A New York congresswoman has invited a local police officer in Rockland County to be her guest for President Obama’s State of the Union speech Tuesday night.
Democratic Congresswoman Nita Lowey, the ranking member on the House Appropriations Committee, says Clarkstown Police Officer and Army veteran Patrick Tobin will be her guest for the president’s State of the Union speech before a joint session of Congress. Tobin joined the Clarkstown Police about one year ago. He is a former Army Ranger who was seriously injured in a training accident while jumping out of an airplane. Despite what doctors told him, Tobin overcame his injury and completed his training. After being deployed once to Iraq and three times to Afghanistan, he was honorably discharged from the Army as a certified Ranger.
