William W. Robé is a retired regional director of an independent agency within the executive branch of the federal government, where he spent more than forty years as a navy vetera...view moreWilliam W. Robé is a retired regional director of an independent agency within the executive branch of the federal government, where he spent more than forty years as a navy veteran and career federal executive. He is also the author of My Country ’tis of These, and Fed Up: Examining the Role of the Federal Government in the Twenty-First Century. He lives in southern Oregon’s beautiful Rogue Valley.view less