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Issa and serves
Issa currently serves on the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, the House Judiciary Committee, and the U. S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, of which he is the chairman.

Issa and director
Falaba Issa Traoré ( 1930 – August 8, 2003 ) was a Malian writer, comedian, playwright, and theatre and film director.
* Falaba Issa Traoré ( 1930 – 2003 ), Malian writer, comedian, playwright and theatre and film director

Issa and American
In September 2011, the liberal group American Family Voices filed a complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics against Issa, alleging he had repeatedly used his public office for personal financial gain.
Dwight York ( born June 26, 1935, also reported as 1945 ), also known as Malachi Z. York, Issa Al Haadi Al Mahdi, et alii, is an American musician, writer, black supremacist, and leader of the Georgia-based " Nuwaubian " movement, currently imprisoned on a 135 year sentence for child molestation.

Issa and for
Protests from Kabul arose when the victim in the torture tape with Issa bin Zayed Al Nahyan brutally beating a man who is believed to be an Afghan grain merchant that ripped him off for only $ 5, 000.
The initial drive for the recall was fueled by funds from the personal fortune of U. S. Rep. Darrell Issa, a Republican who originally hoped to replace Davis himself.
The effort was not taken seriously, until Rep. Darrell Issa, who hoped to run as a replacement candidate for governor, donated $ 2 million towards the effort.
Darrell Issa, who bankrolled the recall effort and said he would run for governor, abruptly dropped out of the race on August 7 among accusations that he had bankrolled the recall effort solely to get himself into office.
The San Francisco Chronicle claimed that Davis's attacks on Issa's " checkered past " and polls showing strong Republican support for Schwarzenegger caused Issa to withdraw.
" Simon did not endorse any candidates at the time, but several weeks later he endorsed front-runner Arnold Schwarzenegger, as did Darrell Issa, who had not filed for the race.
Darrell Edward Issa (; ; born November 1, 1953 ) is the U. S. Representative for California's 49th congressional district, serving since 2001.
Many of his friends were Jewish, and Issa reportedly worked for a rabbi at one point.
Issa dropped out of high school, and on his 17th birthday he enlisted for three years in the Army.
After leaving the military, Issa and his second wife, Kathy Stanton, moved back to the Cleveland area, pooled their savings, sold their cars and borrowed $ 50, 000 from his family to invest in Quantum Enterprises, an electronics manufacturer run by a friend from Cleveland Heights that assembled bug zappers, CB radio parts and other consumer products for other companies.
In 1985 Issa sold the company to a California-based maker of home alarms, and moved to the San Diego suburb of Vista, where he has lived ever since, to work for it.
Fong's campaign raised $ 3 million from contributions and complained that Issa's wealth made for an uneven playing field ( Issa had only $ 400, 000 in contributions ).
An Issa spokesman countered that the money was needed to compensate for Fong's statewide name recognition.
Fong prevailed in the open primary by a margin of 22 % to 20 % for Issa.
In 2010, Project on Government Oversight, a government watchdog group, awarded Issa with its Good Government Award for his contributions to government oversight and transparency.
Issa won the June 2012 open primary for California's 49th Congressional District carrying 71, 284 votes ( 61. 1 %) and will face democratic challenger Jerry Tetalman, 35, 792 votes ( 30. 7 %), in the 2012 general election.
Issa came to national prominence in 2003 when he contributed over $ 1. 6 million to help fund a signature-gathering drive for the petition to recall Gray Davis.
After becoming Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Issa has become a vocal advocate for investigations into the Obama administration, including the Troubled Assets Relief Program, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, corruption in Afghanistan, WikiLeaks, and the Food and Drug Administration, among other issues.
In 2001 Issa voted for the authorization of the PATRIOT Act and the creation of the Department of Homeland Security.
* Darrell Issa for U. S. Congressman official campaign site
Mr. Issa is seeking compensatory damages of an unspecified amount for what he feels are false and malicious statements.
* Issa or Isa, the Arabic name for Jesus in Islam
* Issa, another name for the Catawba tribe of Native Americans

Issa and Lebanon
Prince Issa El-Ayoubi ( Lebanon )
Born in Bsharri, Lebanon, as the daughter of Nagib Issa El-Khouri and Evelyne Roch.

Issa and nonprofit
In February 2011, the Watchdog Institute, an independent nonprofit reporting center based at San Diego State University, published an investigation alleging that as leader of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Issa built a team that included staff members with close connections to industries that could benefit from his investigations.

Issa and organization
Issa speculated that the cause of the incident may have been a column written by political commentator Debbie Schlussel in which she charged that Issa sympathized with Hezbollah despite its being listed by the U. S. government as a terrorist organization, charges he denied.

Issa and working
Mr. Issa has also declared that he was not running a " whorehouse " and that, to his knowledge, " whores are not working " in his Hedonism hotels as some have claimed.
Back in Chicago, Hicham first started working with Issa Boulos, a Palestinian composer, in his Al-Sharq Ensemble.

Issa and its
Issa has stated that he is a fan of the long running Kamen Rider Series tokusatsu programs, and has contributed to the soundtracks of Kamen Rider 555 with its opening theme " Justi < span lang =" ja " style =" letter-spacing :-0. 25em "> φ </ span >' s " and its film's theme " Justi < span lang =" ja " style =" letter-spacing :-0. 25em "> φ </ span >' s-Accel Mix -" as well as the theme for the film Kamen Rider The Next, " Chosen Soldier ".
After the Roman conquest Issa lost its significance until the late Middle Ages when it was mentioned in several historical sources.
Darrell Issa, a Republican who represents the neighboring 49th District, said after Cunningham's plea that he'd been waiting for Cunningham to explain his behavior " in a way that made sense to us " and that Cunningham's behavior " fell below the standard the public demands of its elected representatives.
McDow & Issa Zaru bought the It's-It name, building its current production facility in Burlingame in 1976.

Issa and with
That, together with a shortage of non-government employment, has bred resentment and continued political competition between the Issa Somalis and the Afars.
At four minutes past midnight of 6 September, one of them ( likely Issa ) turned on the hostages in the eastern helicopter and fired at them with a Kalashnikov assault rifle from point-blank range.
Issa then dashed across the tarmac and began firing at the police, who killed him with return fire.
A government was formed by Abdullahi Issa and other members of the trusteeship and protectorate governments, with Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf as President of the Somali National Assembly, Aden Abdullah Osman Daar as President and Abdirashid Ali Shermarke as Prime Minister ( later to become President from 1967 – 1969 ).
Bilal Issa stated that Siwa residents " despise the Israelis " while Sheik Rajeh stated that Siwa residents " will not accept any relations whatsoever with the Jews.
Issa is a self-made millionaire with a net worth estimated at as much as $ 450 million, making him the wealthiest currently-serving member of Congress.
Issa was charged with carrying a concealed weapon ; he pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of possession of an unregistered firearm, and was sentenced to six months ' probation and a small fine.
" The standardized report also stated that Issa had " unlimited potential " with a note to " promote ahead of contemporaries.
Issa soon turned Steal Stopper around, to the point that it was supplying Ford with thousands of car alarms and negotiating a similar deal with Toyota.
Issa has been reelected five times with almost no difficulty in this heavily Republican district ( it presently has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R + 10 ).
On 5 April 2007, Issa met with Syrian president Bashar Assad to discuss Middle East issues, one day after Assad met with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Dissatisfaction with then-California Governor Gray Davis led U. S. Representative Darrell Issa, a Republican, to mount a recall campaign to oust Davis, using much of his own money.
* Mr. Issa has stated that he feels satisfied with Hedonism's image of " decadence and debauchery ".
Issa has also stated that he is " satisfied " with the idea expressed on his web site that " When it's good it's oh so good, and when it's bad it's even better and yes, everything you ever heard is true ".
" Waxman was accused of being involved with the Solyndra loan by Darrell Issa.
Reportedly, Towns withdrew because of a lack of support from Nancy Pelosi who feared that he would not be a sufficiently aggressive leader of Democrats in an anticipated struggle with incoming committee chair Republican Darrell Issa.

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