Judy Vaughan:  

Life It's been an interesting life. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to a middle-class family--couldn't have been more middle-america--moved overseas when I was 9 due to my Dad's job. That was probably the most life-changing event that has ever happened to me. Tripoli, Libya couldn't have been any further from my experience in Oklahoma, and it was a struggle to adjust at first. My family was having a harder time maintaining its secrets of abuse and chemical dependency overseas, and the stress at home was equally as hard as living in a foreign country. We were there in the June war of 1967--evacuated out by the US Air Force--(thanks guys!)--and we were there when Gaddafi overthrew the monarchy of King Idris. I attended boarding school, as did most of the teenagers who lived there, and had a difficult time withstanding the pressures due to my weakened character as an abused child. We finally came home in 1973--and it was hard to leave--Tripoli had become my home--and I grew to love the Arab people very much. When we came home, the summer of 1973--I turned on the TV to see the Watergate hearings--I was devastated at the lack of integrity in the government--but learned a great deal and was very proud of many of the characters involved, such as Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, Howard Baker from Tennessee and Barbara Jordan from Texas. I guess I have had a lot of exposure to history and politics, and it has become a lifelong interest o...Expand for more