In October 2006, McHale was recalled to active Marine Corps duty to deploy to Afghanistan.[2] For McHale's service as both a Congressman and Assistant Secretary of Defense, McHale was awarded the DoD Distinguished Public Service Medal – the department's highest civilian honor – by each of the past three Secretaries of Defense.
Politics
McHale was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1983 to 1991, resigning in order to volunteer for active duty in the Gulf War. In 1992, he ran for Congress and defeated 14-year incumbent Don Ritter in a major upset, with the support of significant numbers of Democratic, Republican and Independent voters in the Lehigh Valley.
While serving in Congress, McHale was an active member of the House Armed Services Committee and he co-founded the National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus.
McHale gained prominence in 1998 when he called for Bill Clinton to resign. He voted for three of the four articles of impeachment against Clinton. He was one of only five Democrats who voted for at least one article, and had by far the most liberal voting record of those who supported impeachment. The other four Democrats who voted for at least one article were Virgil Goode, Ralph Hall, Charlie Stenholm, and Gene Taylor, all of whom had very conservative voting records. Goode, Hall and Taylor subsequently became Republicans, while McHale served in the Bush Administration.
He assumed his former position as the Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for Homeland Defense (HD), later to become Homeland Defense and Americas' Security Affairs (HD&ASA), on February 7, 2003. He left in January 2009 at the end of the George W. Bush administration. The first to hold this position, Mr. McHale supervised all homeland defense activities for the U.S. Department of Defense and represented the Department of Defense at the highest levels of U.S. domestic crisis planning. Additionally, as the ASD(HD&ASA), he was responsible for DoD Critical Infrastructure Protection, civilian oversight of the two combatant commands in North America and South America, Western Hemisphere affairs, and the transfer of technologies to homeland security use pursuant to Section 1401 of the 2003 National Defense Authorization Act.
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For the Scottish footballer see Paul McHale footballer This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Paul McHale news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Paul Francis McHale Jr born July 26 1950 is an American lawyer and politician From 2003 to 2009 he served as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense Additionally from 1993 to 1999 he represented Pennsylvania s 15th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives In 1992 McHale defeated incumbent U S Congressman Donald L Ritter for his seat representing the Lehigh Valley in the U S Congress Paul McHaleAssistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland DefenseIn office February 7 2003 January 20 2009PresidentGeorge W BushPreceded byPosition establishedSucceeded byPaul N StocktonMember of the U S House of Representatives from Pennsylvania s 15th districtIn office January 3 1993 January 3 1999Preceded byDonald L RitterSucceeded byPat ToomeyMember of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 133rd districtIn office January 1983 February 25 1991 1 Preceded byGeorge KanuckSucceeded byKatherine McHalePersonal detailsBornPaul Francis McHale Jr 1950 07 26 July 26 1950 age 72 Bethlehem Pennsylvania U S Political partyDemocraticSpouse s Katherine Pecka Divorced Martha RainvilleEducationLehigh University BA Georgetown University JD AwardsBronze StarLegion of MeritMeritorious Service MedalNavy Commendation Medal 2 DOD Distinguished Public Service MedalMilitary serviceBranch serviceUnited States Marine CorpsUnited States Marine Corps ReserveYears of service1972 1974 active 1974 2007 reserve RankColonelBattles warsGulf WarWar in AfghanistanCurrently McHale is the President of Civil Support International LLC which is a consulting firm that advises private contractors and government agencies in matters related to disaster preparedness crisis response and homeland defense and security Contents 1 Education and military service 2 Politics 3 Legal career 4 Assistant Secretary of Defense 5 Personal life 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksEducation and military service EditMcHale was born in Bethlehem Pennsylvania where he graduated from Liberty High School McHale received a Bachelor of Arts from Lehigh University in 1972 and a J D from Georgetown University Law Center in 1977 He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1972 to 1974 He has been a member of the Marine Corps Reserve since 1974 and retired with the rank of colonel in 2007 He served in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm during the Gulf War McHale also served combat tours in Saudi Arabia 1990 Kuwait 1991 and Afghanistan 2007 His personal military decorations include the Baryal Medal for his service in Afghanistan the Bronze Star the Legion of Merit the Meritorious Service Medal and the Navy Commendation Medal 2nd award In October 2006 McHale was recalled to active Marine Corps duty to deploy to Afghanistan 2 For McHale s service as both a Congressman and Assistant Secretary of Defense McHale was awarded the DoD Distinguished Public Service Medal the department s highest civilian honor by each of the past three Secretaries of Defense Politics EditMcHale was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1983 to 1991 resigning in order to volunteer for active duty in the Gulf War In 1992 he ran for Congress and defeated 14 year incumbent Don Ritter in a major upset with the support of significant numbers of Democratic Republican and Independent voters in the Lehigh Valley While serving in Congress McHale was an active member of the House Armed Services Committee and he co founded the National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus McHale gained prominence in 1998 when he called for Bill Clinton to resign He voted for three of the four articles of impeachment against Clinton He was one of only five Democrats who voted for at least one article and had by far the most liberal voting record of those who supported impeachment The other four Democrats who voted for at least one article were Virgil Goode Ralph Hall Charlie Stenholm and Gene Taylor all of whom had very conservative voting records Goode Hall and Taylor subsequently became Republicans while McHale served in the Bush Administration Legal career EditMcHale began representing Panda Energy International in 1999 after the completion of his term in the U S House of Representatives during Panda s legal and public relations battles which took place in his former Congressional district 3 4 Assistant Secretary of Defense Edit McHale briefing at The Pentagon during the October 2007 California wildfires He assumed his former position as the Assistant Secretary of Defense ASD for Homeland Defense HD later to become Homeland Defense and Americas Security Affairs HD amp ASA on February 7 2003 He left in January 2009 at the end of the George W Bush administration The first to hold this position Mr McHale supervised all homeland defense activities for the U S Department of Defense and represented the Department of Defense at the highest levels of U S domestic crisis planning Additionally as the ASD HD amp ASA he was responsible for DoD Critical Infrastructure Protection civilian oversight of the two combatant commands in North America and South America Western Hemisphere affairs and the transfer of technologies to homeland security use pursuant to Section 1401 of the 2003 National Defense Authorization Act Personal life EditHe is married to Martha Rainville the first woman in the history of the U S National Guard to serve as a state Adjutant General and a former congressional candidate from Vermont 5 He has three children from a previous marriage to Katherine Pecka McHale 6 See also EditList of United States political appointments that crossed party linesReferences EditUnited States Congress Paul McHale id M000466 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved 2008 04 02 PAUL MCHALE Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense www defenselink mil United States Department of Defense Archived from the original on 2006 08 05 Retrieved 2017 01 03 Congressman Paul McHale Pennsylvania 15th District www house gov mchale United States House of Representatives Archived from the original on August 13 1997 Congressman Paul McHale Military History www house gov mchale United States House of Representatives 1997 06 13 Archived from the original on August 13 1997 Cox Harold November 3 2004 Pennsylvania House of Representatives 1991 1992 PDF Wilkes University Election Statistics Project Wilkes University AP article October 13 2006 Morning Call Article February 25 2000 Morning Call Article February 03 2002 Express Times article January 12 2009 Morning Call article June 5 1991External links Edit Media related to Paul McHale at Wikimedia Commons Congressman Paul McHale s Webpage at the Wayback Machine archive index Appearances on C SPANU S House of RepresentativesPreceded byDonald L Ritter Member of the U S House of Representativesfrom Pennsylvania s 15th congressional district1993 1999 Succeeded byPat ToomeyU S order of precedence ceremonial Preceded byThomas B Evans Jr as Former US Representative Order of precedence of the United Statesas Former US Representative Succeeded byJoe Hoeffelas Former US Representative Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Paul McHale amp oldid 1129789247, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
