If we pulled out of Iraq tomorrow, Islamic jihadism is on the rise. And they continue, as we see in Lebanon, to seek to destroy the State of Israel and seek to drive America back and bring us to our knees. We must stand tall and straight.

He likely got coattails from Bill Frist and Fred Thompsons strong 1994 statewide elections and was helped in 1996 by Lloyd crossing party lines to endorse him. The district is based in Chattanooga and includes large parts of East Tennessee including Oak Ridge. However he graduated from neither and struggled with drug and alcohol problems as a student before ultimately dropping out of college.

S. Zachary Paul "Zach" Wamp (born October 28 1957) is the former U.