paying American jobs". In the wake of mass shootings, Maxine would be the first to offer 'thoughts and prayers' while simultaneously blasting Democrats for wanting to 'pass a new constitutional amendment that would strip away the 2nd'. Her voting record so far since her election in 2014 has been seen with an A by the NRA. She has also made it a point to defend Mississippi and her fellow Republicans House members from the heated criticism it's "Heartbeat ban" on abortion stirred up alongside her neighboring state of Alabama. She denies Global Warming is real, insisting it's a "fabrication by first the soviets, then the Russians, now the Chinese". She also refuses to refer to it as 'climate change', vowing that she would not be 'roped on in by the PC mobs".

However, she was also an opponent of the DACA bill, arguing that the ' illegal Mexicans would grow up to ruin American society'. She privately mused in her office about the 'fruitless-ness' of negotiating with Democrats, arguing that 'unless they were conservative like the ones I grew up with, there ain't no point in doin' none of that s**t'.

Other Info: Married to Miles Christiansen in 1981. Has one son named Norton (b. 1984), who currently works as a High School history teacher in Miami, Florida.

Currently assigned to the U.S House sub committees: (12)
-Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies
-Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Local Food Systems, and Food Safety and Security
-Immigration, Citizenship and Border Safety

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(1) This weakness needs to be reworked a bit, I say this because politics in Mississippi are extremely racialized with nearly all Whites being Republicans and nearly all Blacks being Democrats, plus Stennis himself was reelected to the Senate into the 80s, so it's not as if her support for him is going to be a massive drawback to the people who'd consider supporting Durant already

(2) I'd suggest rewording these last two sentences a little bit, it just took me a double-take to fully understand what it was saying and just feels a bit off, probably just combining the sentences would do

(3) What degrees did she end up getting from the University of Mississippi and when? I noticed you mentioned she originally had plans for a law degree, but whatever degrees she actually ended up getting aren't listed

(4) Why'd she found a new newspaper when she could've gotten a job at an already established newspaper within Mississippi?

(5) I'd suggest making it clear that she dropped the idea for running for Stennis's old seat in the Senate at the time here too, it seems implied and I think we'd prefer if it's more solidly established

(6) How'd she go from laughing off the idea to seriously considering it?

(7) What happened to not-Harper? I'd recommend establishing that he retired that year in the application, especially given that I can't see her winning the GOP primary if she's running against the incumbent, using identity politics tactics to try and justify that, and then having the article come out too

(8) If this article came out during the election's primary debate, how did she go on to win the primary?

(9) Given that she wasn't the incumbent (plus the possible increased Dem turnout from the controversy), I'd suggest a lowing the margin of victory here

(10) I get Durant's reelection strategy was bad, but at the same time, she's an incumbent in a safe district during a Presidental election year, Durant should probably win by a better margin here

(11) This is basically the same comment as comment 10, the only difference being that her election strategy wasn't bad and that it wasn't a presidential year, but her margin of victory should probably be better here

(12) We generally just list what committees the characters are on rather than the subcommittees if we list them at all

In addition to all the comments listed, I'd also suggest going through the app one last time before posting to just check to see if there are any spelling mistakes and whatnot you notice just in case you didn't don't do that already. I didn't notice anything massively wrong grammar-wise, but I didn't notice quite a few of those types of mistakes, mainly because I have Grammarly but still

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NS Nation Name: Sao Nova Europa
Character Name: Gabriel Wilson
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 68
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Character Party Affiliation: Democratic Party
Main Strengths: War Hero, savvy social media user, policy wonk
Main Weaknesses: Disliked by anti-war progressives, unpopular foreign policy views, alcohol addiction, romantic affair (not publicly known)
Biography:

Gabriel Wilson was born in 20 August 1952. His father, Jacob, was employed at a desk job in a big company in New York. His mother, Maria, was a Greek immigrant working as a librarian. As a young boy, going into the library where his mother worked, he would read books about the exploits of Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Hannibal and Napoleon Bonaparte. As he was a rather reserved young man who was lacking in social interactions, those books provided him company. He would dream of one day becoming a great general, like those men, and even surpassing them.

Gabriel graduated from High School with good grades, especially on history, mathematics and literature. He went on to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Gabriel was on the intercollegiate soccer and ski teams, was a cadet captain on the brigade staff, and was a "distinguished cadet" academically, graduating first in the Class of 1974 with an academic score of 2424.12 merits out of a possible 2470.00 or 98.14.

After completing Ranger School (Distinguished Honor Graduate and other honors), Gabriel was assigned to the 509th Airborne Battalion Combat Team, a light infantry unit stationed in Vicenza, Italy. After leaving the 509th as a first lieutenant, Gabriel became assistant operations officer on the staff of the 2nd Brigade, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort Stewart, Georgia and in 1979 he assumed command of A Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment (Mechanized), and then served as that battalion's operations officer, a major's position that he held as a junior captain.

Gabriel became aide-de-camp to General John Galvin - commanding general of the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) - in 1981. Gabriel attended the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in 1982-3, earning the General George C. Marshall Award as the top graduate of the Class of 1983, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Military Science. He subsequently earned an M.P.A. in 1985 and a Ph.D. in international relations in 1987 from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. In 1988–1989, he served as operations officer to the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized)'s 30th Infantry Regiment. He was then posted as an aide and assistant executive officer to the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, General Carl Vuono, in Washington, D.C.

Upon promotion to lieutenant colonel, Gabriel assumed command in 1989 of the 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, centered on the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment. In that capacity, he took part in United States invasion of Panama. The goal of the 1st Brigade task force (1–504th, 2–504th INF, 4–325th INF, Company A, 3–505th INF, 3–319th FAR) was to oust Manuel Noriega from power. They were joined on the ground by 3–504th INF, which was already in Panama. The invasion began with a night combat jump and the takeover of airfields. This was followed by air assault missions in Panama City and the surrounding areas of the Gatun Locks. The 82nd then successfully assaulted multiple strategic installations, such as the Punta Paitilla Airport in Panama City and a Panamanian Defense Forces (PDF) garrison and airfield at Rio Hato, where Noriega also maintained a residence. Several key objectives such as Madden Dam, El Ranacer Prison, Gatun Locks, Gamboa and Fort Cimarron were secured.

Seven months later, the 82nd Airborne Division was again called to war, this time in the First Gulf War. In August 1990, the division was deployed to Riyadh and Thummim Saudi Arabia. Intensive training began in anticipation of desert fighting against the heavily armored Iraqi Army. On 16 January 1991, Operation Desert Storm began. The 1st Brigade (commanded by Gabriel) and 3d Brigade consolidated at the Division HQ (CHAMPION Main) near Dhahran. In the coming weeks, using primarily the 5-Ton cargo trucks of these NG truck companies, the 1st Brigade moved north to "tap line road" in the vicinity of Rafha, Saudi Arabia. Eventually, these National Guard truck units effectively "motorized" the 325th Infantry, providing the troop ground transportation required for them to keep pace with the French Division Daguet during the incursion. The ground war began almost six weeks later. On 24 February, the 1st Brigade moved forward to extend the Corps flank along with 3d Brigade. In the short 100-hour ground war, the 82d drove deep into Iraq and captured thousands of Iraqi soldiers and tons of equipment, weapons, and ammunition. During that time, the 82nd's band and MP company processed 2,721 prisoners.

Upon returning to the United States, Gabriel retained his command of the 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division. His brigade's training cycle at Fort Polk's Joint Readiness Training Center for low-intensity warfare was chronicled by novelist and military enthusiast Tom Clancy in his book Airborne. In 1995, Gabriel was assigned to the United Nations Mission in Haiti Military Staff as its chief operations officer during Operation Uphold Democracy. His academic background helped him to dialogue with civilian aid groups and UN officials, and he learned how to communicate effectively with senior military and political leaders in Washington. He supervised training programs for the police, sought funding to build schools and civic buildings, and helped to coordinate transportation and support for raids targeting criminal elements that still disrupted stability in the major towns. Gabriel even found a way to restore power to key parts of Port-au-Prince: he sent a staff officer to the foreign embassies in the capital, seeking donations to purchase generators. From 1997 to 1999, Gabriel served in the Pentagon as executive assistant to the director of the Joint Staff and then to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Henry Shelton. In 1999, Gabriel returned to the 82nd Airborne Division as the acting commanding officer.

From the 82nd, he moved on to serve as chief of staff of XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg during 2000–2001. During 2001–2002, as a brigadier general, Gabriel served a ten-month tour in Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of Operation Joint Forge. In Bosnia, he was the NATO Stabilization Force assistant chief of staff for operations as well as the deputy commander of the U.S. The hunt for war criminals, which Gabriel directly oversaw as the deputy commanding general, was the army’s largest special operations and intelligence deployment in the world at the time.




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Hmmm maybe Virginia? If you’re aiming to create a member of the House of Representatives, you might have some luck in northern Virginia, especially areas closer to DC (lots of government employees and contractors, particularly defense). Or there’s that one coastal strip of Virginia that recently flipped Democratic where they’ve got a naval base, that could work as well.

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NS Nation Name: The Orion Islands
Character Name: Everitt Rigby Colbert
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 52
Character Height: 5'11"
Character Weight: 215 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: United States Senator form Utah
Appearance: https://www.minnpost.com/wp-content/upl ... ?strip=all
Character State of Origin: Utah
Character State of Residence: Utah
Character Party Affiliation: Republican
Main Strengths: Military experience, Long term state government experience, Well liked in Utah, Strong willed, Good questioner on committees
Main Weaknesses: PTSD, very emotional, establishment, somewhat on the outs with the GOP for a slight dislike of Wolf's style and overt willingness to work with Democrats, social media outbursts,
Biography: Everett was born in Salt Lake City and raised on a small farm about 10 miles outside the conurbation. Raised in a Mormon household, he was raised with a deep appreciation of the American political tradition and traditional American culture. He had emotional problems during school stemming from his father's death at age 10, but he finished high school third in his class. He attended the University of Utah, where he almost failed out in the first month. On the advice of a friend, he tried out for football. The coach provided him with the mentorship needed to continue. He eventually graduated 10th in his class, with a degree in business administration. He also started at free safety his redshirt junior and senior years. He played in the 1992 Copper Bowl, a 28-31 loss to Washington State. After graduation, he spent a three years in the Mormon missionary service, mainly serving in southern California. He worked for the Smith's grocery chain until 9/11, as an administrative assistant.
After the 9/11 attacks, Everett enlisted in the Marines and saw two tours of duty in Afghanistan with the 3rd Marine Division, 12th Regiment. He served with distinction. In one incident, the vehicle he was traveling in took an IED blast and rolled over. Everett cut everyone out of their seat belts and removed them all from the vehicle. No one was killed, and they all returned to duty at a later date, although he did suffer a concussion in the blast. He was discharged honorably with the rank of Corporal. In 2005, when he returned, he went to work at the Salt Lake VA hospital as an administrative assistant. That meant he mainly dealt with the day to day running of the hospital and some of its finances. In 2006, seeing the path the VA was on as well the path the country was on, he decided to run for Utah State House district 28. He was victorious in his first primary, winning by 205 votes. He was elected by an electorate disgusted with the way the country was heading. He developed a small government, pro-life, pro-business, pro-veteran voting record over his 12 years in the state house. He occasionally voted against his party if he thought it would help his district and did not impinge on his Mormon values. Colbert at times had passionate confrontations with legislators who he found to be corrupt or do-nothing, with an occasional personal attack thrown in. At times, he narrowly won reelection due to having made certain enemies. However, he held onto a base who was fed up with the system as is. The Republican leadership eventually decided that he could be useful as a committee chairman, and so he gained the chairmanship of the Veterans and Military Affairs Commission his final two terms. He used his chairmanship to aggressively investigate issues with the VA in Utah and was popular for grilling officials who were not doing (in Colbert's opinion) their best work. He also served on the Business and Labor Committee. In 2018 he ran for Senate largely on the strength of his voting record. He made sure to visit every county in Utah. He won the primary due to the Republicans in Utah liking his independent streak as well as his willingness to work with Democrats if it would help Utah. He went on the attack against his Democratic opponent in the general election. He asserted she was soft on national security, and he also attacked her as weak on economic matters, as well as being a bit out of touch with Utah. He was supportive of the President, but hesitant due to some of the comments he made about women and minorities, as well as his nicknames. He won that election with 62.6% of the vote. Upon arrival in the Senate, he began to push a strong national security agenda, while pushing to confront China. He was a strong advocate for increasing the strength of the US military. He also has longer term goals of pushing infrastructure and Social Security reform. He earned some derision for his comments after the payroll tax was suspended, Colbert called the suspension "illegal, unwise, and dumb as hell."
Other Info: He holds Romney's seat

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Asking for review.

[Helliniki Katastasis]

Heavily based off Cuomo/Hochul debacle IRL

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NS Nation Name: Helliniki Katastasis
Character Name: Michael "Mick" Doherty
Character Gender: non-female
Character Age: 57
Character Height: 6'01
Character Weight: 184 Pounds
Character Position/Role/Job: Governor of New York [2020-] Lieutenant Governor of New York [2010-2020] HUD Secretary [2008-2010] Representative NY-29 [2002-2008] Chemung County Executive [1996-2002] Chemung County Highway Supervisor [1992-1996]
Character Country/State of Birth: Danby, New York
Character State of Residence: Albany, New York
Character Party Affiliation: Democrat
Main Strengths: Well-balanced between progressive and moderate factions, draws roots from upstate, experience with infrastructure, popular policies on corporations/infrastructure, charismatic, willingness to work with Republicans, old House caucus reputation, views on Iraq War
Main Weaknesses: Lack of economic experience, HUD scandal, disliked by hardline progressives, lackluster minority appeal, flip flops
Biography:

Mick Doherty was born on September 11, 1963 to John and Marie Doherty. His father, the owner of the town diner and personal friend of Governor Rockefeller, was a strict disciplinarian and encouraged his son to actively pursue schoolwork and his grades, and came down hard on Mick and his two sisters lest they step out of line. Their mother, on the other hand, was a more gentle parent with an even hand. She guided her son through domestic violence issues at home, as well as social issues in school. A bookish child, he spent his high school years racking up credits and taking accelerated civics and history courses. Slated to attend nearby Cornell University on a history scholarship, he majored in social studies and received an undergraduate degree in 1985. Taking up a position as a Junior logistics staffer for Senator Pat Moynihan, he met his wife Lorraine, a press staffer for Moynihan, and they were married in 1990. Leaving the Moynihan team, he returned to Chemung County and began to drum up support among locals, familiar with his name via his father, for a highway supervisor run. Winning the position in 1992, he negotiated deals with both the state and town leaders to repave and reconstruct bridges and roads across the county, notably in Elmira, the home of noted author Mark Twain. Widely popular in the county for his work, as well as riding off his father's past as a dominant figure in the county social and political scene, he ran for the open County Executive seat in 1996, winning fairly solidly.

As County Executive, he continued to advocate for infrastructure reform, working with neighboring Steuben and Tioga counties to push the state to assist the counties in repairing roadways and railway tracks, such as the major Southern Tier artery that was Route 17. Forging a personal relationship with Governor Cuomo, he pursued further investment in the Chemung River watershed and Elmira Dam, as well as further rail connections between townships in the county.

In 2002, partly due to the strong support from Governor Cuomo, Doherty announced he would forgo running for re-election and instead pursue the newly-redistricted 29th district. With the redistricting, he faced incumbent 31st District representative in the general election. With the district being a key swing area in both the congressional race and presidential race, the race drew national attention as both parties wrestled for control over the House. On Election Day, Doherty narrowly edged out his opponent by just 2500 votes, and the district went to Fake Bush by a slim margin. Crossover support had carried Doherty over the edge, and he would establish himself as a moderate in the U.S. House.

Taking up conservative viewpoints on issues such as Gay Marriage and school choice, he paved the way for the creation of the Bipartisan Action caucus for incoming members. In addition, he became a vocal proponent of infrastructure reform as well as expanded healthcare coverage. Throughout the early 2000s, he was an opponent of the war in Iraq, as well as members of his caucus. On September 11 of 2002, they staged an event outside the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall to demand further investigation and transparency, and most importantly, solid proof, that the Iraqis were developing WMDs. The event drew national attention as a wide swath of pacifists, libertarians, moderates, and more congregated for the event, and the metropolitan police had to be called in to prevent a counter-protest of veterans and hard-core Bushites from fighting with activists. Doherty strongly denounced this, and called for both crowds to be civil. Later that day, they traveled to Ground Zero where he joined President Fake Bush and others to observe the anniversary. When the House voted a month after, the Bipartisan Action caucus voted against the authorization to invade Iraq.

Winning re-election in 2004 and 2006 by double digits, he opted not to run again in 2008. Instead, he joined the Fake Clinton campaign team as a surrogate and campaigned across the country for her in the primaries. When she lost to the charismatic Fake Obama, he endorsed the rising star and for a time was considered a potential running mate. However, after the 2008 Election, he was declared the nominee for HUD Secretary. Pledging to turn the housing market around and revamp the nation's infrastructure. Immediately pledging to spend nearly $250 billion dollars on efforts and incentives to localities to rebuild infrastructure, lobbying Congress to introduce sweeping legislation to implement many of Fake Obama's policies on housing. However, on Christmas Eve of 2009, officials at HUD were seen unlawfully tampering with housing reports and blacklisting information that would've effected both Doherty and the President's approval ratings. A whistle-blower leaked the story to the Washington Post. These officials were charged and a series of contentious congressional hearings, complete with subpoenas of administration officials and the release of thousands of HUD documents revealing discrepancies in housing reports from February of 2009 through December. Doherty himself testified in front of a special investigation committee for 21 hours in March of 2010, and hundreds of HUD officials were hired and some charged for their involvement. Congressional reports showed that the Preisdent had absolutely nothing to do with the scandal, and in April he requested Doherty's resignation. With further reporting, Doherty was exonerated of any possible indictment in the case, however many believed that his career was over. However, it was about to be saved.

Back in New York, the gubernatorial primaries had just concluded. Democratic nominee Fake Andrew Cuomo was in search of a viable balance between upstate and downstate, and found Mick Doherty. Choosing Doherty as Lieutenant Governor, his political career was saved and he won election as the number two in charge of New York state in November of 2010. Quietly criss-crossing the state throughout his term, he made personal friends both upstate and downstate.

In late 2018, accusations against Governor Fake Cuomo of sexual harassment and assault emerged by Fake Lindsay Boylan. However, these were swept aside by the Governor. Later that year, however, in December of 2019, further allegations by several other women brought the state attorney general to launch an investigation into Fake Cuomo's conduct. Over the course of the investigation, state finance boards found the governor in violation of several campaign finance laws. The governor continued to deny these accusations and violations, however the final nail in the coffin was driven in May of 2019 when the attorney general found that Cuomo lied about all but one accusation. Following this, the State Assembly began moving forward with impeachment. Before this could occur, however, Cuomo announced that he would resign as governor effective July 1. With this announcement, Doherty began assembling a new staff and preparing to take the helm of New York, interviewing officials for potential positions, reaching out to state and local legislators and executives, and drafting an immediate plan for his ascension to the office. Leaning into his moderate, bipartisan positions whilst also pledging to balance out the table for progressives, he presented himself as a unifying figure following the tumultuous resignation of his predecessor. Choosing downstate County Executive Fake George Lattimer as his Lieutenant Governor, his first official address emphasized the need for a balance between regulation and economic growth, and pledged to support small businesses and the private sector, repair state infrastructure, hold corporations, energy and water companies, and other accountable for ripping off consumers, to regulate the environment, to eliminate corruption that had defined the previous administration, to provide safe and legal abortion, and to allow parents to chose their children's schools, the first notable Democrat to favor the measure. He also touched on having a diverse and balanced cabinet between races, and the upstate/downstate divide. Holding firm on his positions on education, however, has drawn significant criticism from progressives. He plans on running for a full term in 2022.
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Married to Lorraine Doherty since 1990, currently tumultuous though
Has three children, son Andrew (born 1992), daughter Olivia (born 1997), and daughter Nicole (born 2000)

Eventually, Bipartisan Action caucus merged with Bipartisan Problem Solvers caucus in 2017.
Flipped on gay marriage, climate change, immigration. Maintained school choice advocacy.

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Updated, please re-review. He'll be significantly tougher with the HUD scandal I put in, but it should balance things out a bit more and provides a more realistic turn. No politician hasn't had a scandal.

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NS Nation Name: Sao Nova Europa
Character Name: Gabriel Wilson
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 68
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Character Party Affiliation: Democratic Party
Main Strengths: War Hero, savvy social media user, policy wonk
Main Weaknesses: Disliked by anti-war progressives, unpopular foreign policy views, alcohol addiction, romantic affair (not publicly known)
Biography:

Gabriel Wilson was born in 20 August 1952. His father, Jacob, was employed at a desk job in a big company in New York. His mother, Maria, was a Greek immigrant working as a librarian. As a young boy, going into the library where his mother worked, he would read books about the exploits of Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Hannibal and Napoleon Bonaparte. As he was a rather reserved young man who was lacking in social interactions, those books provided him company. He would dream of one day becoming a great general, like those men, and even surpassing them.

Gabriel graduated from High School with good grades, especially on history, mathematics and literature. He went on to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Gabriel was on the intercollegiate soccer and ski teams, was a cadet captain on the brigade staff, and was a "distinguished cadet" academically, graduating first in the Class of 1974 with an academic score of 2424.12 merits out of a possible 2470.00 or 98.14.

After completing Ranger School (Distinguished Honor Graduate and other honors), Gabriel was assigned to the 509th Airborne Battalion Combat Team, a light infantry unit stationed in Vicenza, Italy. After leaving the 509th as a first lieutenant, Gabriel became assistant operations officer on the staff of the 2nd Brigade, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort Stewart, Georgia and in 1979 he assumed command of A Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment (Mechanized), and then served as that battalion's operations officer, a major's position that he held as a junior captain.

Gabriel became aide-de-camp to General John Galvin - commanding general of the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) - in 1981. Gabriel attended the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in 1982-3, earning the General George C. Marshall Award as the top graduate of the Class of 1983, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Military Science. He subsequently earned an M.P.A. in 1985 and a Ph.D. in international relations in 1987 from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. In 1988–1989, he served as operations officer to the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized)'s 30th Infantry Regiment. He was then posted as an aide and assistant executive officer to the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, General Carl Vuono, in Washington, D.C.

Upon promotion to lieutenant colonel, Gabriel assumed command in 1989 of the 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, centered on the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment. In that capacity, he took part in United States invasion of Panama. The goal of the 1st Brigade task force (1–504th, 2–504th INF, 4–325th INF, Company A, 3–505th INF, 3–319th FAR) was to oust Manuel Noriega from power. They were joined on the ground by 3–504th INF, which was already in Panama. The invasion began with a night combat jump and the takeover of airfields. This was followed by air assault missions in Panama City and the surrounding areas of the Gatun Locks. The 82nd then successfully assaulted multiple strategic installations, such as the Punta Paitilla Airport in Panama City and a Panamanian Defense Forces (PDF) garrison and airfield at Rio Hato, where Noriega also maintained a residence. Several key objectives such as Madden Dam, El Ranacer Prison, Gatun Locks, Gamboa and Fort Cimarron were secured.

Seven months later, the 82nd Airborne Division was again called to war, this time in the First Gulf War. In August 1990, the division was deployed to Riyadh and Thummim Saudi Arabia. Intensive training began in anticipation of desert fighting against the heavily armored Iraqi Army. On 16 January 1991, Operation Desert Storm began. The 1st Brigade (commanded by Gabriel) and 3d Brigade consolidated at the Division HQ (CHAMPION Main) near Dhahran. In the coming weeks, using primarily the 5-Ton cargo trucks of these NG truck companies, the 1st Brigade moved north to "tap line road" in the vicinity of Rafha, Saudi Arabia. Eventually, these National Guard truck units effectively "motorized" the 325th Infantry, providing the troop ground transportation required for them to keep pace with the French Division Daguet during the incursion. The ground war began almost six weeks later. On 24 February, the 1st Brigade moved forward to extend the Corps flank along with 3d Brigade. In the short 100-hour ground war, the 82d drove deep into Iraq and captured thousands of Iraqi soldiers and tons of equipment, weapons, and ammunition. During that time, the 82nd's band and MP company processed 2,721 prisoners.

Upon returning to the United States, Gabriel retained his command of the 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division. His brigade's training cycle at Fort Polk's Joint Readiness Training Center for low-intensity warfare was chronicled by novelist and military enthusiast Tom Clancy in his book Airborne. In 1995, Gabriel was assigned to the United Nations Mission in Haiti Military Staff as its chief operations officer during Operation Uphold Democracy. His academic background helped him to dialogue with civilian aid groups and UN officials, and he learned how to communicate effectively with senior military and political leaders in Washington. He supervised training programs for the police, sought funding to build schools and civic buildings, and helped to coordinate transportation and support for raids targeting criminal elements that still disrupted stability in the major towns. Gabriel even found a way to restore power to key parts of Port-au-Prince: he sent a staff officer to the foreign embassies in the capital, seeking donations to purchase generators. From 1997 to 1999, Gabriel served in the Pentagon as executive assistant to the director of the Joint Staff and then to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Henry Shelton. In 1999, Gabriel returned to the 82nd Airborne Division as the acting commanding officer.

From the 82nd, he moved on to serve as chief of staff of XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg during 2000–2001. During 2001–2002, as a brigadier general, Gabriel served a ten-month tour in Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of Operation Joint Forge. In Bosnia, he was the NATO Stabilization Force assistant chief of staff for operations as well as the deputy commander of the U.S. The hunt for war criminals, which Gabriel directly oversaw as the deputy commanding general, was the army’s largest special operations and intelligence deployment in the world at the time.




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Hmmm maybe Virginia? If you’re aiming to create a member of the House of Representatives, you might have some luck in northern Virginia, especially areas closer to DC (lots of government employees and contractors, particularly defense). Or there’s that one coastal strip of Virginia that recently flipped Democratic where they’ve got a naval base, that could work as well.

Thanks. Virginia it is then.

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NS Nation Name: Louisianan
Character Name: Linda D. Lazare
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 40
Character Height: 5' 5"
Character Weight: 121 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: US Representative of Texas's 7th Congressional District (2019-) (2015-2017)
Character Country/State of Birth: Texas, United States of America
Character State of Residence: Texas
Character Party Affiliation: Democratic
Main Strengths: Can appeal to minorities, Great Debater, Anti Wolfer, Pro-Choicer
Main Weaknesses: O.K. at Interviews, Isn't Tech Savvy, Not Too Transparent, Unable to Accept Responsibility
Biography: Linda Lazare was born in 1980 to parents Wilfred and Molly Lazare, she was raised in a mostly poor household. her father was a disabled veteran, while her mother was a bus driver. Linda was a very studious child, she was a 3.8 GPA student most of her life. She graduated high school and went into the University of Houston for Nursing. During college she became interested in politics, especially after the (Not-Bill Clinton) scandal. After she graduated college, she began volunteering at Soup Kitchens and Homeless shelters and became a secretary at a local law firm. As time went on, she noticed her parents going deeper and deeper into debt, she looked into it, and found out that they were paying for her College expenses which were way more than Linda originally thought. Linda was furious that politicians were touting how important education was, and how it would help in the future, and yet force people to pay these outrageously high expenses. She wrote to her Republican Representative about her issue, and nothing was done, no response or anything.

While in college, Linda also helped out at many blood drives. After college, Linda became aware of the Healthcare Crisis in America. After college, Linda became a Certified Nurse, and worked at various hospitals on and off, part time. Linda took an interest in politics and decided that would be her strong suit, and that her time as a nurse could help her.

In the late 2000s (Not Hillary Clinton) Announced her campaign for US President and Linda was inspired, she joined (not Hillary's) campaign staff and worked to help her win. Linda grew in the ranks and became (Not-Hillary's) scheduling coordinator for Texas. Eventually, it was obvious that a (Not-Hillary) nomination was unlikely so Linda, along with many other staffers joined the ranks of Rashid Baharia's campaign staff and became his scheduling coordinator for Texas to get things done. She helped him campaign throughout Texas and was a key reason the election was so close.

Later on in 2009 she decided that she would run for Congress. She ran for US Representative for the 7th District, she was primarying three more popular Democrats and came last at the end of the primary. She returned to the hospitals and meanwhile worked part-time with various local lawmakers as an advisor for Healthcare related bills. Her loss didn't deter her, she ran three more times in 2011 she didn't make the primary,in 2015 she won, and 2017 she lost the general election.

In her 2015-2017 term as Representative she blames her low successes on then President Elect Wolf, she became an activist to keep the ACA and help expand healthcare and getting it to the people who need it most, this made her unpopular with the wolfists who were very common at the time which made her lose the 2017 reelection. Her approval rating at the time of her departure was at about 67% but still she lost with only 46% of the vote going to her.

Then, in 2019 she ran again, this time she ran on a more middle liberal platform, she ran with the Me Too movement, with some support from the BLM movement, and attended many Protests and Marches with them, she would protest with Healthcare Activists, and the leader of Houstons Women on The Move group once said, "If we can't trust the Republican women in office to help us, we need a strong Democratic woman and Linda is that lady." With assistance from Women's rights groups and some help from the BLM group she won the Primary and the general election and was sworn in office on January 3rd 2019.

Later in 2020, she hopped into the race for Texas's Senate Seat. She gained notoriety as a meme, and as an easy win for Republicans. She eventually dropped out and focused on her congressional work where she wrote and passed the HPPSO Act through the House with Bipartisan support. She was re-elected and holds her seat as a Blue dot on the Texas Congressional map.

Other Info:
She is Pro Choice, she believes we should have better background checks for weapons, while not banning them entirely. She believes in raising the taxes on the rich, lowering the price for universities, cheaper healthcare, and helping the climate. She leaned towards the top Democratic female candidate in the 2020 Election and supported the Equality Act and supported the Carbon Fund Act, as well as the Fair House Apportionments Act.

In December of 2020, Linda Lazare married her few month sweetheart Rodney Daniels. She kept her name Lazare like a true feminist and is currently three months pregnant.

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NS Nation Name: Louisianan
Character Name: Linda D. Lazare
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 40
Character Height: 5' 5"
Character Weight: 121 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: US Representative of Texas's 7th Congressional District (2019-) (2015-2017)
Character Country/State of Birth: Texas, United States of America
Character State of Residence: Texas
Character Party Affiliation: Democratic
Main Strengths: Can appeal to minorities, Great Debater, Anti Wolfer, Pro-Choicer
Main Weaknesses: O.K. at Interviews, Isn't Tech Savvy, Not Too Transparent, Unable to Accept Responsibility
Biography: Linda Lazare was born in 1980 to parents Wilfred and Molly Lazare, she was raised in a mostly poor household. her father was a disabled veteran, while her mother was a bus driver. Linda was a very studious child, she was a 3.8 GPA student most of her life. She graduated high school and went into the University of Houston for Nursing. During college she became interested in politics, especially after the (Not-Bill Clinton) scandal. After she graduated college, she began volunteering at Soup Kitchens and Homeless shelters and became a secretary at a local law firm. As time went on, she noticed her parents going deeper and deeper into debt, she looked into it, and found out that they were paying for her College expenses which were way more than Linda originally thought. Linda was furious that politicians were touting how important education was, and how it would help in the future, and yet force people to pay these outrageously high expenses. She wrote to her Republican Representative about her issue, and nothing was done, no response or anything.

While in college, Linda also helped out at many blood drives. After college, Linda became aware of the Healthcare Crisis in America. After college, Linda became a Certified Nurse, and worked at various hospitals on and off, part time. Linda took an interest in politics and decided that would be her strong suit, and that her time as a nurse could help her.

In the late 2000s (Not Hillary Clinton) Announced her campaign for US President and Linda was inspired, she joined (not Hillary's) campaign staff and worked to help her win. Linda grew in the ranks and became (Not-Hillary's) scheduling coordinator for Texas. Eventually, it was obvious that a (Not-Hillary) nomination was unlikely so Linda, along with many other staffers joined the ranks of Rashid Baharia's campaign staff and became his scheduling coordinator for Texas to get things done. She helped him campaign throughout Texas and was a key reason the election was so close.

Later on in 2009 she decided that she would run for Congress. She ran for US Representative for the 7th District, she was primarying three more popular Democrats and came last at the end of the primary. She returned to the hospitals and meanwhile worked part-time with various local lawmakers as an advisor for Healthcare related bills. Her loss didn't deter her, she ran three more times in 2011 she didn't make the primary,in 2015 she won, and 2017 she lost the general election.

In her 2015-2017 term as Representative she blames her low successes on then President Elect Wolf, she became an activist to keep the ACA and help expand healthcare and getting it to the people who need it most, this made her unpopular with the wolfists who were very common at the time which made her lose the 2017 reelection. Her approval rating at the time of her departure was at about 67% but still she lost with only 46% of the vote going to her.

Then, in 2019 she ran again, this time she ran on a more middle liberal platform, she ran with the Me Too movement, with some support from the BLM movement, and attended many Protests and Marches with them, she would protest with Healthcare Activists, and the leader of Houstons Women on The Move group once said, "If we can't trust the Republican women in office to help us, we need a strong Democratic woman and Linda is that lady." With assistance from Women's rights groups and some help from the BLM group she won the Primary and the general election and was sworn in office on January 3rd 2019.

Later in 2020, she hopped into the race for Texas's Senate Seat. She gained notoriety as a meme, and as an easy win for Republicans. She eventually dropped out and focused on her congressional work where she wrote and passed the HPPSO Act through the House with Bipartisan support. She was re-elected and holds her seat as a Blue dot on the Texas Congressional map.

Other Info:
She is Pro Choice, she believes we should have better background checks for weapons, while not banning them entirely. She believes in raising the taxes on the rich, lowering the price for universities, cheaper healthcare, and helping the climate. She leaned towards the top Democratic female candidate in the 2020 Election and supported the Equality Act and supported the Carbon Fund Act, as well as the Fair House Apportionments Act.

In December of 2020, Linda Lazare married her few month sweetheart Rodney Daniels. She kept her name Lazare like a true feminist and is currently three months pregnant.

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They accepted Linda, Louis!

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NS Nation Name: Louisianan
Character Name: Linda D. Lazare
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 40
Character Height: 5' 5"
Character Weight: 121 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: US Representative of Texas's 7th Congressional District (2019-) (2015-2017)
Character Country/State of Birth: Texas, United States of America
Character State of Residence: Texas
Character Party Affiliation: Democratic
Main Strengths: Can appeal to minorities, Great Debater, Anti Wolfer, Pro-Choicer
Main Weaknesses: O.K. at Interviews, Isn't Tech Savvy, Not Too Transparent, Unable to Accept Responsibility
Biography: Linda Lazare was born in 1980 to parents Wilfred and Molly Lazare, she was raised in a mostly poor household. her father was a disabled veteran, while her mother was a bus driver. Linda was a very studious child, she was a 3.8 GPA student most of her life. She graduated high school and went into the University of Houston for Nursing. During college she became interested in politics, especially after the (Not-Bill Clinton) scandal. After she graduated college, she began volunteering at Soup Kitchens and Homeless shelters and became a secretary at a local law firm. As time went on, she noticed her parents going deeper and deeper into debt, she looked into it, and found out that they were paying for her College expenses which were way more than Linda originally thought. Linda was furious that politicians were touting how important education was, and how it would help in the future, and yet force people to pay these outrageously high expenses. She wrote to her Republican Representative about her issue, and nothing was done, no response or anything.

While in college, Linda also helped out at many blood drives. After college, Linda became aware of the Healthcare Crisis in America. After college, Linda became a Certified Nurse, and worked at various hospitals on and off, part time. Linda took an interest in politics and decided that would be her strong suit, and that her time as a nurse could help her.

In the late 2000s (Not Hillary Clinton) Announced her campaign for US President and Linda was inspired, she joined (not Hillary's) campaign staff and worked to help her win. Linda grew in the ranks and became (Not-Hillary's) scheduling coordinator for Texas. Eventually, it was obvious that a (Not-Hillary) nomination was unlikely so Linda, along with many other staffers joined the ranks of Rashid Baharia's campaign staff and became his scheduling coordinator for Texas to get things done. She helped him campaign throughout Texas and was a key reason the election was so close.

Later on in 2009 she decided that she would run for Congress. She ran for US Representative for the 7th District, she was primarying three more popular Democrats and came last at the end of the primary. She returned to the hospitals and meanwhile worked part-time with various local lawmakers as an advisor for Healthcare related bills. Her loss didn't deter her, she ran three more times in 2011 she didn't make the primary,in 2015 she won, and 2017 she lost the general election.

In her 2015-2017 term as Representative she blames her low successes on then President Elect Wolf, she became an activist to keep the ACA and help expand healthcare and getting it to the people who need it most, this made her unpopular with the wolfists who were very common at the time which made her lose the 2017 reelection. Her approval rating at the time of her departure was at about 67% but still she lost with only 46% of the vote going to her.

Then, in 2019 she ran again, this time she ran on a more middle liberal platform, she ran with the Me Too movement, with some support from the BLM movement, and attended many Protests and Marches with them, she would protest with Healthcare Activists, and the leader of Houstons Women on The Move group once said, "If we can't trust the Republican women in office to help us, we need a strong Democratic woman and Linda is that lady." With assistance from Women's rights groups and some help from the BLM group she won the Primary and the general election and was sworn in office on January 3rd 2019.

Later in 2020, she hopped into the race for Texas's Senate Seat. She gained notoriety as a meme, and as an easy win for Republicans. She eventually dropped out and focused on her congressional work where she wrote and passed the HPPSO Act through the House with Bipartisan support. She was re-elected and holds her seat as a Blue dot on the Texas Congressional map.

Other Info:
She is Pro Choice, she believes we should have better background checks for weapons, while not banning them entirely. She believes in raising the taxes on the rich, lowering the price for universities, cheaper healthcare, and helping the climate. She leaned towards the top Democratic female candidate in the 2020 Election and supported the Equality Act and supported the Carbon Fund Act, as well as the Fair House Apportionments Act.

In December of 2020, Linda Lazare married her few month sweetheart Rodney Daniels. She kept her name Lazare like a true feminist and is currently three months pregnant.

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Linda was already accepted.

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NS Nation Name:Newne Carriebean7
Character Name: Maxine Caroline Durant
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 58
Character Height: 5'7
Character Weight: 126 pounds
Character Position/Role/Job:
-Member of the U.S House of Representatives for Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District
(since January 3rd, 2015)
-Former member of the Mississippi State Senate for the 31st District
(January 3rd, 2005 - January 3rd, 2014)
-Manager of the Yazoo Star Newspaper
(August 14, 1986 - October 8, 2000)

Character Country/State of Birth: Yazoo City, Mississippi
Character State of Residence: Cedar Grove, Mississippi
Character Party Affiliation: Republican
Main Strengths:

Well-liked in her District:
Stemming from her first election, she has vowed to be a voice for the conservatives against a "left-wing mob in washintin' ". First deriding President Rashid Baharia as a "muslim communist", this type of rhetoric has only enflamed her conservative base within the district. An Elephant that barrels through walls, she is known to be as stubborn as always in defending conservative values.

Enjoys strong support from Gun's Rights and Anti-abortion activist groups;
Owing to her firm positions for the defense of not only the 2nd Amendment but of the right of the unborn, Maxine's house bids are usually accompanied with a slight nod by the NRA and the National Right to Life Committees, often in the form of donations to her house bids. In the sparingly few television adverts she puts out a few months prior to election time, they are usually filled to the brim with an average woman or man in the district explaining why they liked her policies, with a last emphasis being put on Maxine's staunch support for the 2nd Amendment or for the rights of the unborn against "communists".

Main Weaknesses:
History of controversial statements and opinions: (1)
It's no small secret that Maxine has garnered attention from more than the local papers for her off the cuff remarks and statements. Being from a state that seceded from the union during the civil war, and her former support for segregationist senator John Stennis has not earned her any real support from those folks that are still alive and remember the civil rights movement of the 60's vividly within Mississippi at the time.
Foul mouth;
Maxine is infamous in private for her, in her words: "Spicier dialogue". She is known to lack a real filter when it comes to choosing what to say and how to say it when there is not a script in front of her face when filming a television advert for her house campaigns.

Inability to Compromise:
When given the choice between amnesty for illegal immigrant families in exchange for increased funding for the President Wolf's prized boarder wall, she adamantly was a vocal opponent of the deal from the right wing. This is just one example over her long legislative series of votes where she not only towed the line of the extremist wing of the Republican Party , but refused to look the enemy in the eye at all.

Biography: Born in Yazoo City, Mississippi, on April 12th, 1962 to Garfield Sylvester Durant and Vanessa T. Katherine, Maxine's early childhood would be consumed with visits to the local library, fond memories of festive thanksgivings, Halloweens and Easters with Durant and Katherine's parents and hot summer days when her father would turn on the hose to cool them off. One of her fondest memories however, was when her father would take her up shooting when she was old enough. The moment she held a firearm in her hands, she fell in love with it. She admits later that she "went a little overboard" with being trigger-happy. The back-seat of her father's red pick-up truck were covered in pumpkin guts. (2)

Apart from a love of firearms, she developed intricate hobbies of collecting stamps. She found a weird mixture of meditation and comforting nostalgia in her younger years from the experiences of shooting a line of pumpkins every fall, then to come inside after raking up all the leaves to leave for a trip to the post office for a fresh roll of stamps, courtesy of her mother.

In 1980, after graduating from High School, Maxine tentatively decided to enroll in Ole Miss University. Her plan was to come out with (hopefully) a law degree after a few years. She got her first real whiff of politics during this time too. It was during the 1980 Presidential campaign that she started to think for herself and chart which way of the political aisle she would tack towards. It wasn't a very steady course. She admits in her early years that "I was all over the place". She would learn about a certain subject, then hear upon it on the news, then chat with it at her multiple after-school jobs that ranged from dishwasher at the local greasy spoon to secretary at a child's day-care.

She volunteered hard of the state's senior U.S Senator, John Stennis, in what would be his seventh and last term in the 1982 Mississippi Senate election. She knocked on doors all throughout the state, crossed into a third of the state's counties and wore out her voice giving dozens of stump speeches in support of the old man. In the end, Stennis handily beat back (not Haley Baurbor) by almost thirty points, allowing her to sit in smug satisfaction at yet another conservative victory for the Democratic Party.

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In 1986, Maxine decided to open up a newspaper called the 'Yazoo Star' (4). During this time, she would bemoan the loss of 'traditional values' of the 'old days' and call for a 'return to Stennis's Hour'. The newspaper was moderately successful, though she did get tons of push-back from the more African-American sections of the state and liberal democrats who derided the paper as 'a return to the plantation'. In her writings she pushed more to the right, though would consistently continue to support and offer endorsements to Democrats in local Mississippi races, so long as they were 'conservative enough' for her. Eventually, this would give way to her begrudgingly backing Republican candidates in local races when there lacked a consistent, in her words "voice for conservative values from the Democrats". Maxine would notice a distinct shift in both parties around the end of the (Not Bush Sr.) and the start of the (Not Bill Clinton) years. The most alarming issues were the left-wards shifts the Democratic Party was taking on Gun-Control and Abortion. She was tempted to run for Stennis's old seat as a conservative Democrat, but decided that the Democratic Party had 'abandoned traditional conservatives' in her eyes, and so on August 5th, 1994 she officially changed her party registration from Democrat to the GOP, abandoning the donkey for the elephant. (5)

Maxine became a firebrand for conservatism, railing against the incumbent liberal administration in the White House for years until an avid subscriber wrote to her and wanted her to run for the State Senate. Although laughing the idea off at first, she began to plot the groundwork for a campaign for the State Senate in Mississippi's 31st District (6). In 2000, she launched her campaign as an insurgency against the well-funded incumbent, trying to attack him from the right-wing. Unfortunately, she was defeated by a margin of 64% for the incumbent to her 35% (1% for another right-wing candidate). Still, the result was notable as the incumbent hadn't had to campaign for the primary in his past five elections, forcing him to blunt Maxine's challenge with tacks to the right.

Maxine came back with a vengeance in 2004, rallying her tight-nit base, learning from her time supporting Stennis throughout the state and using her newspaper to promote her right-wing message to the voters. It would end up being enough... just barely defeating the Republican incumbent in the primary by a margin of 51.4% to 48.6% before cruising to an easy victory in the General election that fall following the conclusion of the 'real election' for the Senate seat.

Now stuck with the other state senators in Jackson, Maxine would carve a name for herself as a 'staunch conservative'. By far her highest moment was when she pushed for the impeachment of the state's Democratic Governor. She would drag (Not-Ronnie Musgrove) through the mud, though her calls for impeachment were never seriously entertained by the State legislature or even by the Republican Party of Mississippi. Her voting record in the state house was typical with traditional republican positions. She was a good old lady and frequently toed the party line when she needed to, though when she did have objections to certain bills that were gifted from the state house she would vote against them. She proved to be uncontroversial enough to warrant multiple re-elections from her constituents, often with little opposition to her state senate seat. She would be re-elected in a landslide in 2008 and by another large margin in 2012 to the 31st District.


2014 was when the thought occurred to her: "'National Politics, now that's somethin'". So, Maxine tentatively held her breath for her home seat that was represented by (Not Gregg-Harper). Although she personally loathed 'identity politics', she was willing to let Republican staff members on her campaign for her prospective House seat emphasize the 'historic' choice she would be as the 3rd Congressional district's first female representative if elected. She began to court the anti-abortion, evangelical protestants within the Republican Party, often holding rallies and giving speeches outside of churches or near religious institutions. (7)

However, controversy came up when a 1998 periodical that she had written came up in the House primary debate (8), stating that 'Mississippi's heroes were knights'. Maxine defended herself by stating she hadn't specified any one group, insisting that the periodical was taken out of context "by a lying, stinking media that's only now digging this **** up, now that I'm running for Mississippians for the Third District." She also vehemently denied any allegations to the Ku Klux Klan and condemned their 'hateful messages and ideas'. The controversy may have been small, but it did garner the attention of more local political operatives in alarm, forcing more money to shore up Maxine that might have been spent in other competitive districts. In the end, the money did go to good use, as Maxine won with 67% of the vote, agaisnt her Democratic opponent's 32%. (9)

2016
The 2016 election was a tumultuous affair. The Democrats decided to go with a "blue dog" style Democrat that was able to appeal to the evangelical Christians of her district. Maxine tried again and again to tie her candidacy to the failed presidential bid of Sam Baginski, deriding him as a "crazy commie". She closely attempted to make the case that, "a vote not for me is a vote for communism", though throughout her House campaign polls saw her ahead of her opposition by at least 14 points. Come election night, those polls had a little bit of an oversampling of Republicans to Democrats within the District, but still granted her a generous win of 55% to 45%. (10)

2018
In contrast to her spirited defense in 2016, the Democratic Party opted wisely to avoid throwing away a whole lot of money at this seat, but still put some-one up for the purpose of not letting her win unopposed. A former elementary school teacher ran against her on a mostly education focused platform, though failed to gain any real traction, leading to a wide 58% to 42% victory for Representative Maxine. (11)

2020
In her 2020 re-election bid, the Democrats nominated a black opponent, to which Maxine made another series of damaging gaffes comparing her opponent as an 'ape' when it came to his proposals to do something about an 'issue that don't exist' (climate change). Still, in spite of promising Democratic internals that might have flipped the seat Blue, Richardson being at the top of the ticket and the increasing rarity of split-ticket voters throughout the country handed the incumbent Representative a resounding victory for a fourth house term with a margin of 65% to her opponent's 35%.

While in the U.S House, Maxine has worked hard for farmers and gun-owners. She readily adopted President Wolf's anti-immigration rhetoric whilst serving in the house, insisting that the "Mexicans were coming for good paying American jobs". In the wake of mass shootings, Maxine would be the first to offer 'thoughts and prayers' while simultaneously blasting Democrats for wanting to 'pass a new constitutional amendment that would strip away the 2nd'. Her voting record so far since her election in 2014 has been seen with an A by the NRA. She has also made it a point to defend Mississippi and her fellow Republicans House members from the heated criticism it's "Heartbeat ban" on abortion stirred up alongside her neighboring state of Alabama. She denies Global Warming is real, insisting it's a "fabrication by first the soviets, then the Russians, now the Chinese". She also refuses to refer to it as 'climate change', vowing that she would not be 'roped on in by the PC mobs".

However, she was also an opponent of the DACA bill, arguing that the ' illegal Mexicans would grow up to ruin American society'. She privately mused in her office about the 'fruitless-ness' of negotiating with Democrats, arguing that 'unless they were conservative like the ones I grew up with, there ain't no point in doin' none of that s**t'.

Other Info: Married to Miles Christiansen in 1981. Has one son named Norton (b. 1984), who currently works as a High School history teacher in Miami, Florida.

Currently assigned to the U.S House sub committees: (12)
-Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies
-Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Local Food Systems, and Food Safety and Security
-Immigration, Citizenship and Border Safety

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(1) This weakness needs to be reworked a bit, I say this because politics in Mississippi are extremely racialized with nearly all Whites being Republicans and nearly all Blacks being Democrats, plus Stennis himself was reelected to the Senate into the 80s, so it's not as if her support for him is going to be a massive drawback to the people who'd consider supporting Durant already

(2) I'd suggest rewording these last two sentences a little bit, it just took me a double-take to fully understand what it was saying and just feels a bit off, probably just combining the sentences would do

(3) What degrees did she end up getting from the University of Mississippi and when? I noticed you mentioned she originally had plans for a law degree, but whatever degrees she actually ended up getting aren't listed

(4) Why'd she found a new newspaper when she could've gotten a job at an already established newspaper within Mississippi?

(5) I'd suggest making it clear that she dropped the idea for running for Stennis's old seat in the Senate at the time here too, it seems implied and I think we'd prefer if it's more solidly established

(6) How'd she go from laughing off the idea to seriously considering it?

(7) What happened to not-Harper? I'd recommend establishing that he retired that year in the application, especially given that I can't see her winning the GOP primary if she's running against the incumbent, using identity politics tactics to try and justify that, and then having the article come out too

(8) If this article came out during the election's primary debate, how did she go on to win the primary?

(9) Given that she wasn't the incumbent (plus the possible increased Dem turnout from the controversy), I'd suggest a lowing the margin of victory here

(10) I get Durant's reelection strategy was bad, but at the same time, she's an incumbent in a safe district during a Presidential election year, Durant should probably win by a better margin here

(11) This is basically the same comment as comment 10, the only difference being that her election strategy wasn't bad and that it wasn't a presidential year, but her margin of victory should probably be better here

(12) We generally just list what committees the characters are on rather than the subcommittees if we list them at all

In addition to all the comments listed, I'd also suggest going through the app one last time before posting to just check to see if there are any spelling mistakes and whatnot you notice just in case you didn't don't do that already. I didn't notice anything massively wrong grammar-wise, but I didn't notice quite a few of those types of mistakes, mainly because I have Grammarly but still

Alright I re-did the application, re worked some things, gave her a more understandable reason as to why she couldn't run for the State Senate in 2000 (she had a teenager at home)

I also decided to have her work for a newspaper, then leave to go start up the Yazoo Star with some employees. Also I made the margins worse for her first election and better for her second and third ones.

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Character Application and Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Louisianan
Character Name: Linda D. Lazare
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 40
Character Height: 5' 5"
Character Weight: 121 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: US Representative of Texas's 7th Congressional District (2019-) (2015-2017)
Character Country/State of Birth: Texas, United States of America
Character State of Residence: Texas
Character Party Affiliation: Democratic
Main Strengths: Can appeal to minorities, Great Debater, Anti Wolfer, Pro-Choicer
Main Weaknesses: O.K. at Interviews, Isn't Tech Savvy, Not Too Transparent, Unable to Accept Responsibility
Biography: Linda Lazare was born in 1980 to parents Wilfred and Molly Lazare, she was raised in a mostly poor household. her father was a disabled veteran, while her mother was a bus driver. Linda was a very studious child, she was a 3.8 GPA student most of her life. She graduated high school and went into the University of Houston for Nursing. During college she became interested in politics, especially after the (Not-Bill Clinton) scandal. After she graduated college, she began volunteering at Soup Kitchens and Homeless shelters and became a secretary at a local law firm. As time went on, she noticed her parents going deeper and deeper into debt, she looked into it, and found out that they were paying for her College expenses which were way more than Linda originally thought. Linda was furious that politicians were touting how important education was, and how it would help in the future, and yet force people to pay these outrageously high expenses. She wrote to her Republican Representative about her issue, and nothing was done, no response or anything.

While in college, Linda also helped out at many blood drives. After college, Linda became aware of the Healthcare Crisis in America. After college, Linda became a Certified Nurse, and worked at various hospitals on and off, part time. Linda took an interest in politics and decided that would be her strong suit, and that her time as a nurse could help her.

In the late 2000s (Not Hillary Clinton) Announced her campaign for US President and Linda was inspired, she joined (not Hillary's) campaign staff and worked to help her win. Linda grew in the ranks and became (Not-Hillary's) scheduling coordinator for Texas. Eventually, it was obvious that a (Not-Hillary) nomination was unlikely so Linda, along with many other staffers joined the ranks of Rashid Baharia's campaign staff and became his scheduling coordinator for Texas to get things done. She helped him campaign throughout Texas and was a key reason the election was so close.

Later on in 2009 she decided that she would run for Congress. She ran for US Representative for the 7th District, she was primarying three more popular Democrats and came last at the end of the primary. She returned to the hospitals and meanwhile worked part-time with various local lawmakers as an advisor for Healthcare related bills. Her loss didn't deter her, she ran three more times in 2011 she didn't make the primary,in 2015 she won, and 2017 she lost the general election.

In her 2015-2017 term as Representative she blames her low successes on then President Elect Wolf, she became an activist to keep the ACA and help expand healthcare and getting it to the people who need it most, this made her unpopular with the wolfists who were very common at the time which made her lose the 2017 reelection. Her approval rating at the time of her departure was at about 67% but still she lost with only 46% of the vote going to her.

Then, in 2019 she ran again, this time she ran on a more middle liberal platform, she ran with the Me Too movement, with some support from the BLM movement, and attended many Protests and Marches with them, she would protest with Healthcare Activists, and the leader of Houstons Women on The Move group once said, "If we can't trust the Republican women in office to help us, we need a strong Democratic woman and Linda is that lady." With assistance from Women's rights groups and some help from the BLM group she won the Primary and the general election and was sworn in office on January 3rd 2019.

Later in 2020, she hopped into the race for Texas's Senate Seat. She gained notoriety as a meme, and as an easy win for Republicans. She eventually dropped out and focused on her congressional work where she wrote and passed the HPPSO Act through the House with Bipartisan support. She was re-elected and holds her seat as a Blue dot on the Texas Congressional map.

Other Info:
She is Pro Choice, she believes we should have better background checks for weapons, while not banning them entirely. She believes in raising the taxes on the rich, lowering the price for universities, cheaper healthcare, and helping the climate. She leaned towards the top Democratic female candidate in the 2020 Election and supported the Equality Act and supported the Carbon Fund Act, as well as the Fair House Apportionments Act.

In December of 2020, Linda Lazare married her few month sweetheart Rodney Daniels. She kept her name Lazare like a true feminist and is currently three months pregnant.

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They accepted Linda, Louis!

Oh gosh! I must have missed it, my apologies.

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NS Nation Name: Sao Nova Europa
Character Name: Gabriel Wilson
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 68
Character Height: 1,75m
Character Weight: 72kg
Character Position/Role/Job:

United States Military Academy - West Point (1970-4)
First Lieutenant - 509th Airborne Battalion Combat Team (1974 - 1977)
Command of A Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment (1977 - 1979)
Operations Officer of 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment (1979 - 1982)
Aide-de-camp to General John Galvin of the 24th Infantry Division (1981 - 1982)
Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas - Bachelor of Science degree in Military Science (1982 - 1983)
Princeton University - M.P.A. in international relations (1983 - 1985)
Princeton University - Ph.D. in international relations (1985 - 1987)
3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized)'s 30th Infantry Regiment (1988 - 1989)
Aide and assistant executive officer to the U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1989)
1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (1989 - 1995)
Chief Operations Officer of United Nations Mission in Haiti Military Staff (1995 - 1997)
Executive assistant to the director of the Joint Staff and then to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs (1997 - 1999)
Acting Commanding Officer of 82nd Airborne Division (1999 - 2000)
Chief of staff of XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg (2000 - 2001)
NATO Stabilization Force assistant Chief of Staff in Bosnia (2001 - 2002)
101st Airborne Division (2003 - 2004)
Commander of the Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq (2004 - 2005)
Commander of the Multi-National Force-Iraq (2007 - 2008)
Commander of the United States Central Command (2008 - 2010)
Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (2010 - 2011)
Honorary chairman of the OSS Society (2013 - 2016)
Visiting professor at Macaulay Honors College at the City University of New York (2013 - 2015)
Chairman of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. Global Institute (2013 - 2015)
United States Representative for District 4 of Virginia (2016 - )

Character Country/State of Birth: Virginia
Character State of Residence: Virginia
Character Party Affiliation: Democratic Party
Main Strengths: War Hero, savvy social media user, policy wonk
Main Weaknesses: Disliked by anti-war progressives, unpopular foreign policy views, mild alcohol addiction, extramarital affair (not publicly known)
Biography:

Gabriel Wilson was born in 20 August 1952. His father, Jacob, was employed at a desk job in a big company in New York. His mother, Maria, was a Greek immigrant working as a librarian. As a young boy, going into the library where his mother worked, he would read books about the exploits of Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Hannibal and Napoleon Bonaparte. As he was a rather reserved young man who was lacking in social interactions, those books provided him company. He would dream of one day becoming a great general, like those men, and even surpassing them.

Gabriel graduated from High School with good grades, especially on history, mathematics and literature. He went on to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Gabriel was on the intercollegiate soccer and ski teams, was a cadet captain on the brigade staff, and was a "distinguished cadet" academically, graduating first in the Class of 1974 with an academic score of 2424.12 merits out of a possible 2470.00 or 98.14.

After completing Ranger School (Distinguished Honor Graduate and other honors), Gabriel was assigned to the 509th Airborne Battalion Combat Team, a light infantry unit stationed in Vicenza, Italy. After leaving the 509th as a first lieutenant, Gabriel became assistant operations officer on the staff of the 2nd Brigade, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort Stewart, Georgia and in 1979 he assumed command of A Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment (Mechanized), and then served as that battalion's operations officer, a major's position that he held as a junior captain.

Gabriel became aide-de-camp to General John Galvin - commanding general of the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) - in 1981. Gabriel attended the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in 1982-3, earning the General George C. Marshall Award as the top graduate of the Class of 1983, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Military Science. He subsequently earned an M.P.A. in 1985 and a Ph.D. in international relations in 1987 from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. In 1988–1989, he served as operations officer to the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized)'s 30th Infantry Regiment. He was then posted as an aide and assistant executive officer to the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, General Carl Vuono, in Washington, D.C.

Upon promotion to lieutenant colonel, Gabriel assumed command in 1989 of the 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, centered on the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment. In that capacity, he took part in United States invasion of Panama. The goal of the 1st Brigade task force (1–504th, 2–504th INF, 4–325th INF, Company A, 3–505th INF, 3–319th FAR) was to oust Manuel Noriega from power. They were joined on the ground by 3–504th INF, which was already in Panama. The invasion began with a night combat jump and the takeover of airfields. This was followed by air assault missions in Panama City and the surrounding areas of the Gatun Locks. The 82nd then successfully assaulted multiple strategic installations, such as the Punta Paitilla Airport in Panama City and a Panamanian Defense Forces (PDF) garrison and airfield at Rio Hato, where Noriega also maintained a residence. Several key objectives such as Madden Dam, El Ranacer Prison, Gatun Locks, Gamboa and Fort Cimarron were secured.

Seven months later, the 82nd Airborne Division was again called to war, this time in the First Gulf War. In August 1990, the division was deployed to Riyadh and Thummim Saudi Arabia. Intensive training began in anticipation of desert fighting against the heavily armored Iraqi Army. On 16 January 1991, Operation Desert Storm began. The 1st Brigade (commanded by Gabriel) and 3d Brigade consolidated at the Division HQ (CHAMPION Main) near Dhahran. In the coming weeks, using primarily the 5-Ton cargo trucks of these NG truck companies, the 1st Brigade moved north to "tap line road" in the vicinity of Rafha, Saudi Arabia. Eventually, these National Guard truck units effectively "motorized" the 325th Infantry, providing the troop ground transportation required for them to keep pace with the French Division Daguet during the incursion. The ground war began almost six weeks later. On 24 February, the 1st Brigade moved forward to extend the Corps flank along with 3d Brigade. In the short 100-hour ground war, the 82d drove deep into Iraq and captured thousands of Iraqi soldiers and tons of equipment, weapons, and ammunition. During that time, the 82nd's band and MP company processed 2,721 prisoners.

Upon returning to the United States, Gabriel retained his command of the 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division. His brigade's training cycle at Fort Polk's Joint Readiness Training Center for low-intensity warfare was chronicled by novelist and military enthusiast Tom Clancy in his book Airborne. In 1995, Gabriel was assigned to the United Nations Mission in Haiti Military Staff as its chief operations officer during Operation Uphold Democracy. His academic background helped him to dialogue with civilian aid groups and UN officials, and he learned how to communicate effectively with senior military and political leaders in Washington. He supervised training programs for the police, sought funding to build schools and civic buildings, and helped to coordinate transportation and support for raids targeting criminal elements that still disrupted stability in the major towns. Gabriel even found a way to restore power to key parts of Port-au-Prince: he sent a staff officer to the foreign embassies in the capital, seeking donations to purchase generators. From 1997 to 1999, Gabriel served in the Pentagon as executive assistant to the director of the Joint Staff and then to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Henry Shelton. In 1999, Gabriel returned to the 82nd Airborne Division as the acting commanding officer.

From the 82nd, he moved on to serve as chief of staff of XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg during 2000–2001. During 2001–2002, as a brigadier general, Gabriel served a ten-month tour in Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of Operation Joint Forge. In Bosnia, he was the NATO Stabilization Force assistant chief of staff for operations as well as the deputy commander of the U.S. The hunt for war criminals, which Gabriel directly oversaw as the deputy commanding general, was the army’s largest special operations and intelligence deployment in the world at the time.

In 2003 Gabriel assumed command of the 101st Airborne Division during V Corps's drive to Baghdad. He led his division through fierce fighting south of Baghdad: in Karbala, Hilla and Najaf. Gabriel routed any remaining Iraqi army units and subdued pockets of fedayeen after several sharp engagements. Following the fall of Baghdad, the division conducted the longest heliborne assault on record in order to reach Nineveh Governorate, where it would spend much of 2003.

When the 101st’s advanced units reached Mosul on 22 April, they found a gloomy and daunting situation. There were no competent security forces in the city, and pillaging was widespread. Gabriel employed classic counterinsurgency methods to build security and stability: targeted kinetic operations and using force judiciously, jump-starting the economy, building local security forces, staging elections for the city council within weeks of their arrival, overseeing a program of public works, reinvigorating the political process, and launching 4,500 reconstruction projects in Iraq. Gabriel had long experience in nation-building thanks to his previous commands in Haiti and Bosnia. He firmly believed that good governance, personal security and economic and social growth would win the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people. As a political progressive, he had faith in the power of government to change peoples' lives.

Gabriel also took the novel step of reorganizing the division, starting with key staff functions, to better align with existing Iraqi governmental structures. The 101st’s division surgeon and medical team were assigned to work with the Iraqi Ministry of Health. The staff communications experts were paired with the Telecommunications Ministry, and the division engineers with the Ministry of Public Works. The division aviation brigade, in addition to flying their helicopters, would also support the students and faculty of Mosul University, which had been closed due to violence. The restoration of the Mosul University was one of the most important public works launched by Gabriel, who strongly supported the use of commanders' discretionary funds for public works. "Money is ammunition," he said, which quickly became a catchphrase.

In February 2004, the 101st was replaced in Mosul by a portion of I Corps headquarters. As Gabriel left Mosul, the region collapsed: the governor of Nineveh Province was assassinated, and most of the Sunni Arab Provincial Council members walked out in the ensuing selection of the new governor, leaving Kurdish members in charge of a predominantly Sunni Arab province. Later that year, the local police commander defected to the Kurdish Minister of Interior in Irbil after repeated assassination attempts against him. The failure was attributed to the change of attitude: whereas Gabriel was a 'builder', his successors were occupiers. They did not have a people-centric approach, which Gabriel had, or interest in local governance.

In June 2004, less than six months after the 101st returned to the U.S., Gabriel was promoted to lieutenant general and became the first commander of the Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq. This newly created command had responsibility for training, equipping, and mentoring Iraq's growing army, police, and other security forces, as well as developing Iraq's security institutions and building associated infrastructure, such as training bases, police stations, and border forts. During Gabriel's fifteen months at the helm of MNSTC-I, he stood up a three-star command virtually from scratch and in the midst of serious fighting in places like Fallujah, Mosul, and Najaf.

By late summer, the Iraqi troops faced their first test: Najaf, about 100 miles south of the capital, a U.S. Marine patrol approached the hiding place of Moqtada al-Sadr, the Shiite radical whose militias had been generating widespread violence in Sadr City, Baghdad’s largest slum. Sadr’s militia reacted by attacking U.S. and government personnel and facilities throughout the city. Several U.S. Army battalions and three of the newly stood-up Iraqi battalions were ordered to retake the city along with marine units already there. The ensuing combat was intense and validated Gabriel's direction. While U.S. forces on the ground and in the air had done the bulk of the fighting, the Iraqi forces at least had stood their ground and had not fled.

By the end of Gabriel's command, some 100,000 Iraqi Security Forces had been trained; Iraqi Army and Police were being employed in combat; countless reconstruction projects had been executed; more than 39,000 weapons, 22 million rounds of ammunition, 42,000 sets of body armor, 4,400 vehicles, 16,000 radios, and more than 235,000 uniforms, and other equipment had been distributed in what was described as the largest military procurement and distribution effort since World War II, at a cost of over $11 billion.

In the fall of 2005, Gabriel returned to the United States. As the insurgency got worse in Iraq, Gabriel began to develop a counterinsurgency doctrine. In the recent decades few American leaders had studied counterinsurgency seriously, and even fewer had practical experience. Gabriel approached the creation of the new doctrine in a typically unorthodox manner. In February 2006 he assembled a team of experts with wide-ranging expertise. Over the winter months, he oversaw the writing of the first draft. The team of experts was decidedly unmilitary, because in addition to soldiers and marines, professors, writers, intelligence officers, and even representatives from nongovernmental organizations were asked to contribute. Formally published in December 2006, it advocated a different approach to war than the prevailing US doctrine.

Political power was the key to counterinsurgency operations, Gabriel argued. The occupying force had "to get the people to accept its governance or authority as legitimate". Ensuring the population's sense of security was thus vital. To achieve this, Gabriel proposed a novel set of solutions involving not only combat operations, but the development of host-nation security forces, the provision of essential services by the host nation’s government, the building of host-nation political legitimacy, and the restoration of civilian economic activities.

The publication received extensive positive coverage. In January 2007, Gabriel succeeded Gen. George Casey as commanding general of MNF-I to lead all U.S. troops in Iraq. During Gabriel's tenure, the Multi-National Force-Iraq endeavored to work with the Government of Iraq to carry out Gabriel's strategy that focused on securing the population. Doing so required establishing—and maintaining—persistent presence by living among the population, separating reconcilable Iraqis from irreconcilable enemies, relentlessly pursuing the enemy, taking back sanctuaries and then holding areas that have been cleared, and continuing to develop Iraq's security forces and to support local security forces, often called Sons of Iraq, and to integrate them into the Iraqi Army and Police and other employment programs. In order to ensure domestic support for his efforts, Gabriel aggressively leveraged his media networks and talents to invite think-tank experts, pundits, and journalists to Iraq, providing them access and telling the story of the U.S. effort.

On August 28, Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) militias, in what amounted to a bid for supremacy among Shia militia factions, attacked the Imam Hussein shrine in the city of Karbala, one of the holiest sites of Shia Islam. The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) had expected that Sunni fighters might conduct an attack, but violence by Shia militants initially caught them by surprise. The ensuing battle resulted in more than 100 casualties and prompted a harsh response from Maliki, who ordered a full clampdown by the ISF. House-by-house searches for the perpetrators ensued, and the pressure on Sadr himself grew so intense that he ordered JAM to adhere to a cease-fi re. It was a significant victory for Maliki and the ISF, who proved that they would place Iraq above their own sectarian identity as Shias and stand up to criminal behavior wherever it was found. Gabriel took this as a sign that his ideas of good governance were taking root in Iraq. He attributed this success to the reforms he pushed forward: removing some militant leaders from opposition to the government; political reforms that were beginning to clean up the national ministries; and the positive influence of development activities.

In December 2007, The Washington Post's "Fact Checker" stated that "While some of Gabriel's statistics are open to challenge, his claims about a general reduction in violence have been borne out over subsequent months. It now looks as if Gabriel was broadly right on this issue at least". By the early months of 2008, U.S. deaths were at their lowest levels since the 2003 invasion, civilian casualties were down, and street life was resuming in Baghdad. In late May 2008, the Senate Armed Services Committee held nomination hearings for Gabriel, who was widely praised. On September 16, 2008, Gabriel formally gave over his command in Iraq to General Raymond T. Odierno.

On October 31, 2008, Gabriel assumed command of the United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) headquartered in Tampa, Florida. He was responsible for U.S. operations in 20 countries spreading from Egypt to Pakistan—including Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. In mid-August 2009, Gabriel established the Afghanistan-Pakistan Center of Excellence within the USCENTCOM Directorate of Intelligence to provide leadership to coordinate, integrate and focus analysis efforts in support of operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

On June 23, 2010, the President announced that Gabriel would be nominated as commander of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan. After being confirmed by the Senate on June 30, Gabriel formally assumed command on July 4. He focused on governance expansion, anti-corruption initiatives, promoting economic development, investing in infrastructure projects and improving security. The surge in troops supported a sixfold increase in Special Forces operations. 700 airstrikes occurred in September 2010 alone versus 257 in all of 2009. From July 2010 to October 2010, 300 Taliban commanders and 800 foot-soldiers were killed.

In early February 2010, Coalition and Afghan forces began highly visible plans for an offensive, codenamed Operation Moshtarak, on the Taliban stronghold near the village of Marjah. It began on 13 February and was the first operation where Afghan forces led the coalition. Led by the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (US), the offensive involved 15,000 US, British, Canadian, Estonian, Danish, French, and Afghan troops. It was the biggest joint operation since the 2001 invasion that ousted the Taliban. While initially successful, ISAF and the Afghans failed to set up a working government in the town, leading to a successful resurgence by the Taliban, but by early December the fighting there was declared "essentially over".

Gabriel retired from the U.S. Army on August 31, 2011. With the end of his military career, he declined the President's offer to become the new Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Instead, he focused on writing his military memoirs. Published in May 2013, it was titled A Soldier's Life - Gabriel Wilson. It was widely praised and became a bestseller. Gabriel also expanded his social media presence on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in order to promote himself and the book. Some spoke of the general harboring political ambitions, as he had never hidden his liberal political views.

In March 2013, Gabriel accepted the role of honorary chairman of the OSS Society. In July 2013, he was named visiting professor at Macaulay Honors College at the City University of New York. In September of that year, he was harassed by some of the students while walking on campus. On May 1, 2013, the University of Southern California named Gabriel as a Judge Widney Professor, "a title reserved for eminent individuals from the arts, sciences, professions, business and community and national leadership". Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., a New York investment firm, hired Gabriel as chairman of the firm's newly created KKR Global Institute in May 2013. At his new position, he would support its investment teams and portfolio companies when studying new investments, especially in new locations. In December 2014, Gabriel was named a partner at KKR and remained chairman of the KKR Global Institute until January 2015.

In June 2014, Gabriel announced the creation of the gun control group Veterans Coalition for Common Sense. In 2015, he announced his intention to run for the office of Representative in District 4 of Virginia. "I have always believed that the power of government can make peoples' life better," Gabriel said. "That was my philosophy in Iraq and Afghanistan; that clean, decent government can promote economic and social progress. That is my philosophy for the United States of America too."

Gabriel easily won the Democratic primaries, owing to his national profile and war hero status, despite opposition from anti-war progressive Democrats. He ran on a rather progressive domestic platform: expanding health insurance coverage to 97% of Americans, instituting a federal carbon tax while reducing income tax on lower-class families, raising the minimum wage, investment into American infrastructure and criminal justice reform. On social issues, he took pro-choice stance on abortion rights and a moderate position on immigration. He also strongly attacked Arnold Wolf as being 'mentally deranged', 'unfit to lead' and a 'danger to American democracy'. Foreign policy did not feature that prominently, but Gabriel supported increased intervention in Afghanistan and Iraq, strong support for NATO and containment of Russia and China.

In the 2016 elections, Gabriel was elected in the House of Representatives. As Representative, Gabriel earned a reputation of a policy wonk, as he eschewed sloganeering for charts and statistics in explaining his policy proposals. He was strongly opposed to Wolf's presidency and gain some reputation (and ire) for his strong comments against the President. In the 2018 and 2020 elections, Gabriel was reelected. Some believe that he may even be thinking of a 2024 run for President.

Other Info:

Gabriel Wilson is married with Ashlyn Hudson (61) and has two sons (25, 17) and one daughter (22).
He is having an affair with Naomi Palmer (32), a journalist for New York Times
Gabriel always had a problem with alcohol, but after his retirement from the military his alcohol addiction became worse. As a politician, he has tried to cut back on alcohol - with some success - but he still struggles with it.

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Heavily based off Cuomo/Hochul debacle IRL

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NS Nation Name: Helliniki Katastasis
Character Name: Michael "Mick" Doherty
Character Gender: non-female
Character Age: 57
Character Height: 6'01
Character Weight: 184 Pounds
Character Position/Role/Job: Governor of New York [2020-] Lieutenant Governor of New York [2010-2020] HUD Secretary [2008-2010] Representative NY-29 [2002-2008] Chemung County Executive [1996-2002] Chemung County Highway Supervisor [1992-1996]
Character Country/State of Birth: Danby, New York
Character State of Residence: Albany, New York
Character Party Affiliation: Democrat
Main Strengths: Well-balanced between progressive and moderate factions, draws roots from upstate, experience with infrastructure, popular policies on corporations/infrastructure, charismatic, willingness to work with Republicans, old House caucus reputation, views on Iraq War
Main Weaknesses: Lack of economic experience, HUD scandal, disliked by hardline progressives, lackluster minority appeal, flip flops
Biography:

Mick Doherty was born on September 11, 1963 to John and Marie Doherty. His father, the owner of the town diner and personal friend of Governor Rockefeller, was a strict disciplinarian and encouraged his son to actively pursue schoolwork and his grades, and came down hard on Mick and his two sisters lest they step out of line. Their mother, on the other hand, was a more gentle parent with an even hand. She guided her son through domestic violence issues at home, as well as social issues in school. A bookish child, he spent his high school years racking up credits and taking accelerated civics and history courses. Slated to attend nearby Cornell University on a history scholarship, he majored in social studies and received an undergraduate degree in 1985. Taking up a position as a Junior logistics staffer for Senator Pat Moynihan, he met his wife Lorraine, a press staffer for Moynihan, and they were married in 1990. Leaving the Moynihan team, he returned to Chemung County and began to drum up support among locals, familiar with his name via his father, for a highway supervisor run. Winning the position in 1992, he negotiated deals with both the state and town leaders to repave and reconstruct bridges and roads across the county, notably in Elmira, the home of noted author Mark Twain. Widely popular in the county for his work, as well as riding off his father's past as a dominant figure in the county social and political scene, he ran for the open County Executive seat in 1996, winning fairly solidly.

As County Executive, he continued to advocate for infrastructure reform, working with neighboring Steuben and Tioga counties to push the state to assist the counties in repairing roadways and railway tracks, such as the major Southern Tier artery that was Route 17. Forging a personal relationship with Governor Cuomo, he pursued further investment in the Chemung River watershed and Elmira Dam, as well as further rail connections between townships in the county.

In 2002, partly due to the strong support from Governor Cuomo, Doherty announced he would forgo running for re-election and instead pursue the newly-redistricted 29th district. With the redistricting, he faced incumbent 31st District representative in the general election. With the district being a key swing area in both the congressional race and presidential race, the race drew national attention as both parties wrestled for control over the House. On Election Day, Doherty narrowly edged out his opponent by just 2500 votes, and the district went to Fake Bush by a slim margin. Crossover support had carried Doherty over the edge, and he would establish himself as a moderate in the U.S. House.

Taking up conservative viewpoints on issues such as Gay Marriage and school choice, he paved the way for the creation of the Bipartisan Action caucus for incoming members. In addition, he became a vocal proponent of infrastructure reform as well as expanded healthcare coverage. Throughout the early 2000s, he was an opponent of the war in Iraq, as well as members of his caucus. On September 11 of 2002, they staged an event outside the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall to demand further investigation and transparency, and most importantly, solid proof, that the Iraqis were developing WMDs. The event drew national attention as a wide swath of pacifists, libertarians, moderates, and more congregated for the event, and the metropolitan police had to be called in to prevent a counter-protest of veterans and hard-core Bushites from fighting with activists. Doherty strongly denounced this, and called for both crowds to be civil. Later that day, they traveled to Ground Zero where he joined President Fake Bush and others to observe the anniversary. When the House voted a month after, the Bipartisan Action caucus voted against the authorization to invade Iraq.

Winning re-election in 2004 and 2006 by double digits, he opted not to run again in 2008. Instead, he joined the Fake Clinton campaign team as a surrogate and campaigned across the country for her in the primaries. When she lost to the charismatic Fake Obama, he endorsed the rising star and for a time was considered a potential running mate. However, after the 2008 Election, he was declared the nominee for HUD Secretary. Pledging to turn the housing market around and revamp the nation's infrastructure. Immediately pledging to spend nearly $250 billion dollars on efforts and incentives to localities to rebuild infrastructure, lobbying Congress to introduce sweeping legislation to implement many of Fake Obama's policies on housing. However, on Christmas Eve of 2009, officials at HUD were seen unlawfully tampering with housing reports and blacklisting information that would've effected both Doherty and the President's approval ratings. A whistle-blower leaked the story to the Washington Post. These officials were charged and a series of contentious congressional hearings, complete with subpoenas of administration officials and the release of thousands of HUD documents revealing discrepancies in housing reports from February of 2009 through December. Doherty himself testified in front of a special investigation committee for 21 hours in March of 2010, and hundreds of HUD officials were hired and some charged for their involvement. Congressional reports showed that the Preisdent had absolutely nothing to do with the scandal, and in April he requested Doherty's resignation. With further reporting, Doherty was exonerated of any possible indictment in the case, however many believed that his career was over. However, it was about to be saved.

Back in New York, the gubernatorial primaries had just concluded. Democratic nominee Fake Andrew Cuomo was in search of a viable balance between upstate and downstate, and found Mick Doherty. Choosing Doherty as Lieutenant Governor, his political career was saved and he won election as the number two in charge of New York state in November of 2010. Quietly criss-crossing the state throughout his term, he made personal friends both upstate and downstate.

In late 2018, accusations against Governor Fake Cuomo of sexual harassment and assault emerged by Fake Lindsay Boylan. However, these were swept aside by the Governor. Later that year, however, in December of 2019, further allegations by several other women brought the state attorney general to launch an investigation into Fake Cuomo's conduct. Over the course of the investigation, state finance boards found the governor in violation of several campaign finance laws. The governor continued to deny these accusations and violations, however the final nail in the coffin was driven in May of 2019 when the attorney general found that Cuomo lied about all but one accusation. Following this, the State Assembly began moving forward with impeachment. Before this could occur, however, Cuomo announced that he would resign as governor effective July 1. With this announcement, Doherty began assembling a new staff and preparing to take the helm of New York, interviewing officials for potential positions, reaching out to state and local legislators and executives, and drafting an immediate plan for his ascension to the office. Leaning into his moderate, bipartisan positions whilst also pledging to balance out the table for progressives, he presented himself as a unifying figure following the tumultuous resignation of his predecessor. Choosing downstate County Executive Fake George Lattimer as his Lieutenant Governor, his first official address emphasized the need for a balance between regulation and economic growth, and pledged to support small businesses and the private sector, repair state infrastructure, hold corporations, energy and water companies, and other accountable for ripping off consumers, to regulate the environment, to eliminate corruption that had defined the previous administration, to provide safe and legal abortion, and to allow parents to chose their children's schools, the first notable Democrat to favor the measure. He also touched on having a diverse and balanced cabinet between races, and the upstate/downstate divide. Holding firm on his positions on education, however, has drawn significant criticism from progressives. He plans on running for a full term in 2022.
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Married to Lorraine Doherty since 1990, currently tumultuous though
Has three children, son Andrew (born 1992), daughter Olivia (born 1997), and daughter Nicole (born 2000)

Eventually, Bipartisan Action caucus merged with Bipartisan Problem Solvers caucus in 2017.
Flipped on gay marriage, climate change, immigration. Maintained school choice advocacy.

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Updated, please re-review. He'll be significantly tougher with the HUD scandal I put in, but it should balance things out a bit more and provides a more realistic turn. No politician hasn't had a scandal.

I have him down as having been accepted already without these changes.
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Character Application and Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Sao Nova Europa
Character Name: Gabriel Wilson
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 68
Character Height: 1,75m
Character Weight: 72kg
Character Position/Role/Job:

United States Military Academy - West Point (1970-4)
First Lieutenant - 509th Airborne Battalion Combat Team (1974 - 1977)
Command of A Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment (1977 - 1979)
Operations Officer of 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment (1979 - 1982)
Aide-de-camp to General John Galvin of the 24th Infantry Division (1981 - 1982)
Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas - Bachelor of Science degree in Military Science (1982 - 1983)
Princeton University - M.P.A. in international relations (1983 - 1985)
Princeton University - Ph.D. in international relations (1985 - 1987)
3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized)'s 30th Infantry Regiment (1988 - 1989)
Aide and assistant executive officer to the U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1989)
1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (1989 - 1995)
Chief Operations Officer of United Nations Mission in Haiti Military Staff (1995 - 1997)
Executive assistant to the director of the Joint Staff and then to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs (1997 - 1999)
Acting Commanding Officer of 82nd Airborne Division (1999 - 2000)
Chief of staff of XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg (2000 - 2001)
NATO Stabilization Force assistant Chief of Staff in Bosnia (2001 - 2002)
101st Airborne Division (2003 - 2004)
Commander of the Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq (2004 - 2005)
Commander of the Multi-National Force-Iraq (2007 - 2008)
Commander of the United States Central Command (2008 - 2010)
Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (2010 - 2011)
Honorary chairman of the OSS Society (2013 - 2016)
Visiting professor at Macaulay Honors College at the City University of New York (2013 - 2015)
Chairman of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. Global Institute (2013 - 2015)
United States Representative for District 4 of Virginia (2016 - )

Character Country/State of Birth: Virginia
Character State of Residence: Virginia
Character Party Affiliation: Democratic Party
Main Strengths: War Hero, savvy social media user, policy wonk
Main Weaknesses: Disliked by anti-war progressives, unpopular foreign policy views, mild alcohol addiction, extramarital affair (not publicly known)
Biography:

Gabriel Wilson was born in 20 August 1952. His father, Jacob, was employed at a desk job in a big company in New York. His mother, Maria, was a Greek immigrant working as a librarian. As a young boy, going into the library where his mother worked, he would read books about the exploits of Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Hannibal and Napoleon Bonaparte. As he was a rather reserved young man who was lacking in social interactions, those books provided him company. He would dream of one day becoming a great general, like those men, and even surpassing them.

Gabriel graduated from High School with good grades, especially on history, mathematics and literature. He went on to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Gabriel was on the intercollegiate soccer and ski teams, was a cadet captain on the brigade staff, and was a "distinguished cadet" academically, graduating first in the Class of 1974 with an academic score of 2424.12 merits out of a possible 2470.00 or 98.14.

After completing Ranger School (Distinguished Honor Graduate and other honors), Gabriel was assigned to the 509th Airborne Battalion Combat Team, a light infantry unit stationed in Vicenza, Italy. After leaving the 509th as a first lieutenant, Gabriel became assistant operations officer on the staff of the 2nd Brigade, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort Stewart, Georgia and in 1979 he assumed command of A Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment (Mechanized), and then served as that battalion's operations officer, a major's position that he held as a junior captain.

Gabriel became aide-de-camp to General John Galvin - commanding general of the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) - in 1981. Gabriel attended the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in 1982-3, earning the General George C. Marshall Award as the top graduate of the Class of 1983, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Military Science. He subsequently earned an M.P.A. in 1985 and a Ph.D. in international relations in 1987 from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. In 1988–1989, he served as operations officer to the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized)'s 30th Infantry Regiment. He was then posted as an aide and assistant executive officer to the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, General Carl Vuono, in Washington, D.C.

Upon promotion to lieutenant colonel, Gabriel assumed command in 1989 of the 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, centered on the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment. In that capacity, he took part in United States invasion of Panama. The goal of the 1st Brigade task force (1–504th, 2–504th INF, 4–325th INF, Company A, 3–505th INF, 3–319th FAR) was to oust Manuel Noriega from power. They were joined on the ground by 3–504th INF, which was already in Panama. The invasion began with a night combat jump and the takeover of airfields. This was followed by air assault missions in Panama City and the surrounding areas of the Gatun Locks. The 82nd then successfully assaulted multiple strategic installations, such as the Punta Paitilla Airport in Panama City and a Panamanian Defense Forces (PDF) garrison and airfield at Rio Hato, where Noriega also maintained a residence. Several key objectives such as Madden Dam, El Ranacer Prison, Gatun Locks, Gamboa and Fort Cimarron were secured.

Seven months later, the 82nd Airborne Division was again called to war, this time in the First Gulf War. In August 1990, the division was deployed to Riyadh and Thummim Saudi Arabia. Intensive training began in anticipation of desert fighting against the heavily armored Iraqi Army. On 16 January 1991, Operation Desert Storm began. The 1st Brigade (commanded by Gabriel) and 3d Brigade consolidated at the Division HQ (CHAMPION Main) near Dhahran. In the coming weeks, using primarily the 5-Ton cargo trucks of these NG truck companies, the 1st Brigade moved north to "tap line road" in the vicinity of Rafha, Saudi Arabia. Eventually, these National Guard truck units effectively "motorized" the 325th Infantry, providing the troop ground transportation required for them to keep pace with the French Division Daguet during the incursion. The ground war began almost six weeks later. On 24 February, the 1st Brigade moved forward to extend the Corps flank along with 3d Brigade. In the short 100-hour ground war, the 82d drove deep into Iraq and captured thousands of Iraqi soldiers and tons of equipment, weapons, and ammunition. During that time, the 82nd's band and MP company processed 2,721 prisoners.

Upon returning to the United States, Gabriel retained his command of the 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division. His brigade's training cycle at Fort Polk's Joint Readiness Training Center for low-intensity warfare was chronicled by novelist and military enthusiast Tom Clancy in his book Airborne. In 1995, Gabriel was assigned to the United Nations Mission in Haiti Military Staff as its chief operations officer during Operation Uphold Democracy. His academic background helped him to dialogue with civilian aid groups and UN officials, and he learned how to communicate effectively with senior military and political leaders in Washington. He supervised training programs for the police, sought funding to build schools and civic buildings, and helped to coordinate transportation and support for raids targeting criminal elements that still disrupted stability in the major towns. Gabriel even found a way to restore power to key parts of Port-au-Prince: he sent a staff officer to the foreign embassies in the capital, seeking donations to purchase generators. From 1997 to 1999, Gabriel served in the Pentagon as executive assistant to the director of the Joint Staff and then to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Henry Shelton. In 1999, Gabriel returned to the 82nd Airborne Division as the acting commanding officer.

From the 82nd, he moved on to serve as chief of staff of XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg during 2000–2001. During 2001–2002, as a brigadier general, Gabriel served a ten-month tour in Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of Operation Joint Forge. In Bosnia, he was the NATO Stabilization Force assistant chief of staff for operations as well as the deputy commander of the U.S. The hunt for war criminals, which Gabriel directly oversaw as the deputy commanding general, was the army’s largest special operations and intelligence deployment in the world at the time.

In 2003 Gabriel assumed command of the 101st Airborne Division during V Corps's drive to Baghdad. He led his division through fierce fighting south of Baghdad: in Karbala, Hilla and Najaf. Gabriel routed any remaining Iraqi army units and subdued pockets of fedayeen after several sharp engagements. Following the fall of Baghdad, the division conducted the longest heliborne assault on record in order to reach Nineveh Governorate, where it would spend much of 2003.

When the 101st’s advanced units reached Mosul on 22 April, they found a gloomy and daunting situation. There were no competent security forces in the city, and pillaging was widespread. Gabriel employed classic counterinsurgency methods to build security and stability: targeted kinetic operations and using force judiciously, jump-starting the economy, building local security forces, staging elections for the city council within weeks of their arrival, overseeing a program of public works, reinvigorating the political process, and launching 4,500 reconstruction projects in Iraq. Gabriel had long experience in nation-building thanks to his previous commands in Haiti and Bosnia. He firmly believed that good governance, personal security and economic and social growth would win the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people. As a political progressive, he had faith in the power of government to change peoples' lives.

Gabriel also took the novel step of reorganizing the division, starting with key staff functions, to better align with existing Iraqi governmental structures. The 101st’s division surgeon and medical team were assigned to work with the Iraqi Ministry of Health. The staff communications experts were paired with the Telecommunications Ministry, and the division engineers with the Ministry of Public Works. The division aviation brigade, in addition to flying their helicopters, would also support the students and faculty of Mosul University, which had been closed due to violence. The restoration of the Mosul University was one of the most important public works launched by Gabriel, who strongly supported the use of commanders' discretionary funds for public works. "Money is ammunition," he said, which quickly became a catchphrase.

In February 2004, the 101st was replaced in Mosul by a portion of I Corps headquarters. As Gabriel left Mosul, the region collapsed: the governor of Nineveh Province was assassinated, and most of the Sunni Arab Provincial Council members walked out in the ensuing selection of the new governor, leaving Kurdish members in charge of a predominantly Sunni Arab province. Later that year, the local police commander defected to the Kurdish Minister of Interior in Irbil after repeated assassination attempts against him. The failure was attributed to the change of attitude: whereas Gabriel was a 'builder', his successors were occupiers. They did not have a people-centric approach, which Gabriel had, or interest in local governance.

In June 2004, less than six months after the 101st returned to the U.S., Gabriel was promoted to lieutenant general and became the first commander of the Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq. This newly created command had responsibility for training, equipping, and mentoring Iraq's growing army, police, and other security forces, as well as developing Iraq's security institutions and building associated infrastructure, such as training bases, police stations, and border forts. During Gabriel's fifteen months at the helm of MNSTC-I, he stood up a three-star command virtually from scratch and in the midst of serious fighting in places like Fallujah, Mosul, and Najaf.

By late summer, the Iraqi troops faced their first test: Najaf, about 100 miles south of the capital, a U.S. Marine patrol approached the hiding place of Moqtada al-Sadr, the Shiite radical whose militias had been generating widespread violence in Sadr City, Baghdad’s largest slum. Sadr’s militia reacted by attacking U.S. and government personnel and facilities throughout the city. Several U.S. Army battalions and three of the newly stood-up Iraqi battalions were ordered to retake the city along with marine units already there. The ensuing combat was intense and validated Gabriel's direction. While U.S. forces on the ground and in the air had done the bulk of the fighting, the Iraqi forces at least had stood their ground and had not fled.

By the end of Gabriel's command, some 100,000 Iraqi Security Forces had been trained; Iraqi Army and Police were being employed in combat; countless reconstruction projects had been executed; more than 39,000 weapons, 22 million rounds of ammunition, 42,000 sets of body armor, 4,400 vehicles, 16,000 radios, and more than 235,000 uniforms, and other equipment had been distributed in what was described as the largest military procurement and distribution effort since World War II, at a cost of over $11 billion.

In the fall of 2005, Gabriel returned to the United States. As the insurgency got worse in Iraq, Gabriel began to develop a counterinsurgency doctrine. In the recent decades few American leaders had studied counterinsurgency seriously, and even fewer had practical experience. Gabriel approached the creation of the new doctrine in a typically unorthodox manner. In February 2006 he assembled a team of experts with wide-ranging expertise. Over the winter months, he oversaw the writing of the first draft. The team of experts was decidedly unmilitary, because in addition to soldiers and marines, professors, writers, intelligence officers, and even representatives from nongovernmental organizations were asked to contribute. Formally published in December 2006, it advocated a different approach to war than the prevailing US doctrine.

Political power was the key to counterinsurgency operations, Gabriel argued. The occupying force had "to get the people to accept its governance or authority as legitimate". Ensuring the population's sense of security was thus vital. To achieve this, Gabriel proposed a novel set of solutions involving not only combat operations, but the development of host-nation security forces, the provision of essential services by the host nation’s government, the building of host-nation political legitimacy, and the restoration of civilian economic activities.

The publication received extensive positive coverage. In January 2007, Gabriel succeeded Gen. George Casey as commanding general of MNF-I to lead all U.S. troops in Iraq. During Gabriel's tenure, the Multi-National Force-Iraq endeavored to work with the Government of Iraq to carry out Gabriel's strategy that focused on securing the population. Doing so required establishing—and maintaining—persistent presence by living among the population, separating reconcilable Iraqis from irreconcilable enemies, relentlessly pursuing the enemy, taking back sanctuaries and then holding areas that have been cleared, and continuing to develop Iraq's security forces and to support local security forces, often called Sons of Iraq, and to integrate them into the Iraqi Army and Police and other employment programs. In order to ensure domestic support for his efforts, Gabriel aggressively leveraged his media networks and talents to invite think-tank experts, pundits, and journalists to Iraq, providing them access and telling the story of the U.S. effort.

On August 28, Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) militias, in what amounted to a bid for supremacy among Shia militia factions, attacked the Imam Hussein shrine in the city of Karbala, one of the holiest sites of Shia Islam. The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) had expected that Sunni fighters might conduct an attack, but violence by Shia militants initially caught them by surprise. The ensuing battle resulted in more than 100 casualties and prompted a harsh response from Maliki, who ordered a full clampdown by the ISF. House-by-house searches for the perpetrators ensued, and the pressure on Sadr himself grew so intense that he ordered JAM to adhere to a cease-fi re. It was a significant victory for Maliki and the ISF, who proved that they would place Iraq above their own sectarian identity as Shias and stand up to criminal behavior wherever it was found. Gabriel took this as a sign that his ideas of good governance were taking root in Iraq. He attributed this success to the reforms he pushed forward: removing some militant leaders from opposition to the government; political reforms that were beginning to clean up the national ministries; and the positive influence of development activities.

In December 2007, The Washington Post's "Fact Checker" stated that "While some of Gabriel's statistics are open to challenge, his claims about a general reduction in violence have been borne out over subsequent months. It now looks as if Gabriel was broadly right on this issue at least". By the early months of 2008, U.S. deaths were at their lowest levels since the 2003 invasion, civilian casualties were down, and street life was resuming in Baghdad. In late May 2008, the Senate Armed Services Committee held nomination hearings for Gabriel, who was widely praised. On September 16, 2008, Gabriel formally gave over his command in Iraq to General Raymond T. Odierno.

On October 31, 2008, Gabriel assumed command of the United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) headquartered in Tampa, Florida. He was responsible for U.S. operations in 20 countries spreading from Egypt to Pakistan—including Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. In mid-August 2009, Gabriel established the Afghanistan-Pakistan Center of Excellence within the USCENTCOM Directorate of Intelligence to provide leadership to coordinate, integrate and focus analysis efforts in support of operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

On June 23, 2010, the President announced that Gabriel would be nominated as commander of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan. After being confirmed by the Senate on June 30, Gabriel formally assumed command on July 4. He focused on governance expansion, anti-corruption initiatives, promoting economic development, investing in infrastructure projects and improving security. The surge in troops supported a sixfold increase in Special Forces operations. 700 airstrikes occurred in September 2010 alone versus 257 in all of 2009. From July 2010 to October 2010, 300 Taliban commanders and 800 foot-soldiers were killed.

In early February 2010, Coalition and Afghan forces began highly visible plans for an offensive, codenamed Operation Moshtarak, on the Taliban stronghold near the village of Marjah. It began on 13 February and was the first operation where Afghan forces led the coalition. Led by the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (US), the offensive involved 15,000 US, British, Canadian, Estonian, Danish, French, and Afghan troops. It was the biggest joint operation since the 2001 invasion that ousted the Taliban. While initially successful, ISAF and the Afghans failed to set up a working government in the town, leading to a successful resurgence by the Taliban, but by early December the fighting there was declared "essentially over".

Gabriel retired from the U.S. Army on August 31, 2011. With the end of his military career, he declined the President's offer to become the new Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Instead, he focused on writing his military memoirs. Published in May 2013, it was titled A Soldier's Life - Gabriel Wilson. It was widely praised and became a bestseller. Gabriel also expanded his social media presence on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in order to promote himself and the book. Some spoke of the general harboring political ambitions, as he had never hidden his liberal political views.

In March 2013, Gabriel accepted the role of honorary chairman of the OSS Society. In July 2013, he was named visiting professor at Macaulay Honors College at the City University of New York. In September of that year, he was harassed by some of the students while walking on campus. On May 1, 2013, the University of Southern California named Gabriel as a Judge Widney Professor, "a title reserved for eminent individuals from the arts, sciences, professions, business and community and national leadership". Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., a New York investment firm, hired Gabriel as chairman of the firm's newly created KKR Global Institute in May 2013. At his new position, he would support its investment teams and portfolio companies when studying new investments, especially in new locations. In December 2014, Gabriel was named a partner at KKR and remained chairman of the KKR Global Institute until January 2015.

In June 2014, Gabriel announced the creation of the gun control group Veterans Coalition for Common Sense. In 2015, he announced his intention to run for the office of Representative in District 4 of Virginia. "I have always believed that the power of government can make peoples' life better," Gabriel said. "That was my philosophy in Iraq and Afghanistan; that clean, decent government can promote economic and social progress. That is my philosophy for the United States of America too."

Gabriel easily won the Democratic primaries, owing to his national profile and war hero status, despite opposition from anti-war progressive Democrats. He ran on a rather progressive domestic platform: expanding health insurance coverage to 97% of Americans, instituting a federal carbon tax while reducing income tax on lower-class families, raising the minimum wage, investment into American infrastructure and criminal justice reform. On social issues, he took pro-choice stance on abortion rights and a moderate position on immigration. He also strongly attacked Arnold Wolf as being 'mentally deranged', 'unfit to lead' and a 'danger to American democracy'. Foreign policy did not feature that prominently, but Gabriel supported increased intervention in Afghanistan and Iraq, strong support for NATO and containment of Russia and China.

In the 2016 elections, Gabriel was elected in the House of Representatives. As Representative, Gabriel earned a reputation of a policy wonk, as he eschewed sloganeering for charts and statistics in explaining his policy proposals. He was strongly opposed to Wolf's presidency and gain some reputation (and ire) for his strong comments against the President. In the 2018 and 2020 elections, Gabriel was reelected. Some believe that he may even be thinking of a 2024 run for President.

Other Info:

Gabriel Wilson is married with Ashlyn Hudson (61) and has two sons (25, 17) and one daughter (22).
He is having an affair with Naomi Palmer (32), a journalist for New York Times
Gabriel always had a problem with alcohol, but after his retirement from the military his alcohol addiction became worse. As a politician, he has tried to cut back on alcohol - with some success - but he still struggles with it.

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I will let an Admin who is more competent on military history/ranks than me give this the primary review, but I will add that there's a few issues towards the end. Namely, Virginia's 4th is not the right district for a white prog interventionist, if Virginia is your ultimate choice, move him to being elected in 2018 and pick VA-07 or VA-03, both would be more amenable to his FoPo views and he could get away with moderating his domestic perspective.

Alternatively, VA-11 might pick him in 2016, though I am unsure. VA-4 and VA-3 are both predominantly black voter seats which would probably find him somewhat out of touch/unelectable without a real grounding in their seats.

VA-11 and VA-8 are both easily more likely to pick him IF he is less "escalate Afghanistan" and more "we need a strong presence where need be to stand strong against terror". Escalation of Afghanistan and Iraq is a no-go for any elected Democrat, given the party won 2006/08 elections on the antiwar platform and continues to have a very potent base of antiwar activism within it's ranks.

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Will change then to VA-11 and change his foreign policy public agenda to "we need a strong presence where need be to stand strong against terror".

EDIT: Made the changes in the app.

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Character Application and Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Vaquas

Character Name: Suzette Seidel

Character Gender: Female

Character Age: 58

Character Height: 5'6

Character Weight: 140 lbs

Character Position/Role/Job:
58th Governor of Missouri (2021 - Present)
Representative from Missouri’s 6th Congressional District (2011 - 2021)
State Senator for Missouri’s 12th District (2007 - 2011)
State Representative for Missouri’s 7th District (2003 - 2007)

Character State of Origin: Missouri

Character State of Residence: Missouri

Character Party Affiliation: Republican Party

Main Strengths: Early Wolf endorser and associated cred, Good at grassroots fundraising, frequent conservative media presence, law enforcement background

Main Weaknesses: Partisan extremist and heavily resistant to compromise, extremely authoritarian tendencies, “alleged” racist, conspiracy theorist, 1992 shooting incident

Biography: Born June 16, 1962 in Trenton, Missouri to a policeman, Ted Kristoll, and a home care nurse, Frida Kristoll, Suzette Kristoll was the fourth of seven children, raised in a poor, neglected area of the state. Growing up, her interests initially reflected a desire to pursue nursing as a career in the mold of her mom, but after witnessing her mother break down in tears after coming home from work when Suzette was 10, she instead began to emulate her father, who she viewed as a hero keeping the community safe from society’s undesirable elements. At age 13, Suzette was the victim of sexual assault at the hands of her oldest brother George, describing the experience as intensely traumatic and damaging and resulting in Kristoll’s father beating his son near to death in response. Ted would not face consequences due to a sympathetic jury, while George would be sent to prison. Suzette’s academic performance would suffer significantly in the aftermath of the incident, and she began searching for something to "reinvigorate her life". In doing so, she found and turned quite devoutly to Christ, regularly attending a non-denominational evangelical church in town and becoming heavily involved in its workings. Suzette has referred to this as a “spiritual awakening” and has called the moment she stepped into the church the “most powerful moment of my life”. Turning her academics around by junior year, Suzette decided to attend college after all despite flirting with dropping out and joining the church full time.

Attending Missouri State University and pursuing a degree in Criminal Justice, Suzette first entered politics in her freshman year, eagerly supporting the Presidential campaign of Ronald Reagan and volunteering locally for the man. It was here that she would meet Hubert Seidel, a man 20 years her senior, heavily involved in the local GOP and a senior firefighter. The two would date for less than a year before marrying, Suzette at age 19 and Hubert at age 39, and she would take his surname. Suzette would complete her degree in 1984 despite significant pressure from her husband to drop out and have children, and she would successfully apply and complete the training necessary to join the Missouri Highway Patrol.

Suzette’s tenure as a Highway Patrolwoman was very storied, and she quickly became known to her peers as a particularly overzealous member of the force, stopping people for the mildest of violations and issuing citations with nearly every stop. 8 years into her work with the force, Suzette was involved in a traffic stop in which she pulled over an intoxicated African-American man. The incident report associated with the stop details how upon pulling the individual over, Trooper Seidel was hit with a barrage of insults and threats. Trooper Seidel claimed that she attempted to diffuse the situation, and dashcam footage from the incident appears to show the two engaged in a verbal back and forth for several minutes. This evolved into yelling for about 20 seconds before the incident escalated significantly. At this point, the inebriated man opened the door to his vehicle, prompting Suzette to pull her firearm and demand that he show her his hands. At this point, the man appeared to reach for something in his console, prompting Seidel to fire her weapon three times, killing the man instantly. Failing to render immediate aid and instead calling for backup, Seidel was criticized in the after action report, but no further consequences were levied, as a firearm was indeed found in the vehicle’s console, alongside a wallet and appropriate insurance.

2 years later, Seidel was responsible for capturing a wanted drug smuggler, pulling over a suspicious vehicle and upon inspection of the vehicle discovering the man in question hiding in the trunk of the car in an attempt to escape the state. Seidel gave chase as the vehicle attempted to flee, and followed it for 4 miles before the car crashed into a tree, allowing her to arrest both men involved and receive significant praise.

5 years later, Seidel was involved in a firefight when an individual opened fire on a group of her and her colleauges while they were taking a break at a local donut shop. Seidel was struck once in the groin and another trooper was killed in the incident. Seidel was also determined to have fired the shot that killed the suspect. Seidel was transported to the hospital and underwent an emergency hysterectomy due to massive internal damage.

In 2000, Seidel was transferred to a patrol closer to her hometown, her husband and children moving with her and the former taking a job as the fire chief. In 2002, an opening in the Missouri state house prompted calls for her husband to run for the seat, but upon his declining, Suzette opted to run instead. Winning the primary overwhelmingly with the backing of police organizations and other local groups, Suzette began her tenure as a politician, though she remained on the force and achieved the rank of Captain shortly before her retirement in 2010.

While in the Missouri House, Seidel was most known for 2 pieces of legislation, the first being a bill to require the state, not localities or individuals, to pay for forensic reputations of rape victims and the creation of rape kits. The second was a bill to denounce and cut funding to “sanctuary cities” in Missouri, as well as punish employers for hiring illegal immigrants. These bills boosted Seidel’s profile, and in 2006 she ran for the vacated state senate seat and won by a significant margin.

While in the state senate, Seidel was most known for attaching herself to tax reform and authoring legislation promoting religious liberty, though she also proposed failed measures including a sweeping bill which would have shielded officers in the state of Missouri from most allegations of wrongdoing. The bill passed the legislature, but it was vetoed by the Democratic governor.

In 2010, Suzette ran for congress in her district, its incumbent Republican retiring. Facing opposition, she managed to secure the backing of police unions and the NRA, ultimately winning the primary handily and sailing through the general election, her campaign focusing in no small part on conspiracy theories and tea party adjacent policies. She has been overwhelmingly reelected each successive year, facing token democratic opposition. In 2016, she initially backed the campaign of [Not-Mike-Huckabee], but shortly thereafter backed Arnold Wolf, becoming his first and most prominent female congressional endorser. It was reported that Seidel’s name was on the large list of potential vice presidential options for Wolf, largely due to her success in fundraising and personal loyalty to him, and her name was included on the final shortlist of 4, though she was not selected.

In the House, Suzette was generally been considered to be one of its most right wing members, proposing over a hundred failed bills, many of which have been considered to be “intensely autocratic” and “racist”. She has espoused support for numerous conspiracy theories, including the Diane Clifford body count theory, the birther theory, and the pizzagate theory. She has described BLM as a “terrorist organization” and has called for a “full investigation” into “Antifa’s ties to the Democrat Party.” She is considered to be authoritarian on issues of criminal justice, and an ardent supporter of the death penalty. She has expressed support for medicaid expansion but has decried single payer as “communism in disguise.” She has described herself as “totally pro-life” and is vocally opposed to LGBTQ+ rights. She has however supported renewal of the violence against women act, breaking from many of her similarly aligned colleagues. During Caroline Simone's stint as Speaker of the House she on a multitide of occasions referred to her as a tyrant and called her “The Devil in Prada”, comparing her to Mussolini and Stalin on separate occasions. She voted in favor of the Relief Act cobbled together under Tawney and was a leading house co-sponsor of the murder sentencing act. She has supported legislation aimed at affirming human rights for women overseas, and spoken out against the "islamification" of Europe.

In 2019, Suzette was persuaded by her eldest son to run for Governor of Missouri, becoming convinced that she could tackle crime in the state and turn it into a “home of freedom and justice”. She narrowly won the Republican primary over the incumbent Lieutenant Governor, partially due to an endorsement from House Minority Leader Thomas Volker, and shifted to a General Election footing which consisted of railing against the “radical democrat party” and 2020 Democratic nominee Robin Diehl, who she has described as “Rashid Baharia, but dumber”. Seidel was an early backer of General Roffe, and expressed general distrust of Nate Richardson, though she was been largely quiet about him after he won the Republican nomination, and her campaign put out a statement endorsing his candidacy. She is a frequent guest on FOX, OANN, and Newsmax, and has also been known to pen pro-police op-eds during times of national unrest.

Having trounced her Democratic opponent in the general, Seidel has been sworn into office, her first two weeks spent acclimating to the role and the city. The question remains, just how far will Governor Seidel go?

Other Info: Despite getting along with several Republican colleagues, Seidel has 0 working relationships with Democrats. Owns a multitude of firearms. Widowed since mid-2017 following her aging husband’s fatal heart attack. 2 children, a son and daughter. Distantly related to Brad Pitt. Teetotaler. Plays the organ and the piano. Devout Evangelical Christian. Amateur ornithologist and birdwatcher, owns a parrot. Terrified of snakes. Very strong for her size.

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Governor Seidel is hereby Accepted.

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Character Application and Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Sao Nova Europa
Character Name: Gabriel Wilson
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 68
Character Height: 1,75m
Character Weight: 72kg
Character Position/Role/Job:

United States Military Academy - West Point (1970-4)
First Lieutenant - 509th Airborne Battalion Combat Team (1974 - 1977)
Command of A Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment (1977 - 1979)
Operations Officer of 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment (1979 - 1982)
Aide-de-camp to General John Galvin of the 24th Infantry Division (1981 - 1982)
Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas - Bachelor of Science degree in Military Science (1982 - 1983)
Princeton University - M.P.A. in international relations (1983 - 1985)
Princeton University - Ph.D. in international relations (1985 - 1987)
3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized)'s 30th Infantry Regiment (1988 - 1989)
Aide and assistant executive officer to the U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1989)
1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (1989 - 1995)
Chief Operations Officer of United Nations Mission in Haiti Military Staff (1995 - 1997)
Executive assistant to the director of the Joint Staff and then to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs (1997 - 1999)
Acting Commanding Officer of 82nd Airborne Division (1999 - 2000)
Chief of staff of XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg (2000 - 2001)
NATO Stabilization Force assistant Chief of Staff in Bosnia (2001 - 2002)
101st Airborne Division (2003 - 2004)
Commander of the Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq (2004 - 2005)
Commander of the Multi-National Force-Iraq (2007 - 2008)
Commander of the United States Central Command (2008 - 2010)
Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (2010 - 2011)
Honorary chairman of the OSS Society (2013 - 2016)
Visiting professor at Macaulay Honors College at the City University of New York (2013 - 2015)
Chairman of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. Global Institute (2013 - 2015)
United States Representative for District 11 of Virginia (2016 - )

Character Country/State of Birth: Virginia
Character State of Residence: Virginia
Character Party Affiliation: Democratic Party
Main Strengths: War Hero, savvy social media user, policy wonk
Main Weaknesses: Disliked by anti-war progressives, unpopular foreign policy views, mild alcohol addiction, extramarital affair (not publicly known)
Biography:

Gabriel Wilson was born in 20 August 1952. His father, Jacob, was employed at a desk job in a big company in New York. His mother, Maria, was a Greek immigrant working as a librarian. As a young boy, going into the library where his mother worked, he would read books about the exploits of Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Hannibal and Napoleon Bonaparte. As he was a rather reserved young man who was lacking in social interactions, those books provided him company. He would dream of one day becoming a great general, like those men, and even surpassing them.

Gabriel graduated from High School with good grades, especially on history, mathematics and literature. He went on to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Gabriel was on the intercollegiate soccer and ski teams, was a cadet captain on the brigade staff, and was a "distinguished cadet" academically, graduating first in the Class of 1974 with an academic score of 2424.12 merits out of a possible 2470.00 or 98.14.

After completing Ranger School (Distinguished Honor Graduate and other honors), Gabriel was assigned to the 509th Airborne Battalion Combat Team, a light infantry unit stationed in Vicenza, Italy. After leaving the 509th as a first lieutenant, Gabriel became assistant operations officer on the staff of the 2nd Brigade, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort Stewart, Georgia and in 1979 he assumed command of A Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment (Mechanized), and then served as that battalion's operations officer, a major's position that he held as a junior captain.

Gabriel became aide-de-camp to General John Galvin - commanding general of the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) - in 1981. Gabriel attended the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in 1982-3, earning the General George C. Marshall Award as the top graduate of the Class of 1983, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Military Science. He subsequently earned an M.P.A. in 1985 and a Ph.D. in international relations in 1987 from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. In 1988–1989, he served as operations officer to the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized)'s 30th Infantry Regiment. He was then posted as an aide and assistant executive officer to the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, General Carl Vuono, in Washington, D.C.

Upon promotion to lieutenant colonel, Gabriel assumed command in 1989 of the 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, centered on the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment. In that capacity, he took part in United States invasion of Panama. The goal of the 1st Brigade task force (1–504th, 2–504th INF, 4–325th INF, Company A, 3–505th INF, 3–319th FAR) was to oust Manuel Noriega from power. They were joined on the ground by 3–504th INF, which was already in Panama. The invasion began with a night combat jump and the takeover of airfields. This was followed by air assault missions in Panama City and the surrounding areas of the Gatun Locks. The 82nd then successfully assaulted multiple strategic installations, such as the Punta Paitilla Airport in Panama City and a Panamanian Defense Forces (PDF) garrison and airfield at Rio Hato, where Noriega also maintained a residence. Several key objectives such as Madden Dam, El Ranacer Prison, Gatun Locks, Gamboa and Fort Cimarron were secured.

Seven months later, the 82nd Airborne Division was again called to war, this time in the First Gulf War. In August 1990, the division was deployed to Riyadh and Thummim Saudi Arabia. Intensive training began in anticipation of desert fighting against the heavily armored Iraqi Army. On 16 January 1991, Operation Desert Storm began. The 1st Brigade (commanded by Gabriel) and 3d Brigade consolidated at the Division HQ (CHAMPION Main) near Dhahran. In the coming weeks, using primarily the 5-Ton cargo trucks of these NG truck companies, the 1st Brigade moved north to "tap line road" in the vicinity of Rafha, Saudi Arabia. Eventually, these National Guard truck units effectively "motorized" the 325th Infantry, providing the troop ground transportation required for them to keep pace with the French Division Daguet during the incursion. The ground war began almost six weeks later. On 24 February, the 1st Brigade moved forward to extend the Corps flank along with 3d Brigade. In the short 100-hour ground war, the 82d drove deep into Iraq and captured thousands of Iraqi soldiers and tons of equipment, weapons, and ammunition. During that time, the 82nd's band and MP company processed 2,721 prisoners.

Upon returning to the United States, Gabriel retained his command of the 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division. His brigade's training cycle at Fort Polk's Joint Readiness Training Center for low-intensity warfare was chronicled by novelist and military enthusiast Tom Clancy in his book Airborne. In 1995, Gabriel was assigned to the United Nations Mission in Haiti Military Staff as its chief operations officer during Operation Uphold Democracy. His academic background helped him to dialogue with civilian aid groups and UN officials, and he learned how to communicate effectively with senior military and political leaders in Washington. He supervised training programs for the police, sought funding to build schools and civic buildings, and helped to coordinate transportation and support for raids targeting criminal elements that still disrupted stability in the major towns. Gabriel even found a way to restore power to key parts of Port-au-Prince: he sent a staff officer to the foreign embassies in the capital, seeking donations to purchase generators. From 1997 to 1999, Gabriel served in the Pentagon as executive assistant to the director of the Joint Staff and then to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Henry Shelton. In 1999, Gabriel returned to the 82nd Airborne Division as the acting commanding officer.

From the 82nd, he moved on to serve as chief of staff of XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg during 2000–2001. During 2001–2002, as a brigadier general, Gabriel served a ten-month tour in Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of Operation Joint Forge. In Bosnia, he was the NATO Stabilization Force assistant chief of staff for operations as well as the deputy commander of the U.S. The hunt for war criminals, which Gabriel directly oversaw as the deputy commanding general, was the army’s largest special operations and intelligence deployment in the world at the time.

In 2003 Gabriel assumed command of the 101st Airborne Division during V Corps's drive to Baghdad. He led his division through fierce fighting south of Baghdad: in Karbala, Hilla and Najaf. Gabriel routed any remaining Iraqi army units and subdued pockets of fedayeen after several sharp engagements. Following the fall of Baghdad, the division conducted the longest heliborne assault on record in order to reach Nineveh Governorate, where it would spend much of 2003.

When the 101st’s advanced units reached Mosul on 22 April, they found a gloomy and daunting situation. There were no competent security forces in the city, and pillaging was widespread. Gabriel employed classic counterinsurgency methods to build security and stability: targeted kinetic operations and using force judiciously, jump-starting the economy, building local security forces, staging elections for the city council within weeks of their arrival, overseeing a program of public works, reinvigorating the political process, and launching 4,500 reconstruction projects in Iraq. Gabriel had long experience in nation-building thanks to his previous commands in Haiti and Bosnia. He firmly believed that good governance, personal security and economic and social growth would win the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people. As a political progressive, he had faith in the power of government to change peoples' lives.

Gabriel also took the novel step of reorganizing the division, starting with key staff functions, to better align with existing Iraqi governmental structures. The 101st’s division surgeon and medical team were assigned to work with the Iraqi Ministry of Health. The staff communications experts were paired with the Telecommunications Ministry, and the division engineers with the Ministry of Public Works. The division aviation brigade, in addition to flying their helicopters, would also support the students and faculty of Mosul University, which had been closed due to violence. The restoration of the Mosul University was one of the most important public works launched by Gabriel, who strongly supported the use of commanders' discretionary funds for public works. "Money is ammunition," he said, which quickly became a catchphrase.

In February 2004, the 101st was replaced in Mosul by a portion of I Corps headquarters. As Gabriel left Mosul, the region collapsed: the governor of Nineveh Province was assassinated, and most of the Sunni Arab Provincial Council members walked out in the ensuing selection of the new governor, leaving Kurdish members in charge of a predominantly Sunni Arab province. Later that year, the local police commander defected to the Kurdish Minister of Interior in Irbil after repeated assassination attempts against him. The failure was attributed to the change of attitude: whereas Gabriel was a 'builder', his successors were occupiers. They did not have a people-centric approach, which Gabriel had, or interest in local governance.

In June 2004, less than six months after the 101st returned to the U.S., Gabriel was promoted to lieutenant general and became the first commander of the Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq. This newly created command had responsibility for training, equipping, and mentoring Iraq's growing army, police, and other security forces, as well as developing Iraq's security institutions and building associated infrastructure, such as training bases, police stations, and border forts. During Gabriel's fifteen months at the helm of MNSTC-I, he stood up a three-star command virtually from scratch and in the midst of serious fighting in places like Fallujah, Mosul, and Najaf.

By late summer, the Iraqi troops faced their first test: Najaf, about 100 miles south of the capital, a U.S. Marine patrol approached the hiding place of Moqtada al-Sadr, the Shiite radical whose militias had been generating widespread violence in Sadr City, Baghdad’s largest slum. Sadr’s militia reacted by attacking U.S. and government personnel and facilities throughout the city. Several U.S. Army battalions and three of the newly stood-up Iraqi battalions were ordered to retake the city along with marine units already there. The ensuing combat was intense and validated Gabriel's direction. While U.S. forces on the ground and in the air had done the bulk of the fighting, the Iraqi forces at least had stood their ground and had not fled.

By the end of Gabriel's command, some 100,000 Iraqi Security Forces had been trained; Iraqi Army and Police were being employed in combat; countless reconstruction projects had been executed; more than 39,000 weapons, 22 million rounds of ammunition, 42,000 sets of body armor, 4,400 vehicles, 16,000 radios, and more than 235,000 uniforms, and other equipment had been distributed in what was described as the largest military procurement and distribution effort since World War II, at a cost of over $11 billion.

In the fall of 2005, Gabriel returned to the United States. As the insurgency got worse in Iraq, Gabriel began to develop a counterinsurgency doctrine. In the recent decades few American leaders had studied counterinsurgency seriously, and even fewer had practical experience. Gabriel approached the creation of the new doctrine in a typically unorthodox manner. In February 2006 he assembled a team of experts with wide-ranging expertise. Over the winter months, he oversaw the writing of the first draft. The team of experts was decidedly unmilitary, because in addition to soldiers and marines, professors, writers, intelligence officers, and even representatives from nongovernmental organizations were asked to contribute. Formally published in December 2006, it advocated a different approach to war than the prevailing US doctrine.

Political power was the key to counterinsurgency operations, Gabriel argued. The occupying force had "to get the people to accept its governance or authority as legitimate". Ensuring the population's sense of security was thus vital. To achieve this, Gabriel proposed a novel set of solutions involving not only combat operations, but the development of host-nation security forces, the provision of essential services by the host nation’s government, the building of host-nation political legitimacy, and the restoration of civilian economic activities.

The publication received extensive positive coverage. In January 2007, Gabriel succeeded Gen. George Casey as commanding general of MNF-I to lead all U.S. troops in Iraq. During Gabriel's tenure, the Multi-National Force-Iraq endeavored to work with the Government of Iraq to carry out Gabriel's strategy that focused on securing the population. Doing so required establishing—and maintaining—persistent presence by living among the population, separating reconcilable Iraqis from irreconcilable enemies, relentlessly pursuing the enemy, taking back sanctuaries and then holding areas that have been cleared, and continuing to develop Iraq's security forces and to support local security forces, often called Sons of Iraq, and to integrate them into the Iraqi Army and Police and other employment programs. In order to ensure domestic support for his efforts, Gabriel aggressively leveraged his media networks and talents to invite think-tank experts, pundits, and journalists to Iraq, providing them access and telling the story of the U.S. effort.

On August 28, Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) militias, in what amounted to a bid for supremacy among Shia militia factions, attacked the Imam Hussein shrine in the city of Karbala, one of the holiest sites of Shia Islam. The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) had expected that Sunni fighters might conduct an attack, but violence by Shia militants initially caught them by surprise. The ensuing battle resulted in more than 100 casualties and prompted a harsh response from Maliki, who ordered a full clampdown by the ISF. House-by-house searches for the perpetrators ensued, and the pressure on Sadr himself grew so intense that he ordered JAM to adhere to a cease-fi re. It was a significant victory for Maliki and the ISF, who proved that they would place Iraq above their own sectarian identity as Shias and stand up to criminal behavior wherever it was found. Gabriel took this as a sign that his ideas of good governance were taking root in Iraq. He attributed this success to the reforms he pushed forward: removing some militant leaders from opposition to the government; political reforms that were beginning to clean up the national ministries; and the positive influence of development activities.

In December 2007, The Washington Post's "Fact Checker" stated that "While some of Gabriel's statistics are open to challenge, his claims about a general reduction in violence have been borne out over subsequent months. It now looks as if Gabriel was broadly right on this issue at least". By the early months of 2008, U.S. deaths were at their lowest levels since the 2003 invasion, civilian casualties were down, and street life was resuming in Baghdad. In late May 2008, the Senate Armed Services Committee held nomination hearings for Gabriel, who was widely praised. On September 16, 2008, Gabriel formally gave over his command in Iraq to General Raymond T. Odierno.

On October 31, 2008, Gabriel assumed command of the United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) headquartered in Tampa, Florida. He was responsible for U.S. operations in 20 countries spreading from Egypt to Pakistan—including Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. In mid-August 2009, Gabriel established the Afghanistan-Pakistan Center of Excellence within the USCENTCOM Directorate of Intelligence to provide leadership to coordinate, integrate and focus analysis efforts in support of operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

On June 23, 2010, the President announced that Gabriel would be nominated as commander of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan. After being confirmed by the Senate on June 30, Gabriel formally assumed command on July 4. He focused on governance expansion, anti-corruption initiatives, promoting economic development, investing in infrastructure projects and improving security. The surge in troops supported a sixfold increase in Special Forces operations. 700 airstrikes occurred in September 2010 alone versus 257 in all of 2009. From July 2010 to October 2010, 300 Taliban commanders and 800 foot-soldiers were killed.

In early February 2010, Coalition and Afghan forces began highly visible plans for an offensive, codenamed Operation Moshtarak, on the Taliban stronghold near the village of Marjah. It began on 13 February and was the first operation where Afghan forces led the coalition. Led by the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (US), the offensive involved 15,000 US, British, Canadian, Estonian, Danish, French, and Afghan troops. It was the biggest joint operation since the 2001 invasion that ousted the Taliban. While initially successful, ISAF and the Afghans failed to set up a working government in the town, leading to a successful resurgence by the Taliban, but by early December the fighting there was declared "essentially over".

Gabriel retired from the U.S. Army on August 31, 2011. With the end of his military career, he declined the President's offer to become the new Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Instead, he focused on writing his military memoirs. Published in May 2013, it was titled A Soldier's Life - Gabriel Wilson. It was widely praised and became a bestseller. Gabriel also expanded his social media presence on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in order to promote himself and the book. Some spoke of the general harboring political ambitions, as he had never hidden his liberal political views.

In March 2013, Gabriel accepted the role of honorary chairman of the OSS Society. In July 2013, he was named visiting professor at Macaulay Honors College at the City University of New York. In September of that year, he was harassed by some of the students while walking on campus. On May 1, 2013, the University of Southern California named Gabriel as a Judge Widney Professor, "a title reserved for eminent individuals from the arts, sciences, professions, business and community and national leadership". Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., a New York investment firm, hired Gabriel as chairman of the firm's newly created KKR Global Institute in May 2013. At his new position, he would support its investment teams and portfolio companies when studying new investments, especially in new locations. In December 2014, Gabriel was named a partner at KKR and remained chairman of the KKR Global Institute until January 2015.

In June 2014, Gabriel announced the creation of the gun control group Veterans Coalition for Common Sense. In 2015, he announced his intention to run for the office of Representative in District 11 of Virginia. "I have always believed that the power of government can make peoples' life better," Gabriel said. "That was my philosophy in Iraq and Afghanistan; that clean, decent government can promote economic and social progress. That is my philosophy for the United States of America too."

Gabriel easily won the Democratic primaries, owing to his national profile and war hero status, despite opposition from anti-war progressive Democrats. He ran on a rather progressive domestic platform: expanding health insurance coverage to 97% of Americans, instituting a federal carbon tax while reducing income tax on lower-class families, raising the minimum wage, investment into American infrastructure and criminal justice reform. On social issues, he took pro-choice stance on abortion rights and a moderate position on immigration. He also strongly attacked Arnold Wolf as being 'mentally deranged', 'unfit to lead' and a 'danger to American democracy'. Foreign policy did not feature that prominently, but Gabriel supported a presence where need be to stand strong against terrorism ("we cannot allow terrorists to threaten the safety of American citizens"), strong support for NATO and containment of Russia and China.

In the 2016 elections, Gabriel was elected in the House of Representatives. As Representative, Gabriel earned a reputation of a policy wonk, as he eschewed sloganeering for charts and statistics in explaining his policy proposals. He was strongly opposed to Wolf's presidency and gain some reputation (and ire) for his strong comments against the President. In the 2018 and 2020 elections, Gabriel was reelected. Some believe that he may even be thinking of a 2024 run for President.

Other Info:

Gabriel Wilson is married with Ashlyn Hudson (61) and has two sons (25, 17) and one daughter (22).
He is having an affair with Naomi Palmer (32), a journalist for New York Times
Gabriel always had a problem with alcohol, but after his retirement from the military his alcohol addiction became worse. As a politician, he has tried to cut back on alcohol - with some success - but he still struggles with it.

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1. The US military generally does not give major's positions to a Captain unless it is in a really specific and niche field(like cyberwarfare in the 90s), definitely not a high stakes position like being in charge of S-3(Operations). He can either be Intelligence, Logistics, or Admin Officer not operations.

2. A general is typically not going to choose a Major as their Aide-de-camp they are gonna pick a lt.col, a lt. general would pick a Major though

3. The US Army Command and General Staff College confers Master's of military science not Bachelor's

4. You will need a pretty good reason why this guy only took 2 years to do his PhD rather than the typical 3 at min

5. An Lt. col will not be made CO of a brigade sized formation that is a colonel's job, a Lt.col will be leading a battalion

6. After the gulf war is a good time for promotion to colonel

7. A colonel is not going to be elevated to division command in peacetime

8. Why did he go from a Major General position in commanding the 82nd to a Colonel position in becoming the Chief of Staff of the XVIII airborne? I suggest dropping his acting command of the 82nd entirely

9. A Brigadier General would not be commanding a division, that is for Major Generals, especially not a good division like the 101st.

10. You cannot reorganize a division however you want, especially making the 101st an counter insurgency force rather than the Quick Reaction Force that it is.

11. Generals who do not understand counter insurgency are in the majority not the minority, they will laugh off Gabriel's suggestions of counterinsurgency and tell him to shove it, not adopt it.

12 This dude needs some weaknesses, I would suggest two areas of improvement
A) He was laughed out of the US military for his counter insurgency plans
B) He was involved controversial deals during his time at KKR

[American Pere Housh]

Might apply as a Ron Desantis like character as Governor of Florida or Texas.