The Mesquite Area Republican Club will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 7:00 P.M.  The guest Spraker will be Phil Kiver.  Phil Kiver is a native of Cheney, Washington.  He is a graduate of Eastern Washington University, with a degree in Political Science and veteran of the Washington Army National Guard.  After college, he joined the regular Army and served overseas in Iraq, Chile, Kyrgyzstan and Germany.   While stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, Kiver anchored an Army News Show on KCEN-NBC, Waco, Texas.  During this time he received a master’s degree in Military History from American Military University in Charlestown, WV.  After serving three years on active duty, he left the Army and moved to Manassas, Virginia.  Kiver has worked as the communications director for two Republican candidates for US Senate and as a fundraiser for the RNC.  He was also a credentialed journalist on Capitol Hill for USA Radio Network out of Dallas, Texas.  In addition, he has written three books about his time in Iraq with a fourth political Satire book due out in the spring.  Kiver also finds time to be vice president of Art for Soldiers, a 501c3 non-profit based in Austin Texas and a Presidents Circle member of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown NY.  Kiver is the proud father of his 15 month old daughter Addison Hero Kiver.  He currently resides with his spouse Candace and their daughter in Temple Texas.