1. Paul McHale retired from law and business in 2020 in order to pursue a master's degree in Military History and Strategic Studies at the National University of Ireland Maynooth.
16 Facts About Paul McHale
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Paul McHale was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he graduated from Liberty High School.
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Paul McHale received a Bachelor of Arts from Lehigh University in 1972, a Master of Arts from the National University of Ireland Maynooth in 2022, and a JD from Georgetown University Law Center in 1977.
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Paul McHale enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1972, retiring from the Marine Corps Reserve with the rank of colonel in 2007.
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Paul McHale served combat tours in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Afghanistan.
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In October 2006, Paul McHale was recalled to active Marine Corps duty to deploy to Afghanistan.
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Paul 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.
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Paul McHale gained prominence in 1998 when he called for Bill Clinton to resign.
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Paul McHale voted for three of the four articles of impeachment against Clinton.
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Paul McHale 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.
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Goode, Hall and Taylor subsequently became Republicans, while Paul McHale served in the Bush administration.
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Paul McHale began representing Panda Energy International in 1999, after the completion of his term in the US House of Representatives, during Panda's legal and public relations battles which took place in his former congressional district.
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The first to hold this position, Paul McHale supervised all homeland defense activities for the US Department of Defense and represented the Department at the highest levels of US domestic crisis planning.
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Paul McHale left DoD in January 2009 at the end of the George W Bush administration.
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Paul McHale is married to Major General Martha Rainville, the first woman in the history of the US National Guard to serve as a state Adjutant General and a former congressional candidate from Vermont.
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Paul McHale has three children Matthew, Mary, and Luke McHale from a previous marriage to Katherine Pecka McHale.