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Joseph Lieberman

Current office: U.S. Senate

Birth place: Stamford, CT (02/24/1942)
Home city: New Haven, CT

Education: LLB, Yale Law School, 1967 BA, Politics/Economics, Yale University, 1964.

Profession: Partner, Lieberman, Segaloff and Wolfson, 1972-1983 Author.

Political: Senator, United States Senate, 1989-present Candidate, United States Senate, Connecticut, 2006 Primary Candidate, United States President, 2003-2004 Candidate, Vice President of the United States, 2000 Attorney General, State of Connecticut, 1983-1988 Senator, Connecticut State Senate, 1971-1980 Candidate, United States House of Representatives, 1980 Majority Leader, Connecticut State Senate.

Membership: Chair, Democratic Leadership Council Democratic Policy Committee Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Gulf Pollution Task Force Senate Co-Chair, National Security Caucus Senate Centrist Coalition Senate New Democrat Coalition.

First elected: 11/08/1988
Last elected: 11/07/2006
Next election: 2012

Family: Wife: Hadassah Freilich; 4 Children: Matthew, Rebecca, Ethan, Hana.


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DeLauro talks religion, politics with students

Connecticut Post 8.5.09 11:57 PM | FAIRFIELD -- U.S. Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro put her faith and politics on display Wednesday for a taped interview by Fairfield University's Center for Faith and Public Life, answering questions from
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Senate Committee Proposes $4 Million In Funding For High-Speed Rail Service

Hartford Courant 7.31.09 12:00 AM | The campaign to establish high-speed rail service through central Connecticut got a boost Thursday when a key U.S. Senate committee proposed up to $4 million for preliminary work.
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Senate vote clips F-22 fighter

Pittsburgh Post Gazette 7.22.09 12:00 AM | WASHINGTON -- With some of his political capital on the line, President Barack Obama won a crucial victory yesterday when the Senate voted to strip out $1.75 billion in financing for seven more...
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Senate vote blocks plan to add F-22s

Honolulu Advertiser 7.21.09 11:11 PM | WASHINGTON -- In a political victory for the Obama administration and a surprising defeat for some lawmakers in both parties, the Senate voted Tuesday to halt further production of the Air Force's...
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Even as health bills advance, Democrats harbor doubts

Pittsburgh Post Gazette 7.18.09 12:00 AM | Three of the five congressional committees working on legislation to reinvent the nation's health care system delivered bills this week along the lines proposed by President Barack Obama. But...
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Key senators open to revamping secure ID plans

Great Falls Tribune 7.15.09 10:00 PM | WASHINGTON -- Leading senators from both parties expressed a willingness Wednesday to revamp the nation's stalled plan to secure driver's licenses in an effort to thwart terrorists.
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Review planned for U.S. terror alert system

USA Today 7.14.09 2:43 PM | The U.S. Homeland Security Department will review and possibly replace the often-ridiculed multicolored terror alert system created ...
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Homeland Security plans review of color-coded terror alert system

Honolulu Advertiser 7.14.09 2:27 PM | WASHINGTON -- The Homeland Security Department will review and possibly replace the often-ridiculed multicolored terror alert system created after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
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AP source: Review planned for terror alert system

Seattle Times 7.13.09 8:01 PM | The Obama administration will announce Tuesday that it will review the nation's multicolored terror alert system that was created after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, a senior administration official...
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Report: Probe found weaknesses in federal security

Seattle Times 7.8.09 9:46 PM | Federal investigators had no trouble smuggling bomb-making materials past ill-trained and poorly supervised guards at federal buildings, senators were told at a hearing Wednesday.
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