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Allegiance United States. Service/branch United States Navy. Years of service. Rank. Lieutenant. Charles Nesbitt Wilson (June 1, 1. February 1. 0, 2. United States naval officer and former 1.
Democratic United States Representative from Texas's 2nd congressional district. Wilson is best known for leading Congress into supporting Operation Cyclone, the largest- ever Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) covert operation which, under the Carter and Reagan administration, supplied military equipment including anti- aircraft weapons such as obsolete FIM- 4. Redeye MANPADS surface- to- air antiaircraft missiles and paramilitary officers from their Special Activities Division to the Afghan Mujahideen during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. His behind- the- scenes campaign was the subject of the non- fiction book Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History by George Crile III and the subsequent film Charlie Wilson's War starring Tom Hanks as Wilson. Early life and naval career[edit]Wilson was born in the small town of Trinity, Texas, to Charles Edwin Wilson, an accountant for a local timber company, and Wilmuth (née Nesbitt), a local florist, on June 1, 1. Wilson had one younger sister, Sharon Wilson Allison, former chair of Planned Parenthood and president of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, who currently resides in Waco, Texas. Growing up, Wilson attended Trinity public schools and, upon graduation from Trinity High School in 1.
Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, before being appointed to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.[2] While at Annapolis, Wilson earned the second most demerits in the history of the academy (his roommate, Robert Mullen, earned the most demerits). Wilson graduated eighth from the bottom of his class in 1. B. S. degree in Engineering, specializing in electronics.[3]Between 1. Wilson served in the United States Navy, attaining the rank of lieutenant and gunnery officer on a destroyer. He was assigned to the Pentagon as part of an intelligence unit that evaluated the Soviet Union's nuclear forces.[4]Early political career highlights[edit]From a young age, Wilson took an interest in national security and foreign matters. Growing up during World War II encouraged Wilson to avidly read military history, including numerous articles and other literature on the war.
This led Wilson to have a lifelong admiration for Winston Churchill. Wilson even took the opportunity as a child to “keep watch” over Trinity for Japanese aerial attacks from his post in the back yard.[5] Wilson's early sense of patriotism and his strong interest in international affairs encouraged him to become politically active later in life. According to Wilson himself, he first entered politics as a teenager by running a campaign against his next- door neighbor, city council incumbent Charles Hazard. When thirteen years old, Wilson's fourteen- year- old dog entered Hazard's yard. Hazard retaliated by mixing crushed glass into the dog's food, causing fatal internal bleeding. Following this incident, Wilson obtained a driver's permit and drove ninety- six voters to the polls in his family's two- door Chevrolet.
As patrons left the car, Wilson told each of them that he didn't want to influence their vote, but that the incumbent Hazard had purposely killed his dog. After Hazard was defeated by a margin of 1. Wilson went to his house to tell him that his black constituents voted to defeat him and he "shouldn't poison any more dogs." Wilson cited this as "the day [he] fell in love with America."[6]While Wilson worked at the Pentagon, he volunteered to help in John F. Kennedy's 1. 96. 0 presidential campaign.
While volunteering in Kennedy's campaign, Wilson took a 3. Navy and entered his name into the race for Texas state representative of his home district on the Democratic ticket.[7] This action violated Navy regulations, as active- duty service members are prohibited from holding public office. When Wilson returned to duty, his family and friends went door to door campaigning. In 1. 96. 1, at age 2. Austin, Texas.[8]Temple Inland, Inc., an East Texas forest products producer owned by Arthur Temple, Jr., and Temple's son, Buddy Temple, employed Wilson during his incumbency in the Texas legislature, but business interests were nevertheless suspicious of Wilson's policies.[9] While serving as a Texas state representative for twelve years, Wilson battled for the regulation of utilities, fought for Medicaid, tax exemptions for the elderly, the Equal Rights Amendment, and attempted to raise the state's minimum wage. He was also one of the few prominent Texas politicians to be pro- choice. All of these policies earned Wilson the reputation of being the "liberal from Lufkin."[8]Congressional politics[edit]In 1.
Wilson was elected to the United States House of Representatives from Texas's 2nd congressional district, taking office the following January. Re- elected eleven times, Wilson thoroughly enjoyed his job and always sought to "take care of the home folks" until his resignation on October 8, 1. Although hawkish on foreign issues, he was liberal on other issues such as women's rights, social security and abortion. As a freshman representative, Wilson achieved the designation of the Big Thicket in Southeast Texas as a National Preserve in 1. This early achievement made his colleagues respect his political power and Wilson quickly earned an appointment on the House Appropriations Committee.
During his incumbency, Wilson's colleagues regarded him as the "best horse trader in Washington" because of his ability to negotiate and trade votes with other congressmen to ensure passage of his favored bills.[1. Despite not having many, if any, Jewish constituents, Wilson developed a strong relationship with Israel during his entire congressional career. This bond began during Wilson's first year in Washington when the Yom Kippur War occurred.
From a young age, Wilson had always supported the "underdog," and Wilson quickly went to Israel's defense as a self- proclaimed "Israeli commando." While on the Appropriations committee, Wilson increased U. S. aid to Israel to $3 billion annually.
Later, Wilson's close ties with Israel enabled him to collaborate with Israeli defense engineers to create and transport man- portable anti- aircraft guns into Pakistan to be used in the Soviet- Afghan War.[1. As for domestic policy, Wilson ceaselessly championed for the individual's rights, especially women's and minorities' rights. He continuously voted pro- choice and fought voting discrimination against African Americans. Women and African Americans were two of his largest constituent bases. Wilson respected his district's female vote so much that in 1. League of Women Voters to pass the Safe Drinking Water Act.[1. In addition to supporting women's rights legislation, Wilson broke Washington tradition and hired female staffers.
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