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Current office: U.S. Senate
Birth place: Aurora, CO (12/11/1943)
Home city: Boston, MA
Education: JD, Boston College Law School, 1976 BA, Political Science, Yale University, 1966.
Profession: First Assistant District Attorney, Middlesex County, MA, 1977-1982 Attorney, Admitted Massachusetts Bar, 1976 Lieutenant, United States Navy, Vietnam, 1966-1969 Author, "The New War" Co-Author, "This Moment on Earth."
Political: Senator, United States Senate, 1984-present Candidate, United States President, 2004 Lieutenant Governor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1983-1985 Candidate, United States House of Representatives, 1972.
Membership: Co-Chair, Congressional Vietnam-Era Veterans Caucus Chair, Democratic Steering Committee Chair, Hispanic Task Force Senate New Democrat Coalition. Leader, Vietnam Veterans Against the War Co-Founder, Vietnam Veterans of America.
First elected: 11/06/1984
Last elected: 11/04/2008
Next election: 2014
Family: Wife: Teresa Heinz; 2 Children: Alexandra, Vanessa; 3 Stepchildren: John, Andre, Christopher.
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Birth place: Aurora, CO (12/11/1943)
Home city: Boston, MA
Education: JD, Boston College Law School, 1976 BA, Political Science, Yale University, 1966.
Profession: First Assistant District Attorney, Middlesex County, MA, 1977-1982 Attorney, Admitted Massachusetts Bar, 1976 Lieutenant, United States Navy, Vietnam, 1966-1969 Author, "The New War" Co-Author, "This Moment on Earth."
Political: Senator, United States Senate, 1984-present Candidate, United States President, 2004 Lieutenant Governor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1983-1985 Candidate, United States House of Representatives, 1972.
Membership: Co-Chair, Congressional Vietnam-Era Veterans Caucus Chair, Democratic Steering Committee Chair, Hispanic Task Force Senate New Democrat Coalition. Leader, Vietnam Veterans Against the War Co-Founder, Vietnam Veterans of America.
First elected: 11/06/1984
Last elected: 11/04/2008
Next election: 2014
Family: Wife: Teresa Heinz; 2 Children: Alexandra, Vanessa; 3 Stepchildren: John, Andre, Christopher.
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Pittsburgh Post Gazette
8.11.09 1:12 AM |
Anne Wexler, a well-connected political power broker who founded the first major Washington, D.C., lobbying firm to be led by a woman, and who was considered one of the capital's most influential
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The Hill
8.9.09 7:03 AM |
A poll released Sunday revealed that despite the massive amounts of aid directed toward Pakistan in this administration, Pakistanis peg the U.S....
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Pittsburgh Post Gazette
8.9.09 12:00 AM |
When two planes crashed into the World Trade Center and a third into the rural countryside of his state, Tom Ridge knew the day's events would change history.
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Twin Cities Pioneer Press
8.8.09 8:44 PM |
The recession has taken a toll on ticket sales and corporate sponsorships for this week's PGA Championship at Hazeltine.
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The Mercury News
8.8.09 4:44 PM |
WASHINGTON -- The changing global climate will pose profound strategic challenges to the United States in coming decades, raising the prospect of military intervention to deal with the effects of...
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Boston Globe
8.8.09 1:22 AM |
Governor Deval Patrick announced yesterday that he will direct $20 million in federal stimulus money to fire departments across Massachusetts to rehire laid-off firefighters and lessen the impact...
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Boston Globe
8.7.09 1:27 AM |
When Deval Patrick took office amid a burst of hope for Democrats, several leading members of the party were given a role at his Election Night celebration.
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Boston Globe
8.7.09 1:27 AM |
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Massachusetts Amherst will receive a combined $35 million in federal stimulus funds for pioneering research in solar energy and...
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Kansas City Star
8.5.09 3:00 AM |
With two journalists who had been detained in North Korea safely back on U.S. soil, the Obama administration Wednesday adopted a wait-and-see stance over whether the humanitarian breakthrough will...
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Wilmington News Journal
8.5.09 1:25 AM |
Humanitarian effort secured release for two Americans
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