Jane Harman
Jane Harman | |
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President of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | |
In office February 28, 2011 – February 28, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Lee Hamilton |
Succeeded by | Mark Green |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 36th district | |
In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999 | |
Preceded by | Mel Levine (redistricting) |
Succeeded by | Steven T. Kuykendall |
In office January 3, 2001 – February 28, 2011 | |
Preceded by | Steven T. Kuykendall |
Succeeded by | Janice Hahn |
Personal details | |
Born | Jane Margaret Lakes June 28, 1945 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouses | |
Education | Smith College (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
Jane Margaret Harman (née Lakes; born June 28, 1945) is the former
Early life and education
Harman was born Jane Margaret Lakes in
Career
Early career
After graduating from
U.S. Representative, 1993 to 1999
Harman was first elected to
1998 California gubernatorial campaign
Harman did not run for the 106th United States Congress in 1998, instead entering the 1998 California gubernatorial race.
After losing the Democratic nomination to Lieutenant Governor Gray Davis, she briefly taught public policy and international relations at UCLA as a Regents' Professor before running for and winning her old congressional seat in the 2000 election.
U.S. Representative, 2001 to 2011
Harman narrowly won her old seat in 2000, defeating Republican incumbent Steven T. Kuykendall, and was easily re-elected in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010.
Representing the
Harman is a tenacious pro-
2009 wiretap/AIPAC allegations
In 2009, it was revealed
Harman denied the allegations, and called for the government to release the full transcript of the wire-tapped conversation, something they never did. In June 2009, Harman received a letter from the Justice Department and House Ethics Committee declaring her "neither a subject nor a target of an ongoing investigation by the Criminal Division." The espionage charges were later dropped on the two employees from AIPAC.
Political positions
Harman is on most issues a liberal, earning a 95% rating from the liberal group Americans for Democratic Action. On intelligence and defense issues, Ben Pershing described her as a centrist. For example, she was one of many Democrats who supported the Iraq War. Harman has combined a moderate stance on economic, trade, and foreign policy issues with liberal stances on social issues.
Armenian genocide
Harman was a co-sponsor of the
Other activities
Harman served as a member of the Defense Policy Board, the State Department Foreign Affairs Policy Board, the Director of National Intelligence’s Senior Advisory Group, and the Homeland Security Advisory Council. She was a member of the CIA External Advisory Board from 2011 to 2013. Harman is a Trustee of the Aspen Institute and an Honorary Trustee of the University of Southern California. She also serves on the Presidential Debates Commission and the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and is a member of the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One.[11]
She is a member of the Aspen Strategy Group, and serves on the Executive Committees of the Trilateral Commission and the Munich Security Conference.
Personal life
Harman's first marriage was to Richard Frank, in 1969, with whom she had two children. She has eight grandchildren.
Sidney Harman retired in 2008 from Harman Industries, purchased
Harman was a good friend of Senator Dianne Feinstein, and was among the last people to visit Feinstein prior to her death in 2023.[14]
Works
- Harman, Jane (2021). Insanity Defense: Why Our Failure to Confront Hard National Security Problems Makes Us Less Safe (First ed.). New York: St. Martin's Press. OCLC 1236897967.
See also
- List of Jewish members of the United States Congress
- Women in the United States House of Representatives
References
- ^ a b c d "Sidney Harman, Newsweek chairman and entrepreneur, dies at 92". Jewish Journal. April 13, 2011. Archived from the original on April 30, 2023.
- ^ "The Fix - Jane Harman to resign from Congress". The Washington Post. February 7, 2011.
- ^ Current Women Members Archived May 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Wilgoren, Jodi (May 5, 1998). "Harman: A Focus for Her Ambitions". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "jane harman". Robert Battle's genealogy projects - Ancestries of Members of the United States House of Representatives. freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
- ^ "Sophia Smith Collection - Jane Lakes Harman - Early Influences". Smith College Libraries. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
- ^ Sprague Zones, Jane. "Jane Harman". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
- ^ "Harman, Jane L.". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 31, 2008.
- ^ "House Rep. Flip-Flops On Armenian Genocide Stance". CBS2. Associated Press. October 10, 2007. Archived from the original on April 30, 2009.
- ^ Healey, John (October 5, 2007). "Harman flip-flops on Armenian genocide resolution". LA Times. Archived from the original on October 27, 2021.
- ^ "ReFormers Caucus". Issue One. Archived from the original on December 8, 2020.
- ^ a b "Jane Harman Papers, 1960-1998 (ongoing) (bulk 1993-1998) Biographical Note". Sophia Smith Collection Finding Aids. Five College Archives & Manuscript Collections. Archived from the original on April 25, 2009. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
- ^ a b Shapiro, Taylor. "Arts Patron, Industrialist Sidney Harman Dies At 92", The Washington Post. April 13, 2011.
- ^ Bierman, Noah; McManus, Doyle (September 29, 2023). "Dianne Feinstein's final day in the Senate". Los Angeles Times.
External links
- U.S. Congresswoman Jane Harman official U.S. House website
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Jane Harman papers at the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College
- Aspen Strategy Group members at The Aspen Institute