More than many lawmakers, former Rep. Brad Wenstrup was well positioned to make an easy transition from Congress back to “civilian” life.

For one thing, he still keeps a foot in Washington, visiting roughly once a month and crashing on a couch in the same house where he used to live with a handful of fellow Republican lawmakers.

For another, he’s used to big, seismic transitions: First he was a foot surgeon who owned a small business. Then he was an Army reservist, serving as a surgeon at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Then he was a congressman representing Ohio’s 2nd District.

Now, he’s a small businessman again, this time a consultant.

“I’ve kind of gone full circle,” he said.

If there’s one theme to his adult life, in fact, it seems to be navigating change.

Wenstrup was on his fourth

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