Watts shares a lifetime of wisdom: in his new autobiography, J.C. Watts recounts the tough times and solid values that helped mold him into a star quarterback, U.S. congressman and loyal family man. (The nation: J.C. Watts).(What Color Is a Conservative? My Life and My Politics )(Book Review)

Insight on the News | April 15, 2003| | Copyright

Following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Rep. J.C. Watts was secreted away from Washington along with other congressional leaders to an undisclosed bunker. Watts, a black Republican from Oklahoma and chairman of the House Republican Conference, returned to the nation's capital that evening where he joined a group of U.S. senators and representatives in singing "God Bless America" on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.

It wasn't until the following Saturday that the then-43-year-old congressman got to return to his home ...

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