Tony Gonzales
U.S. Representative (R-TX)
Tony Gonzales is a U.S. representative from Texas. He is in his second term, representing the 23rd congressional district which stretches from San Antonio to El Paso along the border with Mexico. He is also an assistant professor at the University of Maryland system, teaching political science with an emphasis on counterterrorism. Previously, Gonzales was a national security fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and a Department of Defense legislative fellow for U.S. Senator Marco Rubio. From 1999 to 2019, he served in the U.S. Navy, with multiple deployments to the Middle East and Asia. As a career cryptologist, Gonzalez rose to the highest enlisted rank of master chief petty officer for his support of combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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