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Press Release
Former Rep. Jim Kolbe Joins GMF
February 05, 2007
~After 22 years in House, Kolbe will work on aid, trade, migration~
WASHINGTON (February 5, 2007) - Former Arizona congressman Jim Kolbe joined the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) as a Senior Transatlantic Fellow.
After representing Arizona in the House for the past 22 years, Kolbe will offer his expertise to GMF's economic policy program in the areas of U.S. and European trade and development policies, transatlantic relations, aid delivery, and the impact of migration on both sending and receiving countries.
"Jim Kolbe was a leader in transatlantic relations during his tenure in Congress," says GMF President Craig Kennedy. "Few Members achieve his grasp of the complicated trade, economic, and development issues that bind and divide the United States and Europe. We are very pleased that he chose GMF as his Washington base when he left Congress."
During his tenure in Congress, Kolbe served on the House Appropriations committee, chairing the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs. He crafted legislation calling for the modernization of U.S. currency. He was also co-chair for a transatlantic and multilateral frameworks task force for the Transatlantic Policy Network (TPN), an organization that connects people and governments of the EU and U.S.
Arizona's 8th district has been a political hotspot on the issue of immigration, recently exacerbated by the call for a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border. Kolbe served as the representative from Arizona's 5th district (1985-2003) before representing Arizona's 8th district (2003-2007).
The economic policy program is an initiative of GMF that promotes cooperation between the United States and Europe on domestic and international economic policies as vital instruments of global prosperity, especially for the poor and those affected by shifts in the world economy.
The German Marshall Fund of the United States (www.gmfus.org) is a nonpartisan American public policy and grantmaking institution dedicated to promoting greater cooperation and understanding between the United States and Europe. Founded in 1972 through a gift from Germany as a permanent memorial to the Marshall Plan assistance, GMF maintains a strong presence on both sides of the Atlantic. In addition to its headquarters in Washington, DC, GMF has six offices in Europe: Berlin, Bratislava, Paris, Brussels, Belgrade, and Ankara.
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