Dennis Hastert
Dennis Hastert
John Dennis "Denny" Hastertis a former politician from Illinois, the 51st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1999 to 2007, and an admitted serial child molester. He represented Illinois's 14th congressional district in the House for twenty years, 1987 to 2007. He is the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the House in history. In 2015, Hastert pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges of structuring financial transactions to conceal payments to an individual whom he had sexually abused...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth2 January 1942
CityAurora, IL
CountryUnited States of America
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Trade creates jobs and lifts people out of poverty. And when that happens, societies stabilize and grow. And there is nothing like a stable society to fight terrorism and strengthen democracy, freedom and rule of law.
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