Allen Vaught.

• Position: People & Politics - Brief article

The Green Zone," a film about the U.S.-Iraq war released in March, stars Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Amy Ryan and ... Texas Representative Allen Vaught. Actually, Vaught, an Iraq War veteran and vice chair of the House Defense and Veterans Affairs Committee, has a small part in the film, which incorporates many Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. A captain in the U.S. Army Reserve, Vaught was the de facto mayor of Fallujah during the early part of Operation Iraqi Freedom and was injured in a roadside bomb. He received the Purple Heart among other commendations, and was contacted by the author of the book on which the film is based...