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Darrell Castle |
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Candidate for U.S. President & Vice President |
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Profile for Darrell Castle |
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General: (political statement of goals, objectives, views, philosophies) |
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Darrell left the Marine Corp in 1974 a very different person than he was when he went in. It was a life changing event and his experience during those years has contributed to his strong belief that war should not be entered into capriciously, and, that the decision to go to war must be made according to constitutional provisions. Darrell firmly believes we must uphold Article I Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, which makes it clear that only Congress can declare war that those powers are not granted to the president. |
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Personal: (Gender, age, marital status, spouse's name and age, children's name and
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Born, 1948, Kingsport, Tennessee.
Darrell and his wife Joan have been married for 30 years, they live in Germantown, TN. Their daughter Joanna and her husband Michael Miller serve with the Navigators Ministry at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. |
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He attended Ketron High School and East Tennessee State University, graduating from each in 1966 and 1970, respectively. At ETSU, he earned a B.S., double-majoring in political science and history. He then attended the law school at University of Memphis, then known as Memphis State University, and earned his Juris Doctor in 1979. |
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Upon receiving his J.D. in Memphis, Castle became an attorney. In 1984, he opened a private firm which later grew into Darrell Castle and Associates. Since then, Castle has opened firms in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Detroit, Michigan, Kansas City, Missouri, and St. Louis, Missouri. With over 25 years of legal experience, he has earned much respect. Currently he focuses on consumer bankruptcy and personal injury, but Darrell Castle and Associates also represents clients in the areas of social security/disability and workers' compensation. |
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Military: (branch, years of service, active duty experience, highest rank, medals,
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Darrell enrolled in ROTC for two years and attended the Marine Corp Platoon Leaders class in Quantico, VA.
After graduation from college, Darrell was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. His service in Viet Nam followed a family military tradition; his oldest brother served in the Army during World War II, another brother served as a Marine in the Korean War. Darrell trained under then, 1st Lt. Oliver North. After graduation from Basic School, Darrell’s unit received a unit citation for being deployed in five different theaters of operation at the same time. He was promoted to 1st Lieutenant and received orders to the Far East for 13 months. |
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Political: (dates and titles of previously held political offices) |
Darrell served two terms as Constitution Party of Tennessee State Chairman, is serving his third term as Vice Chairman of the National Committee and two terms as Platform Chairman at the National Convention. Darrell has taught the Institute on the Constitution course and written articles and commentaries addressing national issues and analysis of current events.
Since 2005, Darrell has served on the Board of the Conservative Caucus. He served as Chairman of the National Veterans Coalition, an outreach of the National Constitution Party, in 2007. |
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Darrell has served the local church as deacon and deacon chairman. In 1998, he and wife Joan founded Mia’s Children Foundation, Inc. (www.miaschildren.org), a Christian mission in Bucharest, Romania which ministers to homeless gypsy children. |
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