Ridge: No Stranger to Beltway Politics.

• Author: Book, Elizabeth G.
• Position: Tom Ridge - Brief Article

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge, appointed by President Bush to head the newly created office of homeland security, is no stranger to either Washington or national security matters.

Drafted into the U.S. Army in 1967, Ridge earned the Bronze Star for valor, while he was an infantry staff sergeant in Vietnam. In 1982, he became the first enlisted Vietnam combat veteran elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and served...