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'''Andrew C. McCarthy''' is a former [[Assistant United States Attorney]] for the Southern District of [[New York]], appointed by President [[Bill Clinton]] in 1993. He was most notable for leading the 1995 terrorism prosecution against [[Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman]] and eleven others. The defendants were convicted of the [[1993 World Trade Center bombing]] and planning a series of attacks against [[New York City]] landmarks.<ref>{{cite web
| name = J. Gresham Barrett
| accessdate=2007-09-26
| image name = J. Gresham Barrett, official photo portrait, color.jpg
| url = http://www.defenddemocracy.org/biographies/biographies_show.htm?attrib_id=9716
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| title = Andrew C. McCarthy, Director, FDD's Center for Law and Counterterrorism
| date of birth = {{birth date and age|1961|02|14}}
| work = Biographies
| place of birth = [[Westminster, South Carolina]]
| publisher = [[Foundation for Defense of Democracies]]}}
| state = [[South Carolina]]
</ref> He also contributed to the prosecutions of terrorists who bombed US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, resigning from the Justice Department in 2003.
| district = [[South Carolina's 3rd congressional district|3rd]]
| term_start = [[January 3]], [[2003]]
| preceded = [[Lindsey Graham]]
| succeeded = Incumbent
| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse = Natalie Barrett
| religion = [[Southern Baptist]]
| residence= [[Westminster, South Carolina]]
| occupation= small business owner
| alma_mater= [[The Citadel]]
|branch=[[United States Army]]
|serviceyears=1983-1987
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McCarthy is currently a senior fellow at the [[Foundation for Defense of Democracies]], serving as the director of the FDD's [[Center for Law and Counterterrorism]]. He has served as an [[attorney]] for [[Rudy Giuliani]], and is also a [[conservative]] opinion columnist who writes for ''[[National Review]]'' and ''[[Commentary (magazine)|Commentary]]''. He has defended the practice of [[waterboarding]] as not necessarily being [[torture]] in some situations to prosecute the [[War on Terror]]<ref> {{cite news
'''James Gresham Barrett''' (born [[February 14]], [[1961]]) is an [[United States|American]] politician from the [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party]] and a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[South Carolina]], representing the 3rd Congressional district ([http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/sc03_109.gif map]) in the northwestern part of the state.
| last = McCarthy
| first =Andrew C.
| coauthors = and May, Clifford D.
| title =Misguided morality
| work = USA Today
| pages =A.22
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| date =2005-12-15
| url =
| accessdate = 2007-07-13 }}</ref><ref>McCarthy, Andrew. "Torture: Thinking about the Unthinkable". ''Commentary''. 60.7 (2004): 17-24.</ref> whilst admitting that "waterboarding is close enough to torture that reasonable minds can differ on whether it is torture".<ref>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZjhkM2YyZmE5MThjZGNlN2IyMGI4MmE3MWM1OWQ5MjA=&w=MQ== Waterboarding and Torture] Andrew McCarthy, nationalreview.com</ref>


==Biography==
==References==
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J. Gresham Barrett was born in [[Westminster, South Carolina]] to Del M. Ayers and Charles Gresham Barrett.<ref>[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~battle/reps/barrett.htm 1<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He is married to Natalie Barrett and has 3 children. Barrett attended [[The Citadel (military college)|The Citadel]] and graduated in 1983. Following this he served as an officer in the [[U.S. Army]], attaining the rank of [[Captain]] in the [[U.S. Army]] [[Field Artillery]]. He resigned his commission in 1987.<ref name="navyleague">{{cite web| title = Veterans in the US House of Representatives 109th Congress| publisher = Navy League| url = http://web.archive.org/web/20070626235918/http://www.navyleague.org/legislative_affairs/HouseVets.pdf| format = PDF| accessdate = 2007-10-08 }}</ref>


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Before being elected to the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] he ran the family-owned business Barrett’s Furniture. In addition he was elected to the House of Representatives in the [[South Carolina General Assembly]] where he served on the Education and Public Works Committee, Labor Commerce and Industry Committee, Rules Committee, and the School Choice Ad Hoc Committee. He was also the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee on Urban Growth. During the [[2000 Presidential Election]] Barrett was a member of the Bush for President South Carolina State Steering Committee.
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Outside of politics his community involvement included serving as President of the Westminster [[Rotary Club]], Chairman of the Oconee District [[Scouting in South Carolina|Boy Scouts]], President of the Westminster Chamber of Commerce, board member of the Oconee County [[Red Cross]], member of the Oconee Kids Do Count Board, and coach of the Barrett's Furniture Pony League baseball team.

==Congress==
After serving three terms in the South Carolina state legislature, Barrett successfully ran for Congress in 2002 in place of [[Lindsey Graham]] (who was retiring to run for the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] seat of the retiring [[Strom Thurmond]]) and took office in January 2003. He ran unopposed for reelection in 2004.

Barrett currently sits on the Budget Committee, the House Committee on Financial Services and the House Committee on International Relations.

According to an analysis done by GovTrack.us Barrett is arguably the most conservative member of the U.S. House of Representatives. On Thursday July 27, 2006 Rep. Barrett went on record as one of the 33 members of the House to vote against renewal of the Voting Rights Act. [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/spectrum.xpd]. In 2007, he voted against the Democratic version S-CHIP, which would have expanded a Republican Health Care program geared to cover children living below the poverty-line, to cover adults living above the poverty line.

Barrett is a staunch advocate of a federal prohibition of online [[poker]]. In 2006, he cosponsored H.R. 4411, the [[Goodlatte]]-Leach Internet Gambling Prohibition Act<ref>[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04411: Thomas (Library of Congress): HR 4411]</ref> and H.R. 4777, the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act.<ref>[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04777: Thomas (Library of Congress): HR 4777]</ref> In 2008, he opposed H.R. 5767, the Payment Systems Protection Act (a bill that sought to place a moratorium on enforcement of the [[Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act]] while the [[U.S. Treasury Department]] and the [[Federal Reserve]] defined "unlawful Internet gambling").

On April 15, 2008 Barrett became the 71st Co-Sponsor of the [[FairTax]] ([http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR25:| H.R. 25]).

Barrett was named one of ''[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]'''s Most Beautiful People on Capitol Hill for 2008, placing 9th, and also becoming the only congressperson or elected official in the top 10.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thehill.com/cover-stories/50-most-beautiful-people-on-capitol-hill-2008---top-10-2008-07-29.html|title=50 Most Beautiful People on Capitol Hill 2008 - Top 10|publisher=''[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]''|date=7/29/2008}}</ref>

===Committee Assignments===
* Committee on the Budget (Vice Ranking Member)
* House Financial Services Committee
** Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises
** Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
** Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
* Committee on Foreign Affairs
** Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia
* Committee on Standards of Official Conduct

==Election 2006==
In 2006, Barrett easily won reelection defeating Democratic challenger [[Lee Ballenger]] by capturing 63% of the vote.

==Footnotes==
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==External links==
* [http://www.barrett.house.gov/ U.S. Congressman J. Gresham Barrett] '''official House site'''
* {{CongBio|b001239}}
* [http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/can_detail/H2SC03057 Federal Election Commission — James Gresham Barrett] campaign finance reports and data
* [http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Gresham_Barrett.htm On the Issues — Gresham Barrett] issue positions and quotes
*[http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.asp?CID=N00013837 OpenSecrets.org — Gresham Barrett] campaign contributions
*[http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=BS041701 Project Vote Smart — Representative J. Gresham Barrett (SC)] profile
*[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Gresham_Barrett SourceWatch Congresspedia — J. Gresham Barrett] profile
*[http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/b001239/ Washington Post — Congress Votes Database: J. Gresham Barrett] voting record
*[http://www.greshambarrett.com/ Congressman Gresham Barrett] '''official site'''


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Template:Otherpersons4 Andrew C. McCarthy is a former Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1993. He was most notable for leading the 1995 terrorism prosecution against Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and eleven others. The defendants were convicted of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and planning a series of attacks against New York City landmarks.[1] He also contributed to the prosecutions of terrorists who bombed US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, resigning from the Justice Department in 2003.

McCarthy is currently a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, serving as the director of the FDD's Center for Law and Counterterrorism. He has served as an attorney for Rudy Giuliani, and is also a conservative opinion columnist who writes for National Review and Commentary. He has defended the practice of waterboarding as not necessarily being torture in some situations to prosecute the War on Terror[2][3] whilst admitting that "waterboarding is close enough to torture that reasonable minds can differ on whether it is torture".[4]

References

  1. ^ "Andrew C. McCarthy, Director, FDD's Center for Law and Counterterrorism". Biographies. Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
  2. ^ McCarthy, Andrew C. (2005-12-15). "Misguided morality". USA Today. pp. A.22. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ McCarthy, Andrew. "Torture: Thinking about the Unthinkable". Commentary. 60.7 (2004): 17-24.
  4. ^ Waterboarding and Torture Andrew McCarthy, nationalreview.com
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