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Phoenix, Ariz., Jun 14, 2012 \/ 04:09 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Leah Campos Schandlbauer, a Catholic mother of four, hopes to represent Arizona in the U.S. Congress, after serving the country for over 10 years as an international agent in the CIA.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe most accurate way of describing it is by my professional title \u2013 which was 'Operations Officer' in the National Clandestine Service,\u201d Schandlbauer told CNA on June 13. \u201cBut we are otherwise known as 'spies.'\u201d<\/p>\n

\tIn the \u201cfiercely patriotic\u201d state of Arizona, the aspiring Republican candidate for the newly-formed Ninth District says she gets plenty of positive feedback about her background with the foreign intelligence agency.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThey're really grateful for my service \u2013 which is humbling to me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\tSchandlbauer left her CIA position six months ago, as her husband Alfred prepared for a one-year deployment in Afghanistan. The Catholic couple prayed extensively over Leah's decision to seek political office.<\/p>\n

\tOn August 28, she will contend for the Republican nomination, as one of seven choices in the party's primary election. The choice, she said, was heavily influenced by her time as an officer in Western Europe and Latin America, which left her concerned for her own country's future.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cA lot of the rhetoric that I heard coming out of Washington sounded a lot like what we were hearing from the likes of Hugo Chavez \u2013 really divisive, 'class warfare' type rhetoric.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIn countries like Argentina and Venezuela, the government divides the people along the lines of class, race, and other categories,\u201d she noted. \u201cThey kill the unity of the people. It's very manipulative of the government, for political gain, to control the discourse and pit people against each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cI see that happening here now, and it is frightening.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tShe also notes that the \u201ccautionary tale\u201d of Europe's cultural and financial crisis \u201cis ours to learn from, or be the next victims.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cI was there,\u201d she recalled, \u201cand I saw a lot of the false promises that come out of a statist, European-style 'social democracy.'\u201d<\/p>\n

\tA lifelong Catholic, Schandlbauer learned her faith partly from her mother, who teaches as a catechist. Leah's sister, Rachel Campos-Duffy, is a Catholic author and blogger.<\/p>\n

\tThe political hopeful's Catholic faith has shaped her own pro-life and pro-family positions, as well as her advocacy of free-market economics. Following the Catholic free-enterprise proponent Arthur Brooks, she sees property rights and personal initiative as safeguarding human happiness and dignity.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cAs Christians, we celebrate the notion of freedom,\u201d she said. \u201cThis election year is about us making a full-fledged defense of freedom. I think that is an obligation for us, as Christians.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tSchandlbauer is also a critic of President Obama's approach to religious groups, particularly the \u201chorrible situation that Obama gave us with the HHS (contraception) mandate.\u201d Religious freedom, she said, is in \u201ccrisis\u201d because of the mandate.<\/p>\n

\tBut she believes the crisis may also be \u201ca great opportunity.\u201d As controversy grows over the contraception mandate, Schandlbauer sees \u201ca lot of unity among Catholics in America on this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThis show of public unity on the Church's part, she said, is \u201csuch a beautiful thing. And I hope it's a taste of what's to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

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