[DaveE]

Hackett's resume, per The Cincinnati Post:


"Hackett's public service revolves around the Marine Corps. In 1982 he enlisted in a reserve officers program while he was a student at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He completed law school at Cleveland State before starting full-time active duty in 1989. He continued in the active reserves after returning in 1992 to Cincinnati, where he practiced law in a small firm before launching a solo practice in 1994. Hackett served on Milford City Council from 1995-98; he stepped down after purchasing what he describes as the oldest house in Indian Hill - a recently-renovated, 200-year-old stone structure on the banks of the Little Miami River.

Last year Hackett re-enlisted in the Marine active reserves; he went in with the rank of major and served in Iraq with a governance support team, where part of his job involved organizing convoys to bring money and supplies from Baghdad to Iraqis serving in the regional government."

Such an opportunist. Apparenty he saw all those years ago that Rob Portman would resign his seat after getting an appointment from Bush and decided to go to Iraq the year before to 'pad his resume'.

Kinda sorta like buying your first ranch in '99 so you have a place to 'cut brush' during an election.