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-{{Infobox politician
-|name=Aaron Alghawi
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-|office = National At-Large Board Member of the [[Republican Liberty Caucus]]
-|term_start = September 2012
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-|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|12|17}}
-|birth_place =[[Wilmington, Ohio]], [[United States]]
-|birthname  = Aaron Fadi Al-Ghawi
-|alma_mater = [[Texas A&M University]] <small>([[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]])</small><br />[[Wright State University]]
-|party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
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-|residence = [[Houston, TX]]
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-'''Aaron Fadi Alghawi''' (born December 17, 1989) is an [[United States|American]], [[libertarian]] [[Republican]] political activist based in [[Houston, TX|Houston]]. He currently serves as an at-large board member of the [[Republican Liberty Caucus]] national committee.<ref>[http://www.rlc.org/about/national-committee-2/ About the Republican Liberty Caucus National Committee]</ref>.
-==Background, education, and early political experience==
-Alghawi was born Aaron Fadi Al-Ghawi on December 17, 1989 to Gail Ann (nee Babb) and Fadi Rafic Al-Ghawi, at Clinton Memorial Hospital in [[Wilmington, OH]], a small city southeast of [[Dayton, OH|Dayton]]. Alghawi was exposed to politics, public service, and immigration issues from a young age. His father, who immigrated from [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]] in 1976, is a manager at a [[die casting]] plant and has been deeply involved with the [[Clinton County, OH|Clinton County]] [[Habitat for Humanity]], serving as its president during the late 2000s.<ref>[http://www.ideastream.org/news/feature/15338 Towns on the Edge]</ref> Although a lifelong Republican, Alghawi's grandfather, the late Richard W. 'Dick' Babb, was Chairman of the Clinton County Democratic Party.<ref>[http://wnewsj.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=195389&SectionID=4&SubSectionID=&S=1 Richard W. 'Dick' Babb]</ref>
-He attended [[Wilmington High School (Ohio)|Wilmington High School]], where he played lacrosse, and was a recipient of the [[Southern Regional Education Board]]'s 2008 Award of Educational Achievement for outstanding course preparation and achievement on the High Schools That Work Assessment.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:UqCM2aoqMQYJ:pages.wnewsj.com/Pdf/viewpdf/90671/91496dd4b3e0f50f59f4c9fe212828fa+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShTApxm5nB_UFZSDFvm72iHSc8AkJ2ZcaPobV-uxzsGwufikny3y_frcN7LjCcF5kRy3-OymmY5EyQGqAusNmhshQHwlE8OZozRQACMYMYI0_9lDBv0rv92Vp9Dafss1tATQjtu&sig=AHIEtbTdD0zA39BBuE3Kw13nf9i1MorT0A FAVC]</ref><ref>[http://wnewsj.com/Main.asp?SectionID=49&SubSectionID=156&ArticleID=166568 WHS graduates 244 students]</ref>. While in school he worked part-time at the [[ABX Air]] sort center, the closure of which received national media attention, including a [[60 Minutes]] [[CBS]] special broadcast on January 25, 2009<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/22/60minutes/main4747832.shtml Economic Storm Batters Ohio Town]</ref>
-After graduating high school in 2008 he matriculated at [[Wright State University]] where he majored in international business and political science, served briefly in the student government house and was on the 2009 [[Model United Nations]] team. He transferred to [[Texas A&M University]] after his sophomore year and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Economics in May 2012. While a student at Texas A&M, he worked through the Republican National Committee as an unpaid intern on [[Bill Flores]]' 2010 congressional campaign. Flores, a retired oil and gas executive and political newcomer, defeated 20 year incumbent Democrat [[Chet Edwards]].<ref>http://www.indeed.com/r/Aaron-Alghawi/50543eeb637dee2e</ref><ref>[http://www.kxxv.com/global/story.asp?s=13433237 Chet Edwards ousted after 20 years in Congress]</ref>.
-==Republican Liberty Caucus==
-Alghawi was elected a National At-Large Board Member of the Republican Liberty Caucus on September 20, 2012. He had served as an alternate board member since November 2011. He co-manages the RLC's Facebook and Twitter pages and writes articles regularly for the RLC website.
-==Political Positions and Activism==
-Alghawi uses his position with the RLC to promote free-market capitalism, education reform, and immigration reform, as well as generally libertarian positions on social issues. His education reform policies were outlined in his response to [[President of the United States|President]] [[Barack Obama|Barack Obama's]] 2012 State of the Union [[2012 State of the Union Address|address]].<ref>[http://www.rlc.org/my-response-to-the-state-of-the-union-address/ Aaron Alghawi's Response to the State of the Union], RLC Blog</ref> As a result of his economic philosophy and status as a second-generation American, Alghawi is a proponent of a market-driven approach to immigration reform that rejects [[nativism (politics)|nativist]] and [[protectionism|protectionist]] sentiment, while still promoting [[Cultural assimilation|assimilation]]. He believes the current naturalization process takes too long and that the legal path to immigration is riddled with bureaucracy that puts hard-working, legal immigrants at a disadvantage to those who immigrate to the United States [[illegal immigration|illegally]].<ref>[http://www.rlc.org/a-21st-century-immigration-policy-how-the-gop-can-dominate-the-issue/ A 21st Century Immigration Policy]</ref>. Although favoring a lenient policy on naturalization, he is opposed to in-state tuition for those in the United States illegally, believing that they should pay the international student fee. While a junior at Texas A&M, he testified before the Student Senate in favor of a bill supporting an end to in-state tuition for undocumented students.<ref>[http://www.theeagle.com/article/20101118/BC0103/311189998/0/SEARCH&slId=1 A&M student senate tuition bill fails]</ref>.
-==References==
-{{Reflist|2}}
-==External Links==
-[http://www.facebook.com/aaronalghawi Official Facebook Page]