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Your continued donations keep Wikipedia runningJohn E. SununuFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchJohn E. SununuJunior Senator, New HampshireTerm #160;of #160;office:January 2003 – presentPolitical #160;party:RepublicanPreceded #160;by:Robert C. SmithSucceeded #160;by:Incumbent (2009)Born:September 10, 1964Boston, MassachusettsSpouse:Kitty SununuReligion:Roman CatholicJohn Edward Sununu (born September 10, 1964) is a United States Senator from New Hampshire. A Republican, he is the son of former Governor of New Hampshire and White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu. Sununu is also a potential Republican presidential candidate, possibly in the 2012 or 2016 elections.Born in Boston, Massachusetts, one of 8 siblings of Irish and Lebanese (Palestinian) Catholic descent, Sununu earned both S.B. and S.M. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1987 and an MBA from Harvard University in 1991. After graduating, he worked in the high-tech industry, at one time for the company of Dean Kamen.First elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1996, he was reelected twice before winning a United States Senate seat from New Hampshire in 2002. Sununu first defeated a Republican incumbent (Bob Smith) in the primary and then Governor (Jeanne Shaheen) in the general election. At age 38, he was at that time the youngest member of the Senate. To this day, he remains the only person of Palestinian background elected to the U.S. Senate. He and his wife Catherine (Kitty) have three children.While a conservative Republican, Sununu has taken some positions contrary to the Bush administration and the Republican leadership. He voted against the Federal Marriage Amendment and has voted to require child safety locks with the transfer of handguns. He opposes restrictions on travel and trade with Cuba, and was one of only two Republicans to vote in favor of terminating funds for TV Marti, which broadcasts anti-Castro programming in Cuba. He was one of a small group of Republicans to vote in favor of banning loans to China for any nuclear projects, and in September of 2005 he voted to disapprove a new rule set in place by the Administrator of the EPA delisting coal and other energy sources from the Clean Air Act. He was among the group of conservative Republicans to vote against the prescription drug bill passed in 2003.In July 2005, to show solidarity with Sen. Arlen Specter, who had lost his hair due to chemotherapy for Hodgkins disease, Sununu shaved his head.He also has become well known as one of the 5 Republican Senators who joined Democrats in a filibuster of the USA PATRIOT Act renewal conference report. This caused the Republican leadership to extend the original legislation until a compromise bill was forged.Sununu is also notable for taking a neutral view on the Israel-Palestine situation, his stance perhaps influenced by his Lebanese-Palestinian heritage. His position differs from most withi
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