What is Valerie Plame?
{{Infobox writer |name = Valerie Plame Wilson |birth_name = Valerie Elise Plame |birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1963|8|13}} |birth_place = [[Anchorage, Alaska]] |death_date = |death_place = |image = Valerie plame wilson 2014.jpg |image_size = 225px |caption = Plame at the 2014 Texas Book Festival |occupation = [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] officer <small>(1985–2005)</small>, politician |nationality = [[United States|American]] |alma_mater = [[Pennsylvania State University]]<br>[[College of Europe]]<br>[[London School of Economics]] |genre = [[Autobiography]], [[Memoir]], [[Political criticism]] |notableworks = ''[[Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House]]'' |spouse = [[Joseph C. Wilson]] <small>(1998–2017)</small><br />Todd Sesler <small>(1987–1989)</small> |children = Two <small>(with Wilson)</small> |website = }} '''Valerie Elise Plame Wilson''', known simply as '''Valerie Plame''', is a former officer of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]], politician and the author of two books related to her career. Her identity was revealed to public on [[July 14]], 2003; that ended Plame's career with the [[CIA]], from which she resigned around December 2005. In May 2019, Plame announced her plans to run for the [[United States House of Representatives]] for [[New Mexico|New Mexico's]] [[New Mexico's 3rd congressional district|3rd congressional district]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=Reid |title=Valerie Plame to run for Congress in New Mexico |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/442888-valerie-plame-to-run-for-congress-in-new-mexico |accessdate=May 9, 2019 |work=The Hill |date=May 9, 2019}}</ref> She lost the primary for the Democratic nomination on June 3, 2020. ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Plame, Valerie}} [[Category:1963 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American political commentators]] [[Category:American political writers]