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NEWS FROM….
CONGRESSMAN BOB FILNER

CHAIRMAN-DESIGNATE
COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Room 333 Cannon HOB For more information contact:
Washington, DC 20515 Geoffrey Collver @ 202/225-9756
http://veterans.house.gov/democratic/welcome.htm

FOR RELEASE: December 20, 2006

Chairman Filner Names New Staff Director of House Veterans’ Affairs Committee

Malcom A. Shorter, Lieutenant Colonel, (Retired – U.S. Army) to Lead Committee Staff



Washington, D.C. – Congressman Bob Filner (D-CA), Chairman-designate of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, today, named Malcom A. Shorter, a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel with experience on Capitol Hill to lead the House Veterans Affairs panel in the 110th Congress.

“I am very proud to have Malcom Shorter accept the position of Staff Director of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee. I am confident he will provide steady leadership, wise counsel and valued insight to the Committee,” said Filner. “I am also certain that America’s veterans will appreciate his efforts to focus the Committee on providing high quality services in a bipartisan manner.”

Prior to becoming Committee Staff Director, Mr. Shorter served as Director, Office of Budget, Finance and Administration, Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, United States Department of the Interior since January, 2005. He previously served as the Assistant Director for Programming and Budget, United States Department of Homeland Security, Office of Counter-narcotics. Mr. Shorter retired from the United States Army in September 2003 after a distinguished military career of more than 20 years.

Mr. Shorter graduated from Rutgers University in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics. He also holds a Master of Science Degree in Administration from Central Michigan University. In the Army, Shorter served in a variety of command and staff assignments both in the continental United States and overseas. He was also assigned to Capitol Hill in May, 1998 in the Army’s House Liaison Division as a Congressional Fellow. He also served as the Military Legislative Assistant to Congressman Martin T. Meehan of Massachusetts for the first session of the 106th Congress. Upon returning to the Army’s House Liaison Division, he served as the Executive Officer and Division Chief. In that capacity, he accompanied the President of the United States, Members of Congress, and their staffs on more than 75 worldwide fact-finding missions.

Mr. Shorter will begin his tenure as Committee Staff Director full time on January 22, 2007.

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Larry Scott