Heather A. Wilson is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives

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 representing from 1998 to 2009. She is the first woman veteran elected to a full term in Congress.

While in Congress, Wilson focused on national security

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 issues, serving on the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

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 and the United States House Committee on Armed Services

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. She also focused on health care, energy, manufacturing and trade, and telecommunication, serving on the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce

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She opted not to run for re-election to the House in 2008 and sought the U.S.