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Current office: U.S. Senate
Birth place: Beckley, WV (01/23/1947)
Home city: Wilmington, DE
Education: MBA, University of Delaware, 1975 BA, Economics, Ohio State University, 1968.
Profession: Captain, United States Navy/United States Naval Reserves, Vietnam, 1968-1992 Industrial Development Specialist, Delaware Division of Economic Development, 1975-1976.
Political: Senator, United States Senate, 2001-present Deputy Minority Whip, United States Senate, 2004 Governor, State of Delaware, 1992-2000 Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1982-1992 Treasurer, State of Delaware, 1976-1982.
Membership: Chair, National Governors' Association Center for Best Practices, 2000-2001 Democratic Policy Committee Trustee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Senate Centrist Coalition Co-Chair, Senate New Democrat Coalition. Vice Chair, Board of Directors, American Legacy Foundation American Legion Member, Amtrak Board of Directors, 1994-1998 Chair, Executive Board, Board of Jobs for America's Graduates Common Cause Veterans of Foreign Wars Vietnam Veterans of America.
First elected: 2000
Last elected: 11/07/2006
Next election: 2012
Family: Wife: Martha Ann; 2 Children: Benjamin, Christopher.
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Birth place: Beckley, WV (01/23/1947)
Home city: Wilmington, DE
Education: MBA, University of Delaware, 1975 BA, Economics, Ohio State University, 1968.
Profession: Captain, United States Navy/United States Naval Reserves, Vietnam, 1968-1992 Industrial Development Specialist, Delaware Division of Economic Development, 1975-1976.
Political: Senator, United States Senate, 2001-present Deputy Minority Whip, United States Senate, 2004 Governor, State of Delaware, 1992-2000 Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1982-1992 Treasurer, State of Delaware, 1976-1982.
Membership: Chair, National Governors' Association Center for Best Practices, 2000-2001 Democratic Policy Committee Trustee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Senate Centrist Coalition Co-Chair, Senate New Democrat Coalition. Vice Chair, Board of Directors, American Legacy Foundation American Legion Member, Amtrak Board of Directors, 1994-1998 Chair, Executive Board, Board of Jobs for America's Graduates Common Cause Veterans of Foreign Wars Vietnam Veterans of America.
First elected: 2000
Last elected: 11/07/2006
Next election: 2012
Family: Wife: Martha Ann; 2 Children: Benjamin, Christopher.
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Dover Post
8.8.09 9:16 AM |
The thundering above the Dover Air Force Base came not from a storm on Aug. 7 but from a new aircraft arriving at the Air Mobility Command Museum.
The KC-135 Stratotanker, which was built...
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Wilmington News Journal
8.8.09 2:49 AM |
For a veteran of the Cold War, the Vietnam War and Operation Enduring Freedom, old 71507 looked pretty sprightly Friday -- maybe even a little more sprightly than some of the veterans who came to...
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Wilmington News Journal
8.7.09 3:08 AM |
Nine Republican senators join Democrats in vote
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Alameda Star
8.6.09 9:25 PM |
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Postal Service plans to cut billions of dollars in losses would end regular Saturday mail delivery and reduce health benefits to retired postal workers, officials warned Congress...
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Philadelphia Inquirer
8.5.09 3:01 AM |
SO, FOR Joe Sestak it's into the meat grinder of a campaign against Arlen Specter. This is like seeing Sweeney Todd for a shave. Enter his shop, ya might get your throat cut.
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Wilmington News Journal
8.5.09 1:10 AM |
Former secretary collecting both paycheck and pension from state
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The Washington Times
8.4.09 4:45 AM |
BLUE STATES "We know because he said so, in the first of many famous speeches, that Barack Obama doesn't see Red America or Blue America, he only sees the United States of America. But as the...
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Los Angeles Times
8.4.09 3:41 AM |
The president, who turns 48 today, presents the 89-year-old veteran journalist with cupcakes in the press briefing room.
President Obama celebrated his 48th birthday today -- his first in the...
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Philadelphia Inquirer
8.4.09 3:01 AM |
The Obama administration is putting pressure on the U.S. Senate to act quickly and approve $2 billion to keep the popular but financially strapped "Cash for Clunkers" program running.
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Los Angeles Times
8.3.09 3:00 AM |
A restaurant trade group and big chains are at odds over how many eateries should be subject to a proposed federal law requiring that menus include the calorie counts of meals.
A food fight...
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