| California's 3rd congressional district California's 3rd congressional district is an intense swing district politically, that covers most of Sacramento County and part of Solano County, as well as all of Alpine, Amador and Calaveras counties. Since 2005, Republican Dan Lungren has represented the district. California's_3rd_congressional_district
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| California's 12th congressional district California's 12th congressional district spans from the southwestern portions of San Francisco in the north down to San Mateo in the south, and from Moss Beach in the west to the edge of San Mateo in the east, where it borders California's 14th. The district comprises portions of San Mateo and San Francisco counties. The seat was held by Democrat Tom Lantos until his death on February 11, 2008; Jackie Speier won the April 8, 2008, special election and was sworn in on April 10, 2008, as Lantos's replacement. California's_12th_congressional_district
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| California's 13th congressional district California's 13th congressional district is a California congressional district that includes portions of Alameda and Santa Clara counties. The current Representative for this district is Democrat Pete Stark. California's_13th_congressional_district
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| California's 14th congressional district California's 14th congressional district is located between San Francisco and San Jose. The district includes portions of San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties, most notably containing part of Silicon Valley. It is one of 53 California Congressional Districts. Redwood City, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, and Palo Alto. The current Representative for this district is Democrat Anna Eshoo, who most recently ran against and defeated Republican Ronny Santana in 2008. California's_14th_congressional_district
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| California's 15th congressional district California's 15th congressional district covers part of Santa Clara County. The current Representative for this district is Democrat Mike Honda. California's_15th_congressional_district
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| California's 16th congressional district California's 16th congressional district covers part of Santa Clara County including much of central San Jose. The current Representative for this district is Democrat Zoe Lofgren. California's_16th_congressional_district
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| California's 17th congressional district California's 17th congressional district covers all of Monterey and San Benito counties, as well as part of Santa Cruz County. It includes all of the coastal communities surrounding Monterey Bay, the city of Salinas, as well as the vast majority of the Salinas River Valley, one of the most fertile agricultural areas in the United States. It is one of 53 congressional districts in California. The current Representative for this district is Democrat Sam Farr. California's_17th_congressional_district
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| California's 19th congressional district California's 19th congressional district covers parts of Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Tuolumne, and Stanislaus counties. The current Representative for this district is Republican George Radanovich. California's_19th_congressional_district
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| California's 20th congressional district California's 20th congressional district covers parts of Fresno and Kern and all of Kings county. It is one of 53 California Congressional Districts. The current Representative for this district is Democrat Jim Costa. It has the lowest Human Development Index and the lowest median income of any congressional district in the United States. California's_20th_congressional_district
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| California's 22nd congressional district California's 22nd congressional district covers parts of San Luis Obispo, Kern, and Los Angeles Counties. It takes in most of Bakersfield and San Luis Obispo County. The current Representative for this district is Republican Kevin McCarthy. In the 2006 election, McCarthy defeated Democrat Sharon Beery to replace retiring Republican Bill Thomas.The 22nd is the most Republican district in California, with a Cook PVI of R+16. California's_22nd_congressional_district
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| California's 23rd congressional district California's 23rd congressional district covers parts of Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. The current Representative for this district is Democrat Lois Capps. California's_23rd_congressional_district
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| Districts in California districts in California. The U.S. state of California is geographically divided into various districts for political and administrative purposes. Districts_in_California
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| California's 24th congressional district California's 24th congressional district covers most of Ventura and inland Santa Barbara counties. The current Representative for this district is Republican Elton Gallegly. The 2008 election challengers for this seat is Democrat Marta Jorgensen. California's_24th_congressional_district
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| California's 25th congressional district California's 25th congressional district covers part of Los Angeles County and extends out to broad stretches of interior California along the Nevada border. It includes the towns Santa Clarita, Lancaster and the northern part of the San Fernando Valley. It also covers northwest San Bernardino, a sliver of Tuolumne, and all of Mono and Inyo counties. It is represented by Republican Howard P. "Buck" McKeon. California's_25th_congressional_district
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| California's 27th congressional district California's 27th congressional district covers part of Los Angeles County and takes in a large portion of the San Fernando Valley and Burbank. It is represented by Democrat Brad Sherman. California's_27th_congressional_district
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| California's 28th congressional district California's 28th congressional district covers part of Los Angeles County. It takes in about half of the San Fernando Valley and northern Hollywood. It is represented by Democrat Howard Berman. California's_28th_congressional_district
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| California's 29th congressional district California's 29th congressional district covers part of Los Angeles County and takes in Alhambra, San Gabriel, Burbank, Glendale, South Pasadena, Temple City, Monterey Park, and Pasadena. It is represented by Democrat Adam Schiff. California's_29th_congressional_district
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| California's 30th congressional district California's 30th congressional district covers part of Los Angeles County, most notably Hollywood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Woodland Hills, and Malibu and is represented by Democrat Henry Waxman. California's_30th_congressional_district
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| California's 31st congressional district California's 31st congressional district covers part of Los Angeles County, and is represented by Democrat Xavier Becerra. It is currently the only congressional district entirely within the city of Los Angeles. California's_31st_congressional_district
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| California's 32nd congressional district California's 32nd congressional district covers part of Los Angeles County, notably East Los Angeles, El Monte, Monterey Park and West Covina. It is one of 53 California Congressional Districts. The most recent Representative for this district, Democrat Hilda Solis, resigned upon her confirmation as Secretary of Labor under the Obama Administration. A special election will be held on 14 July 2009 to choose her successor. California's_32nd_congressional_district
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| California's 33rd congressional district California's 33rd congressional district covers part of Los Angeles County, notably part of Los Angeles, Culver City and Baldwin Hills and is currently represented by Democrat Diane Watson. It is among the safest districts for the Democratic Party in the country. California's_33rd_congressional_district
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| California's 34th congressional district California's 34th congressional district covers part of Los Angeles County and is California's most heavily Hispanic district. Its current representative is Democrat Lucille Roybal-Allard. Rep. Roybal-Allard ran against Republican challenger Christopher Balding in the 2008 election. California's_34th_congressional_district
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| California's 35th congressional district California's 35th congressional district covers part of Los Angeles County. It is one of 53 California Congressional Districts. The congressional district is composed of parts of the Westchester district of the City of Los Angeles, and parts (or all) of the cities of Inglewood, Hawthorne, Gardena and Florence-Graham, as well as some adjacent areas. It is among the safest districts for the Democratic Party in the country. Its current Representative is Democrat Maxine Waters. California's_35th_congressional_district
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| California's 36th congressional district California's 36th congressional district covers part of Los Angeles County, notably Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Torrance, El Segundo and Venice, and is currently represented by Democrat Jane Harman. California's_36th_congressional_district
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| California's 39th congressional district California's 39th congressional district covers part of southeastern Los Angeles County, including Lynwood and part of Whittier, and is represented by Linda Sánchez, a Democrat elected in 2002.The seat was originally one of five reapportioned to California after the 1970 census. The district as currently drawn was created for the 108th Congress following post-2000 census redistricting. California's_39th_congressional_district
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| California's 40th congressional district California's 40th congressional district covers parts of northern Orange County and is currently represented by Republican Ed Royce.The seat was originally one of five reapportioned to California after the 1970 census, but its borders have shifted radically through successive redistricting efforts. California's_40th_congressional_district
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| California's 42nd congressional district California's 42nd congressional district covers parts of Los Angeles, Orange, and San Bernardino counties in Southern California. The current Representative for this district is Republican Gary Miller.The district is extremely affluent (the median income of the district is second in the state), racially diverse, and very conservative. California's_42nd_congressional_district
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| California's 43rd congressional district California's 43rd congressional district is one of 53 California Congressional Districts. Since 2003, it has covered a part of southwestern San Bernardino County. The current Representative for this district is Democrat Joe Baca. California's_43rd_congressional_district
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| California's 45th congressional district California's 45th congressional district covers part of Riverside County. It includes the communities of Palm Springs, Moreno Valley, Palm Desert, Hemet, Cathedral City, Temecula, Blythe, Rancho Mirage, Murrieta, Indio, Indian Wells, La Quinta, Cabazon, Anza, Thermal, Idyllwild, Coachella, and other unincorporated areas of Riverside County. It is currently represented by Republican Mary Bono Mack. California's_45th_congressional_district
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| California's 46th congressional district California's 46th congressional district covers part of Los Angeles County and Orange County and is currently represented by Republican Dana Rohrabacher.The district covers some or all of the following cities in Orange County:Costa Mesa, Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, Los Alamitos, Seal Beach, and Westminster. In Los Angeles County, the district covers Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Palos Verdes Estates part of Long Beach. and California's_46th_congressional_district
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| California's 47th congressional district California's 47th congressional district covers the cities of Garden Grove and Santa Ana and parts of Fullerton and Anaheim, in Orange County. Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, a Democrat, is the current representative of the 47th District and has served since 1996.The 47th congressional district is one of the few districts in California that does not have an overwhelming majority of voters favoring one party. California's_47th_congressional_district
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| California's 52nd congressional district California's 52nd congressional district covers part of San Diego county. It is one of 53 California Congressional Districts. The current Representative for this district is Republican Duncan Hunter. California's_52nd_congressional_district
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| California's 53rd congressional district California's 53rd congressional district is one of 53 California Congressional Districts. It includes the heart of San Diego and stretches south to the United States–Mexico border.Continuing east, is the City of Lemon Grove. Just to the south, nestled at the bottom of Dictionary Hill, lies the community of La Presa. California's_53rd_congressional_district
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| Brian Michael Jenkins Brian Michael Jenkins, born in 1942 in Chicago, is an expert on terrorism and transportation security. During his nearly four decades of analysis, Jenkins has advised governments, private corporations, the Catholic Church, the Church of England, and many other international organizations on terrorist threats.Jenkins joined the army at 19. Brian_Michael_Jenkins
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| Education City Education City is an initiative of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development. Located on the outskirts of Doha, the capital of Qatar, Education City covers 14 square kilometers and houses educational facilities from school age to research level and branch campuses of some of the world's leading universities. Education_City
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| Unconquerable Nation Unconquerable Nation (ISBN 0-8330-3893-1) is a book written by Brian Michael Jenkins, one of the world’s foremost authorities on terrorism. In it the author asserts that some of America's recent approaches to counterterrorism have been counterproductive.The book is based in part on objective research, particularly as it applies to knowing the enemy, and it also includes the personal reflections of Brian Michael Jenkins, who draws on 40 years of terrorism research. Unconquerable_Nation
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| Patient safety Patient safety is a new healthcare discipline that emphasizes the reporting, analysis, and prevention of medical error that often lead to adverse healthcare events. The frequency and magnitude of avoidable adverse patient events was not well known until the 1990s, when multiple countries reported staggering numbers of patients harmed and killed by medical errors. Patient_safety
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| Robert Komer Robert William "Blowtorch Bob" Komer (February 23, 1922 - April 9, 2000) was a key figure in the pacification effort to win South Vietnamese "hearts and minds" during the Vietnam War, heading Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support. Robert_Komer
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| Veljko Kadijević Veljko Kadijević (Cyrillic:November 21, 1925) is a former General of the Army in the Yugoslav People's Army of the Serb ethnicity. He was the Minister of Defence in the Yugoslav government from 1988 to 1992, which made him de facto commander of Yugoslav People's Army during the Slovenian Independence War and initial stages of Croatian War of Independence. Veljko_Kadijević
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| David Galula David Galula (1919-1967) was a French military officer and scholar. He was influential in developing theories of counterinsurgency.Gallula obtained his baccalauréat in Casablanca, and graduated from the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr in promotion no 126 of 1939-1940. David_Galula
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