Fred Thompson
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Former GOP camps weigh in on 2012 primary calendar...Giuliani and Duncan Hunter campaigns sentA representatives to testify in person. The Romney, Ron Paul and Fred Thompson campaigns submitted written statements. The remainder of the 2008 GOP field, including the campaign of Sen. JohnA McCain,... In this article: GOP, Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Barack Obama, Washington, and Mitt Romney |
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Boston Globe -- Today's paper A to Z | November 01, 2009
Obama ‘immature,’ Limbaugh contends
...Scozzafava finishing a distant third behind Owens and conservative Doug Hoffman. Big-name Republicans including Sarah Palin, former vice presidential candidate, and Fred Thompson, former Tennessee senator, threw their support behind Hoffman.
In this article: Dierdre Scozzafava, Rush Limbaugh, David Axelrod, John McHugh, Republican Party, Bill Owens, Siena College, and Sarah Palin
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Salon | October 27, 2009
Fred Thompson, too, breaks with GOP over Scozzafava
Fred Thompson, too, breaks with GOP over Scozzafava There's a new star in the conservative movement. His name is Doug Hoffman, and he's an unlikely figure to have risen to such prominence so quickly, seeing as how he's running as a...
In this article: Republican Party, Dick Armey, Tim Pawlenty, Sarah Palin, Law and Order, New York congressional district, and Alaska
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San Diego Union-Tribune | November 07, 2009
Democrat wins House seat in heavily GOP area in NY
...party. Owens defeated Hoffman despite a voter registration edge of 45,000 for Republicans and big-name endorsements for Hoffman from former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, former Republican Sen. Fred Thompson and others. "This is...
In this article: Republican Party, Bill Owens, New York, Dierdre Scozzafava, Barack Obama, Conservative Party, Democratic Party, and John McHugh
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CNN | November 04, 2009
Palin: NY-23 race 'just postponed until 2010'
...in 2010. Palin, along with prominent conservatives Tim Pawlenty, Fred Thompson and Dick Armey, backed Hoffman last month over then-Republican nominee, Dede Scozzafava, who dropped out the weekend before Election Day. The race garnered...
In this article: Sarah Palin, Republican Party, Bill Owens, Barack Obama, New York, Dede Scozzafava, and Tax
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New York Post | November 02, 2009
VIPs' NY 'House' calls
...3, 2009 ALBANY -- Vice President Joe Biden, former GOP presidential hopeful Fred Thompson, and robo calls from Rudy Giuliani headlined the final push in the hotly contested race for the 23rd Congressional District yesterday. Biden,...
In this article: Joe Biden, GOP, Rudy Giuliani, William Owens, Sarah Palin, and Alaska
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USATODAY.com | November 02, 2009
Conservative House candidate takes lead in N.Y. 23rd
...former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, and former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson. Hoffman's growing national support helped sink Scozzafava, who endorsed Owens on Sunday.
In this article: Dede Scozzafava, Bill Owens, John McHugh, Republican Party, Dick Armey, and Tim Pawlenty
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Redstate -- Conservative News and Community | 6 days ago
Dear Fred Thompson: Let's Not Do This Again
...as somehow equivalent to what Reid did: Thompson's words seem to lay the groundwork for Republican opposition to further American engagement in Afghanistan, cast here as halfhearted. I'm quite sure that's not how Fred meant it, nor...
In this article: Barack Obama, Taliban, Al Qaeda, Harry Reid, Afghanistan, Britain, Democracy, On the merits, and Iraq War
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Fred Dalton Thompson (born Freddie Dalton Thompson on August 19, 1942), is an American politician, actor, attorney, lobbyist and radio host. He represented Tennessee as a Republican in the U.S. Senate from 1994 through 2003.
Thompson served as chairman of the International Security Advisory Board at the United States Department of State, was a member of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and is a Visiting Fellow with the American Enterprise Institute, specializing in national security and intelligence.
As an actor, Thompson has appeared in a large number of movies and television shows. He has frequently portrayed governmental figures. In the final months of his U.S. Senate term in 2002, Thompson joined the cast of the long-running NBC television series Law & Order, playing New York City District Attorney Arthur Branch, until the network granted his request to be released from his contract in May 2007. In late February 2009 Thompson made his return to acting by making a guest appearance on the ABC television series Life on Mars playing NYPD Police Chief Harry Woolf.
Thompson has also made a brief unsuccessful run for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. He resides in McLean, Virginia, near Washington, D.C.
On March 2, Fred Thompson's radio show, The Fred Thompson Show, debuted on Westwood One. His wife, Jeri, co-hosts the show.
- Name At Birth:
- Freddie Dalton Thompson
- Birth Date:
- August 19, 1942
- Birthplace:
- Sheffield, Alabama, U.S.
- Religion:
- Church of Christ
- Residence:
- McLean, Virginia
- University Attended:
- Memphis State University, Vanderbilt University
- Occupation:
- Senator, actor, attorney, lobbyist, public speaker, radio personality
- Political party:
- Republican
- Represents:
- Tennessee
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