Complex sentence: Ritter was a resident of Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley for 25 years and now resides in Washington, D.C. He has spent some one-third of his time in Afghanistan since the September 11,2001 attacks.
Split into simpler sentences: Ritter was a resident of Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley, for 25 years. He now resides in Washington, D.C., but has spent some one-third of his time in Afghanistan since the September 11,2001 attacks.