The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, as well as more recent attacks in Madrid, Spain, and London, England, showed in a very tragic way just how vulnerable many areas of the world are to these sorts of actions.

(born November 19 1959) is the U. In the primary he ranked first with 40% of the vote but failed to reach the 50% threshold needed to win outright. According to Federal Election Commission records Bonner spent $650000 on his re-election campaign.

Josiah Robins "Jo" Bonner Jr. Representative for Alabama's 1st congressional district having served since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party.