OK GOP Chair Matt Pinnell and GOP OK-2 Candidate Dustin Rowe speaking in McAlester

Dustin Rowe – a conservative with a proven record of public service
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Matt became Chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party on June 26th, 2010, and was re-elected in May of 2011 to a full two-year term. He is the youngest State GOP Chair in the country. www.okgop.com

Dustin understands what it means to work hard and build a family business. His parents and grandparents are small business owners who instilled in Dustin the appreciation for hard work and helping others.

Dustin’s proven record began at an early age: 18. That year, he registered as a Republican and ran for mayor of his hometown. Citizens of Tishomingo liked what Dustin stood for and, even more, what he helped accomplish for their community. Dustin became the nation’s youngest mayor and served successfully for two terms.

Dustin worked for U. S. Senator Don Nickles in Washington, D.C. Later Dustin and his wife, Nicole, moved to Stillwater to work on Wes Watkins’ successful congressional campaign. At the age of 22, Dustin was named District Director for the newly-elected Republican congressman.

Dustin obtained his bachelor’s degree from East Central University in Ada and his law degree from the University of Oklahoma. For the past decade he has been practicing law on Main Street in the community where he was raised and loves to call home. He also serves as city attorney and prosecutor to several small towns in the second congressional district.

Dustin and Nicole are the parents of two children, Price and Madison. The Rowe family are active members in the Tishomingo First Assembly of God church where Dustin has attended since he was eight years old.

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Cole picked for House Appropriations Committee

U.S. Tom Cole nabbed a seat Wednesday on the House Appropriations Committee, one of the more coveted panels in Congress.

As a member of that committee, the Oklahoma Republican will help oversee federal spending.

His new post provides an automatic boost to the state delegation's clout in Congress as members of the committee also can steer funds to their districts and states for specific projects.

Cole was promised a seat on the key panel during the last Congress.

At the time, he was also chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, the political arm of the House Republicans.

Cole was challenged for re-election to that position following GOP losses in the November elections, and he unexpectedly withdrew from that race just minutes before the vote.

Hacked lawmaker calls for cyber briefings

Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., told House leaders Tuesday that few members of Congress have availed themselves of secret briefings meant to educate them about outsiders trying to penetrate lawmakers' computers and steal sensitive information.

Despite "repeated assurances" that the House leadership would inform members of Congress about threats to their computer systems and personal electronic devices, members are still at risk of being hacked by foreign and domestic sources, Wolf wrote in a letter sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other leaders. In September of last year, the Republican and Democratic caucuses held classified briefings for lawmakers about cyber risks, but "the meetings were sparsely attended," Wolf wrote. "I fear that Members are no better informed today than they were before."

Because so few members showed up, Wolf wants to require mandatory briefings. He has proposed including language to that effect in the rules package set to be adopted Tuesday during the first meeting of the new Congress. Wolf suggested that the meetings address "threats to House information security, threats to information security when members travel abroad, and measure being taken [to] secure House computer networks and electronic devices."

Last year, Wolf announced that his office's computers had been compromised by sources he believes reside in China. Seven other members' office computers, as well as those in eight committee offices, were infected with a virus designed to covertly remove files and track what a user writes in e-mail or text messages. After the electronic break-ins, Wolf said that few of his colleagues understood that sensitive information contained on their computers was accessible to outsiders.

"This is a serious issue, and we have got to have bipartisan participation," said Daniel Scandling, Wolf's chief of staff. "If someone physically broke into a member's office and took something, people would be up in arms. But we're turning a blind eye to information being swiped off of computers."

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