Middle American News

Middle American News columnist Peter Gemma recently interviewed presidential candidate Ron Paul, a Republican member of Congress representing the 14th congressional distict of Texas.

A native of Pennsylvania, Dr. Paul graduated from the Duke University School of Medicine and served as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force during the 1960s. In private practice as a specialist in obstetrics/gynecology, Dr. Paul has delivered more than 4,000 babies. First elected to Congress in 1976, he was one of only four members of Congress to endorse Ronald Reagan for president that year. He left Capitol Hill in 1984 to return to medicine, but was elected to Congress again in 1996. He has served a total of 19 years on Capitol Hill, and in 1988 was the Libertarian Party’s nominee for president.