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HASC Member Rob Andrews Resigns, Will Leave Congress This Month

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, February 4th, 2014

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HASC Member Rob Andrews Resigns, Will Leave Congress This Month

Rep. Rob Andrews (D-N.J.) will leave Congress this month to work for a law firm, he announced Tuesday morning.

House Armed Services Committee member Rep. Rob Andrews (D-N.J.) announced Tuesday morning he would leave Congress after the upcoming President’s Day recess to join a Washington law firm. The congressman leaves amid an investigation into whether he used campaign funds to finance a family vacation to Scotland, though he said in a resignation speech in his home district that his reasons for leaving were strictly personal, not political. “A law firm with which my family and I have enjoyed deep…

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