Andrew Duck For Congress Committee

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 12, 2005

IRAQ WAR VETERAN FILES FOR CONGRESSIONAL RACE

Iraq War veteran Andrew Duck has formally filed to run for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 6th Congressional District. Mr. Duck formally filed in Annapolis on Thursday, August 11.

Mr. Duck served in the U.S. Army for more than 20 years, to include deploying in support of operations in Bosnia three times and deploying to Iraq. Mr. Duck served as an Intelligence Liaison Officer to 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (1MEF) during the invasion of Iraq while on Active Duty as a Captain in the U.S. Army. Mr. Duck retired from the Army in 2004 and currently works in the Pentagon as a contract employee with Northrop Grumman.

After filing, Mr. Duck stated "I have served my country for 20 years. I would like to continue to serve, just in a different capacity." He also said "I am focused on providing practical solutions to real problems. We are not making the progress we need to make in Iraq. We do not need a timetable for withdraw, but we need to have a plan. I have a roadmap for victory in Iraq. But there are a lot of other problems that we need to solve as well. We need to keep Social Security secure and safe from risk. We need to restore fiscal responsibility to government. We need to fix the Health Care System in this country, which is suffering badly from neglect. We need an Energy Policy that will free us from dependence on foreign oil. This problems are not being addressed. We need an active, energetic advocate who will push for practical solutions to these problems. I will do that."

There has been increased interest in Iraq War veterans running for Congress, following the surprisingly strong showing of an Iraq War veteran in a Congressional Special Election in Ohio earlier this month. In that race, Democratic candidate and Iraq veteran Paul Hackett polled within four percentage points of the Republican frontrunner in a heavily Republican district. Those results have been interpreted as an indicator that incumbent Republicans may be at risk because of growing discontent with progress in Iraq.

Mr. Duck, who is 42, had previously stated his intent to run for Congress in May. More information about Mr. Duck is available from his website at www.DuckForCongress.com.