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She has received the following degrees: a Masters of Strategic Studies from the Army War College, a Masters of Arts in International Policy Studies from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and a Bachelor of Arts from.
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Jill Morgenthaler
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Morgenthaler was defeated by Peter Roskam, a Wheaton, Illinois Republican, in the November 2008 general election, by a 16% margin (58% to 42%), Morgenthaler is a retired Colonel in the United States Army, where she served for nearly 30 years. She enrolled in the Reserve Officers Training Corps at Pennsylvania State University, where she was one of ten women in the program who received full scholarships to trailblaze the integration of women into the program She was the first female company commander in the Army Security Agency Group of Korea, the first woman battalion commander in the 88th Regional Support Command, and the first woman brigade commander in the 84th Division.
She has served in of Korea, Berlin, Bosnia, and Iraq.
She handled disaster recovery during the San Francisco earthquake of 1989. In 2004, she handled press duties for the Army, including addressing the Abu Ghraib scandal.
She was appointed by the Illinois Democratic Governor, Rod Blagojevich, to serve as a homeland security adviser in Illinois. She was the first woman in this role.
Morgenthaler ran, as a non-resident of the 6th congressional district after the district line was redrawn by the Republican Party when United States. Congressman Henry Hyde was in office.
The United States. Constitution requires only that a member, when elected, be "an inhabitant of the state in which he shall be chosen." Illinois does not have a district residency requirement.
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Legion of Merit
The Legion of Merit (LOM) is a military award of the United States Armed Forces that is given for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements.The Legion of Merit (LOM) is a military award of the United States Armed Forces that is given for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements.