National Security Task Force
MEET CHAIRMAN ZACH NUNN:
Congressman Zach Nunn (IA-03)
Congressman Zach Nunn is in his second term serving Iowans in the Third Congressional District. A sixth generation Iowan, Zach was raised in a family of public school teachers, nurses, and farmers. While growing up, Zach helped out on his family’s Century farm raising sheep, poultry and growing row crop. He was raised on the east side of Des Moines and went to Southeast Polk High School before attending Drake University. He earned master’s degrees from the Air War College, the Air Command and Staff College and the University of Cambridge. In Congress, Zach is a pragmatic problem-solver pushing common-sense policies to benefit Iowans in all 21 counties degrees from the Air War College, the Air Command and Staff College and the University of Cambridge.
In Congress, Zach is a pragmatic problem-solver pushing common-sense policies to benefit Iowans in all 21 counties in the Iowa Third Congressional District. He serves on the House Financial Services Committee including the Capital Markets Subcommittee, the National Security Subcommittee, and the Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee. Nunn also serves on the House Agriculture Committee where he brings Iowa’s big voice in the agricultural industry to our nation’s capital. Additionally, Nunn was named to the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to develop a plan to defend the American people, our economy, and our values against threats by the CCP.
Zach served our country for almost two decades in the United States Air Force. Lieutenant Colonel Nunn served four deployments flying on-board RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft, amassing more than 700 combat hours in Operations ENDURING and IRAQI FREEDOM. He also deployed as a commander for surveillance missions against Russia and Syria in Operation INHERENT RESOLVE. Nunn deployed three additional tours for joint counterinsurgency operations in North Africa, security cooperation in South Korea, and counter-China activities in the South China Sea. Zach currently serves as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.
Additionally, Nunn served nearly two decades as a senior intelligence officer, both in the military and counter-intelligence community. Nunn's work in the intelligence community includes as White House National Security Council Director for Cybersecurity, as the first Cyber Counter-Intelligence Officer, CIA in Air Interdiction, and CIA-State Embassy counter-intelligence operations for the U.S. diplomatic mission in Russia and China.
Following his active-duty military service, Zach served in the Iowa House of Representatives and the Iowa Senate. Nunn served as Majority Whip, Assistant Leader, Committee Chair of Judiciary and International Relations, and Vice Chair of the Commerce and Appropriation Subcommittees. He led the three largest tax cuts in state history, passed eight-balanced budgets, chaired Iowa's judicial reform and eased financial sector over-regulation, leading to growth in Iowa's economy and the #1 best run state according to U.S News and World Report.
MEET OUR MEMBERS:
Rep. Carlos Gimenez
Rep. Greg Steube
Rep. French Hill
Rep. Andy Barr
Rep. Lisa McClain
Rep. Bryan Steil
Rep. Brad Wenstrup
Rep. Pat Fallon
Rep. August Pfluger
Rep. Don Bacon
Rep. Michael Waltz
Rep. Alex Mooney
Rep. Ralph Norman
Rep. Monica De La Cruz
Rep. Morgan Luttrell
Rep. Andy Clyde
"I am grateful to Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern for appointing me to again chair the RSC's National Security and Foreign Affairs Task Force. The Task Force achieved impactful accomplishments while Republicans were in the minority, and, with the 118th Congress and our new majority, I look forward to working with my colleagues to pass significant foreign policy legislation supporting peace through strength, while undermining our adversaries such as Russia, China, Iran and other aggressors."
-NatSec RSC Chairman Joe Wilson