PORTLAND (AP) – The New England chief of the Small Business Administration is resigning his position because of his deployment to Iraq.
Charles Summers, a lieutenant commander in the Navy Reserve, will report to active duty July 6 and serve with Naval Strategic Communications in Baghdad’s Green Zone.
Summers, who’s from Scarborough, has served as SBA regional administrator since 2005. He will leave the post at week’s end, officials said Tuesday.
Summers was the Republican candidate in an unsuccessful challenge to Democratic Rep. Tom Allen in the 1st Congressional District race in 2004.
Despite his deployment to Iraq, Summers is still mentioned as a possible Republican candidate for the congressional seat, which is open now that Allen has chosen to challenge Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
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