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Al M. Poteet

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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Professional Experience

  • Former Associate Deputy Administrator, Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
  • Former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Veterans' Affairs
  • Chief Executive Officer, Humana Veterans Healthcare Service (HVHS)
  • Former Medical Center Director, State of Alaska
  • Served, United States Army
  • Former Director, Veterans' Affairs Regional Office at Waco, Texas
  • Director/Treasurer, Veterans of Foreign Wars Political Action Committee
  • Assistant Legislative Director, Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1976-1983

Political Experience

  • Former Associate Deputy Administrator, Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
  • Former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Veterans' Affairs
  • Chief Executive Officer, Humana Veterans Healthcare Service (HVHS)
  • Former Medical Center Director, State of Alaska
  • Served, United States Army
  • Former Director, Veterans' Affairs Regional Office at Waco, Texas
  • Director/Treasurer, Veterans of Foreign Wars Political Action Committee
  • Assistant Legislative Director, Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1976-1983
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 21, 2018

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Former Associate Deputy Administrator, Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
  • Former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Veterans' Affairs
  • Chief Executive Officer, Humana Veterans Healthcare Service (HVHS)
  • Former Medical Center Director, State of Alaska
  • Served, United States Army
  • Former Director, Veterans' Affairs Regional Office at Waco, Texas
  • Director/Treasurer, Veterans of Foreign Wars Political Action Committee
  • Assistant Legislative Director, Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1976-1983
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 21, 2018
  • Former Member, Fund for Veterans Assistance Advisory Board, Texas Veterans Commission
  • Member, National Rifle Association
  • Executive Director, President's Task Force to Improve Health Care Delivery to Our Nation's Veterans
  • Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2933
  • Member, Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association

Other Info

Favorite Book:

Michael Connelly series about Detective Harry Bosch...a Vietnam vet "tunnel rat."

  • All of Nelson DeMille & W.E.B. Griffin books
  • Favorite Movie:

    Jason Bourne Series

    Favorite Quote:

    "Let us cross the river and rest beneath the shade of the trees." The last words of Gen. Stonewall Jackson, a man of faith, who was accidentally shot by his own troops at the battle of Chancellorsville 1863

    Favorite TV Shows:

    Fox News & College Football

    Favorite Type of Music:

    All types

    Policy Positions

    2021

    Abortion

    Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
    - Pro-life

    Budget

    1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
    - No

    2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
    - Unknown Position

    Campaign Finance

    Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
    - Unknown Position

    Economy

    1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
    - Unknown Position

    2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
    - Unknown Position

    Education

    Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
    - No

    Energy & Environment

    1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
    - No

    2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
    - Unknown Position

    Guns

    Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
    - No

    Health Care

    Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
    - Yes

    Immigration

    1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
    - Unknown Position

    2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
    - Yes

    Marijuana

    Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
    - Unknown Position

    National Security

    1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
    - Unknown Position

    2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
    - Unknown Position