Tom Perriello

Tom Perriello, who is being targeted by the RNC for 2010, was a national security consultant and founder of faith-based organizations. He has worked in Africa to end atrocities in the West African countries of Liberia and Sierra Leone, which had suffered long civil wars fueled by blood diamonds. He has also served as a national security analyst for the Century Foundation. He has worked inside Darfur and twice in Afghanistan. Since 2004, Tom has helped to launch a political and social movement in this country that is credited with shifting the national debate about America’s moral priorities. He helped found FaithfulAmerica.org and Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, which bring together faith communities to fight for children’s health care, supporting a higher minimum wage, environmental stewardship, and responsible solutions in Iraq. For more information on Tom, see Tom Perrielo for Congress.