Thornberry in 2000 Committee assignments Ĭommittee on Armed Services (Ranking Member)įrom 2015 to 2019, Thornberry served as chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, the first Texan of either party to hold this position. Thornberry is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Thornberry has called President Reagan '.a great man and a great president, ranking in the top tier of all of our chief executives.' He also practiced law in Amarillo. He served as a staffer to two other Texas Republican congressmen, Tom Loeffler and Larry Combest, and as deputy assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs under Ronald Reagan before joining his brothers on the family ranch. He then obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law in Austin. He received his Bachelor of Arts in history from Texas Tech University in Lubbock. His family has operated a ranch in the area since 1881. Thornberry is a lifelong resident of Clarendon, 60 miles (97 km) east of Amarillo in the heart of the 13th. In the 1880s, Thornberry's great-great-grandfather Amos Thornberry, a Union Army veteran, moved to Clay County, just east of Wichita Falls. 3.6 Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012Įarly life, education, and career.
