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Timothy Bruce D'Annunzio (born January 14, 1958) is an American businessman and political figure from Raeford, North Carolina. He is best known for his unsuccessful 2010 bid for North Carolina's 8th congressional district.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NC Election Results )〕 D'Annunzio is a conservative who favors gun rights and small government, including privatizing the social "safety net". He has a history of publicly denouncing Barack Obama, among others. While his candidacy was heavily supported by the Tea Party movement,〔 he was not favored by the leadership of the North Carolina Republican Party.〔 A former Army paratrooper, Tim D'Annunzio is also a professional skydiver and sponsors Paraclete XP skydiving team. ==Early life== Born in Darby, Pennsylvania, D'Annunzio admitted to having "a troubled upbringing" on the streets of inner city Philadelphia. His actions led to several teenage arrests and jail time in 1973, and a 1996 trespassing charge during a domestic dispute.〔 In an attempt to leave life of gangs and drugs, D'Annunzio relocated to North Carolina at some point in the 1970s to join the United States Army. He was commissioned as an Infantryman and Parachute Rigger. He became a member of the U.S. Army’s elite Parachute team, the Golden Knights, and traveled the nation and world representing the Army. In 1985, he received an Honorable Discharge with the rank of Staff Sergeant. He credits a religious conversion sometime in the 1990s for turning his life around.〔 D'Annunzio has six children and two grandchildren. His second wife Colleen is also a veteran.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tim's Story )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tim D'Annunzio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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