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GEN. WESLEY KANNE CLARK (RET.)

Age: 58

Birthdate: December 23, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois

Current Position: Chairman and CEO, Wesley K. Clark andAssociates consulting firm. Also, Chairman ofWaveCrest Laboratories, which develops hybridmotors.

Career Highlights: White House Fellow; instructor and assistantprofessor at West Point; investment banker atStephens Group; military analyst for CNN

Education: West Point Military Academy (1966, 1st in hisclass); Oxford University (1968, RhodesScholar, Master’s Degree in Philosophy,Politics and Economics)

Military service: U.S. Army, 1966-2000; retired as a four-stargeneral. Served in Vietnam from 1968-70. Waslead military negotiator for 1995 Dayton peaceaccord. Was Supreme Allied Commander of NATOand U.S. European Commander-in-Chief from 1997-2000.

Hometown: Little Rock, Arkansas

Religion: Born Jewish, raised Baptist and converted toCatholicism around the time he married in 1967.

Announcement: September 17, 2003Little Rock, Arkansas

Spouse: Gertrude "Gert" Kingston Clark

Age: 59

Birthday: December 1, 1943 in Brooklyn

Career Highlights: Executive assistant turned military wife;Arkansas Cancer Research Center Foundation FundBoard

Education: High School Graduate

Hometown: Little Rock, Arkansas

Religion: Catholic

Family: One son, Wesley Jr. (34)

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12/23/44 WESLEY CLARK: Born Wesley Kanne in Chicago, IL to B.J. andVeneta Kanne. His father died when he was 4 years old andshortly thereafter, his mother moved home to Little Rock,AR and moved in with her parents. Eventually, his mothermarried a banker named Victor Clark. Wesley Kanne was bornJewish and raised Baptist after his mother remarried. Helater converted to Catholicism after his marriage in 1967.

1962 FIRST IN HIS CLASS: Graduated first in his class from HallHigh School in Little Rock.

1966 FIRST IN HIS CLASS - AGAIN: Graduated first in his classfrom West Point. In August, he begins at Oxford Universityas a Rhodes Scholar. While at Oxford, he defended U.S.policy in Vietnam on speaking tours around Britain. Alsowhile at Oxford, he learned of his Jewish heritage when along-lost Kanne cousin got in touch with him.

1967 MARRIES: Clark marries Gertrude Kingston who he met in 1963at a Navy dance that he and his friends crashed in NewYork. The West Point cadet met Kingston, a native ofBrooklyn, during her days as a Wall Street executiveassistant.

8/68 Earned a Master’s from Oxford in Philosophy, Politics andEconomics.

1968-70 CLARK IN VIETNAM: Served in the Army in Vietnam. On Feb.19, 1970, while he was a company commander with the 1stInfantry Division, his unit was involved in a firefight.Clark was hit four times. He initially recovered in Japan,but returned to the U.S. and rehabbed for a year,eventually receiving a Silver Star and Purple Heart.

11/1969 Son, Wesley K. Clark, Jr., born.

1971-74 Instructor and, later, assistant professor of socialscience at West Point

1975 Received Masters in military science from U.S. Army Commandand General Staff College.

1975-76 IN THE WHITE HOUSE: Served in the Ford Administration as aWhite House Fellow and worked as a special assistant to thedirector of the Office of Management and Budget.

1976-78 Army operations officer in Europe.

1978-79 Assistant executive officer to the Supreme Allied Commanderin Brussels.

2/80-6/82 Commander of the Army’s 1st Battalion, 77th Armor, 4thInfantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado.

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7/83-9/83 Chief, Plans Integration Division, Office of the Chief ofStaff for Operations and Plans, U.S. Army.

10/83-7/84 Chief, Army Study Group, Office of the Chief of Staff ofthe Army.

8/84-1/86 Commander, Operations Group, National Training Center, FortIrwin, Calif.

4/86-3/88 Commander of the Army’s 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Divisionat Fort Carson, Colorado.

4/88-10/89 Commander of the Battle Command Training Program at FortLeavenworth, KS.

10/89-10/91 Commander of the National Training Center at Fort Irwin,Calif.

10/91-8/92 Deputy Chief of Staff for Concepts, Doctrine andDevelopments with the U.S. Army Training and DoctrineCommand at Fort Monroe, VA.

8/92-4/94 Became commander of the Army’s 1st Calvary Division, FortHood, TX.

5/20/93 Named by President Clinton to the President’s Commission onWhite House Fellowships for 1993-94.

4/94-6/96 Director, Strategic Plans and Policy, J5, Joint Chiefs ofStaff in Washington.

1995 Served as the senior military member of the U.S. teamcrafting the Dayton peace accord to end the war in Bosnia.

4/18/96 Nominated by President Clinton to be Commander-in-Chief,U.S. Southern Command in Panama.

6/26/96 Officially becomes Commander-in-Chief, United StatesSouthern Command, Panama.

3/31/97 SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER: Nominated by President Clintonto be Supreme Allied Commander of Europe and Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. European Command.

7/10/97 Took over as Supreme Allied Commander of Europe andCommander-in-Chief of the European Command.

3/24/99 KOSOVO: NATO begins its effort to stop the Kosovoconflict.

4/1/99 Clark speaks out about three American soldiers captured bySerb forces on 3/31. "We've all seen their pictures," hesaid. "We don't like it. We don't like the way they are[being] treated, and we have a long memory about thesekinds of things."


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6/20/99 NATO ends air war against Yugoslavia after Serb forcespulled out of Kosovo. NATO Sec. Gen. Javier Solana salutedClark and NATO's men and women in uniform.

9/24/99 Receives Defense Distinguished Service Medal at a Pentagonceremony. Defense Secretary William Cohen said: “GeneralClark's leadership and personal demeanor created anatmosphere of cooperation within the North Atlantic Treatyorganization Alliance that ensured accomplishment of thelargest military and humanitarian operation in Europe sinceWorld War II.

5/2/00 CHANGE OF COMMAND; CLARK REPORTEDLY UNHAPPY: Clark isreplaced as Commander in Chief of the European Command andNATO Supreme Allied Commander by former Joint Chiefs ViceChairman Gen. Joseph Ralston at an official event inStuttgart, Germany. The Washington Post reported thatClark was “stunned” by the move, which occurred two monthsearly, and said it was one of the low points of his career.There were reports that Clark clashed with Cohen and otheradministration officials about the Kosovo war strategy.On September 23, 2003, Retired Gen. Hugh Shelton, formerchairman of the Joint Chiefs referred to his earlyretirement as one of the reasons he would not vote for himfor president. "I will tell you the reason he came out ofEurope early had to do with integrity and character issues,things that are very near and dear to my heart," he said.Clark responds in November 2003 saying that Shelton’scomments were a “smear” and that the problem was a “policydispute” over Bosnia.

6/00 RETIRES: Clark retires from the military and joins theWashington office of the Stephens Group Inc., an Arkansasinvestment banking firm, on 7/5/00. He left Stephens in2003 to open his own consulting firm.

8/9/00 Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by PresidentClinton.

5/11/01 PRAISE FOR THE GOP: Clark praises past GOP presidents,including Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, and goes evenfurther and praises the current Bush administration. "Ifyou look around the world, there's a lot of work to bedone," he said. "And I'm very glad we've got the great teamin office . . . Colin Powell, Don Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney andCondoleezza Rice . . . people I know very well - ourPresident George W. Bush. We need them there because we'vegot some tough challenges ahead in Europe." The RNCconveniently sent out transcripts and tapes of thefundraiser at Clark’s first debate in NYC (Clark responds11/5/03).

7/2001 Clark’s first book, “Waging Modern War: Bosnia, Kosovo andthe Future of Combat,” is published


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8/27/01 PRESSED INTO TV SERVICE: Clark becomes a military analystfor CNN. Interestingly, he was signed just two weeksbefore the 9/11 attacks.

10/5/01 DINES WITH CLINTON; QUESTIONED ABOUT ARK GOV RACE: Dinedwith the former president and others in Little Rock.Following the dinner, he was asked if he was consideringrunning for governor of Arkansas. “I just haven’tseriously considered it,” Clark said.

12/02 FUNDRAISING MEETING IN NEW YORK ARRANGED BY ALAN PATRICOF,WHO IS NOW THE NEW YORK FINANCE COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR.

3/2003 Re-joined CNN as a military analyst for the Iraq war. Alsobecame chairman and CEO of Wesley K. Clark & Associates, aconsulting firm.

3/9/03 “I AM NOT A CANDIDATE”: In a Washington Post interview,Clark said: "I am not a candidate. This is my story, andI'm sticking to it. ... I have not taken any money; I amnot a member of a political party. I have no politicalconsultants on the payroll. . . . I am just a concernedcitizen participating in the dialogue."

5/12/03 NH VISIT: Visits Manchester, N.H. and again says “I am nota candidate.” While in Manchester, he spoke to the RotaryClub, met with Segway inventor Dean Kamen and even took aswim in the YMCA pool.

5/31/03 NY VISIT: Spoke to the Democratic Rural Conference in LakePlacid, NY and criticized the current direction of thecountry. “I believe we need to redefine not only whatAmerica stands for abroad, we have to redefine what Americastands for at home," he said.

6/15/03 CLARK ON “MEET THE PRESS”; ACCUSES WH OF MEDDLING IN TVANALYSIS: Clark insinuated the White House called him on9/11 to pressure him to link the attacks to Saddam Husseinwhile on CNN. “Well, it came from the White House, it camefrom people around the White House. It came from all over.I got a call on 9/11. I was on CNN, and I got a call at myhome saying, 'You got to say this is connected. This isstate-sponsored terrorism. This has to be connected toSaddam Hussein.' I said, 'But-I'm willing to say it, butwhat's your evidence?' And I never got any evidence.”Clark later told Fox News’ Sean Hannity it was not theWhite House but “a fellow in Canada who is part of a MiddleEastern think tank.”On 7/18, the New York Times published a letter from Clarkthat reiterated his later claims that the White House didnot ask him to link 9/11 to Saddam Hussein while he was onthe air September 11.

When asked by Tim Russert if he was running for president,Clark said: “I’m going to have to seriously consider it.... In many respects, I would like a chance to help thiscountry. I’ve spent my entire life in public service,


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except for the last three years, and it’s very hard not tothink in terms of the welfare of the country. And when yousee the country in trouble, in challenge, yes, you’d liketo pitch in and help.” When asked if he would run as aDemocrat, Clark dodged the question but he did say he would“not have supported” the Bush tax cuts.

6/17/03 Speaks to the annual meeting of the centrist New DemocratNetwork.

6/19/03 MEETS WITH UNION LEADERS: Clark meets behind closed doorswith leaders of the American Federation of State, Countyand Municipal Employees (AFSCME) in Washington, DC.

6/19/03 MEETS WITH CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS: On Capitol Hill, hemet privately with Senate Minority Whip Harry Reid (D-Nev.)and Reps. Gene Taylor (Miss.), Baron Hill (Ind.), SteveIsrael (N.Y.), Jim Matheson (Utah), Dennis Moore (Kan.) andMike Ross (Ark.), according to Roll Call. According to thearticle, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (S.D.), andReps. Ronnie Shows (Miss.) and Harold Ford (Tenn.) praisedhim while Sen. Tom Harkin (Iowa) was a bit critical saying,“He can't even answer a question on television on Sunday["Meet the Press"] about what party he belongs to. ... Itsounds like he is too ashamed to be a Democrat."

6/27/03 PRAISE FROM CLINTON: Clark said in an interview with theAssociated Press that President Clinton’s scandals wouldn’taffect a Clark candidacy: “As I look at what we did when Iwas in the Pentagon in the 1990s and later when I wasoverseas working on many of these issues, I'm very proud ofthe things we accomplished.” Meantime, President Clintonpraised Clark saying, “While I cannot take sides in theDemocratic primary, I believe Wes, if he runs, would make avaluable contribution because he understands America'ssecurity challenges and domestic priorities. ... I believehe would make a good president.”

7/4/03 No Party Affiliation, Though a Gore Operative Supports Him:In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, he was coyabout which party he is aligned with. “I’ve beennonpartisan my whole life. ... I served in the Fordadministration.

8/24/03 ON CBS “FACE THE NATION”: When asked about why “he wasbeing so coy” about his presidential ambitions, Clarkresponded: “It's not a matter of being coy. It's a matterof making a complete career transition.”

8/26/03 CLARK 49%, BUSH 40%? NOT SO FAST: In a Zogby pollcommissioned by DraftWesleyClark.com, likely voters weregiven the bios of Clark and President Bush, but not theirnames. Clark’s bio received 49.4% to Bush’s 40.2%. And ina “blind bio” poll among just the Democratic candidates,Clark came in first. But in the portion of the poll thatused names, Clark came in 5th place among the Dem fieldwith only 5%.


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8/28/03 DraftWesleyClark.com announced its “General Fund” hadtopped $1 million in pledges.

9/1/03 STRONG SHOWING IN STRAW POLL: The Dallas (TX) CountyDemocrats held a straw poll in which Clark received 107votes to come in second place. Howard Dean was in firstwith 266.

9/3/03 HE’S A DEMOCRAT: Clark announces in an interview withCNN’s Judy Woodruff that he’s a Democrat.

9/6/03 TWO STARS: The New York Times reports that Bill Clinton isoverheard saying the national Democratic Party had "twostars": his wife and retired general, Wesley K. Clark, whoat the time was considering a run for the presidentialnomination.

9/8/03 THANKS SUPPORTERS: In a videotaped message toDraftWesleyClark.com supporters, Clark calls their support“a tremendous inspiration” and that it’s encouraged him “toreally give serious consideration to joining this race.” Healso notes that tonight will be the first “Draft Clark”meeting, indicating that he made a decision.

9/12/03 IT’S A GO?: Sources indicate Clark is ready to jump intothe presidential race.

9/16/03 JUMPING THE GUN: Clark advisors hold a conference call withreporters telling them Clark has decided to enter the raceand will make a formal announcement the next day. The pre-announcement comes on the same day that Edwards is makinghis official announcement in North and South Carolina.

9/17/03 I’M RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT: Clark formally enters the raceat a campaign rally in Little Rock.

9/18/03 COUP: Kym Spell joins Clark’s press operation afterquitting as John Kerry's New Hampshire communicationsdirector. Her former boss, Chris Lehane follows suit andjoins the campaign as a senior communications counselor inOctober.

9/18/03 HAVING IT BOTH WAYS: When asked if he would have supportedthe congressional Iraq resolution he stated, “At the time,I probably would have voted for it, but I think that’s toosimple a question. … On balance, I probably would havevoted for it." Clark’s comments came in a 90-minuteairborne interview with journalists Adam Nagourney of theNew York Times, Newman of USA Today, Joanne Weiss of theBoston Globe and Jim VandeHei of the Washington Post. Atone point things got so hairy that he called out for helpfrom his then press secretary, Mary Jacoby.

9/19/03 LET ME CLARIFY: He clarified his statement telling the AP:“Let’s make one thing real clear, I would never have votedfor this war, never … I would have voted for the right kind


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of leverage to get a diplomatic solution, an international

solution to the challenge of Saddam Hussein.”

9/22/03 BIG FUNDRAISER: The NYT reports that Clark has raised$750,000 in unsolicited contributions since he announcedhis candidacy.

9/22/03 USA TODAY/CNN/GALLUP POLL: Clark not only leads allDemocrats with 22 percent among Democratic voters but he’sone of two who would beat President Bush among registeredvoters nationwide.

9/23/03 DEMS (AND A MILITARY MAN) UNLOAD: After Clark’s commentson Iraq and other remarks in which he said he had voted forboth Nixon and Reagan, some candidates took swipes at him.Howard Dean said he was “shocked” about the Iraq commentsand that he “was even more shocked that he switched thenext day.” John Kerry on Clark’s past GOP voting record:“I have fought against the very people that General Clarkand others have supported. I think that’s important toDemocrats.” Dick Gephardt all but called Clark (and Dean)flashes in the pan saying: “If you're looking for theflavor of the month or a fresh face, I'm not the guy. Ifyou're looking for experience... then I may be yourcandidate.”

In addition, former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen.Hugh Shelton was asked if he’d support Clark as acandidate. He responded, “I've known Wes for a long time.I will tell you the reason he came out of Europe early hadto do with integrity and character issues, things that arevery near and dear to my heart. I'm not going to saywhether I'm a Republican or a Democrat. I'll just say Weswon't get my vote.”

9/25/03 FIRST DEBATE: Clark participates in his first debatesponsored by CNBC & Wall Street Journal. When asked aboutwhether he would vote for the $87 billion supplementalspending bill for the Iraq war, he called the question a“hypothetical” and said he doesn’t answer hypotheticals.

9/26/03 FIRST TRIP: Clark makes his first campaign trip to NewHampshire.

10/1/03 Campaigns separately with embattled Gov. Gray Davis and Lt.Gov. Cruz Bustamante. Later in the day heads to Hollywoodfor fundraisers at the homes of Norman Lear and childhoodfriend, Mary Steenburgen.

10/06/03 IT’S OFFICIAL: Clark officially became a Democrat, nearlythree weeks after announcing his bid for the Democraticpresidential nomination. Clark’s campaign filed thepaperwork at the Pulaski County, Ark., elections officechanging his voter registration from unaffiliated toDemocrat. Clark has consistently come under fire fromfellow Democrats who question his allegiance. According to


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voting records, Clark did not list a party affiliation inhis December 2001 renewal for his voter registration. Inan interview with the Union Leader newspaper in Manchester,he brushed this off saying "I wasn't anything. In Arkansas,you don't have to register for parties. You vote inprimaries, and, of course, I voted in Democraticprimaries."

10/09/03 FIRST CAMPAIGN MANAGER OUT: Clark replaces first campaignmanager Donnie Fowler with Ex-AmeriCorps CEO Eli Segal.Acxiom announces Clark’s resignation from the Acxiom Boardof Directors, effectively immediately.

10/10/03 PHOENIX DEBATE: In the DNC-sponsored debate, Clark was thesubject of harsh criticism from virtually all of hisopponents, particularly over his support for Bush inprevious years. Clark appeared a bit out of sorts duringthe debate and the campaign later said that he was sickwith a fever over 102.

10/12/03 MIAMI MEETUP: Clark appears at a gathering of supporters inMiami dubbed a “MeetUp”. He is beamed via webcast to meetups around the country. This was his first MeetUpappearance.

10/13/03 CLARK BACK IN FLORIDA: Among several FL Dems, Clark said,“been reckless, radical and wrong" and “invoked hisgrandfather from Minsk" and his father, the Chicago Demboss, and said he was a Dem "genetically, too."

10/14/03 FIRST MAJOR POLICY ADDRESS: In the first of four addresseson “New American Patriotism,” Clark unveiled a massiveservice program.

10/15/03 THIRD QUARTER FUNDRAISING: In just two weeks, Clark managedto raise $3.5 million since announcing his candidacy.Clark said he was “humbled by the generosity."

10/16/03 Clark releases his Army records – 1.5 inches thick – andall glowing. The records did not include evaluations fromthe end of Clark’s career or information on the apparentcontroversy surrounding his departure from the Army.

10/17/03 CLARK IS SICK: Citing a serious viral infection, Clarkdecides to take the day (and the following three as itturns out) off and rest his voice. Com. Dir. Matt Bennettdenies “far right” allegations of throat cancer.

10/20/03 CLARK SKIPS IOWA: Saying the organizational challenges weretoo large to overcome, Clark (and Lieberman) decided not toparticipate in the IA caucus.

10/21/03 GOOD NEWS DAY FOR CLARK: New polls are out from NewHampshire and Arizona. The Arizona poll has Clark in secondwith 24% to Dean's 32%. In New Hampshire, Clark is in thirdat 11%, behind Dean at 25% and Kerry at 19%.


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10/22/03 SECOND MAJOR SPEECH ON ECONOMICS: Clark makes the second ofhis “New American Patriotism” speeches, vowing to save$2.35 trillion for deficit reduction and investments.

CLARK TARGETS SC AND OTHER 2/3 STATES: Clark added twoformer Graham staffers in SC, Scott Anderson and JoanieLawson. Kym Spell told Hotline, “The next priority for uswas South Carolina”

10/23/03 CLARK AS LOBBYIST: While working for Stephens Group Inc., amerchant banking firm, Clark also worked for Acxiom as aregistered federal lobbyist beginning in 2002 and ending inSeptember 2003. He worked on homeland security and defenseissues, with Stevens receiving $300,000 from Acxiom forClark’s services. Acxiom and JetBlue Airways are thesubject of a FTC complaint that charges both improperlyleaked personal information about 5 million passengers to adefense department contractor.

10/24/03 TYCO STOCK STORY SURFACES: While Clark was managingdirector at Stephens Group Inc., the group bought more than50,000 shares in Tyco. Tyco is of particular importance toNew Hampshire, where the company moved from to Bermuda in1995 to avoid paying taxes. Such offshore loopholes were amajor feature of the 2002 Shaheen v. Sununu senate race andas one politician put it, “Tyco is to New Hampshire asEnron is to Houston.” The Clark campaign says opponents are“grasping at straws."

10/25/03 Opens headquarters in Manchester, NH and participates inAFL-CIO forum.

10/26/03 DEBATE: At his third debate, Clark came under fire from JoeLieberman and Howard Dean. Lieberman accused Clark oftaking six different positions on whether going to war withIraq was the right idea and four days to decide how to voteon the $87 billion. In the end, Clark said he would havevoted against the $87 billion.

10/28/03 THIRD MAJOR POLICY ADDRESS: Clark makes the third of his“New American Patriotism” speeches, vowing to improvehealthcare with a plan that has three pillars at itsfoundation.

10/29/03 Unveils his plan for health care that is similar to otherDemocratic candidates like mandating parents provide healthcare for their children for example.

11/1/03 Clark pulls ahead of Edwards in the polls in South Carolinawith 17% to Edwards’ 10%. Comments on late-term abortionban, "I applaud Planned Parenthood's efforts to stop theenforcement of an act that would take the decision of lateterm abortion away from women and their doctors."


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11/6/03 FOURTH MAJOR POLICY SPEECH: Clark makes the fourth of his“New American Patriotism” speeches, vowing to improve thesituation in Iraq by ending the U.S. monopoly in thereconstruction of Iraq, increasing intelligence resources,increasing Iraqi security forces, and improving borderprotection.

11/11/03 FLAG BURNING BAN: Clark tells an American Legion meetingthat he backs a constitutional ban on burning the Americanflag. "I’m very proud of it," he said of the flag, "and ifwe’re going to emphasize a symbol of this country, that’smy symbol and that’s the symbol we should have acrossAmerica. I’m absolutely in favor of anything thatstrengthens the American flag."

11/16/03 Hard Rock Casino king Peter Morton, Norman Lear and IrvingAzoff will host a fund-raising Eagles concert forpresidential candidate Gen. Wesley Clark in Los Angeles.

11/19/03 CLARK ON 60 MINUTES II: Clark interviewed by Dan Rather on60 minutes. During the interview, Clark cries when showingRather pictures of Kosovar refugees saying that he felt theUS should intercede because “when you can do good, youshould.” Clark also blames criticism of him by othergenerals on a “policy difference.” In a lighter moment,Clark demonstrates how to do push-ups while balancing onthree chairs to “avoid scuffing your shoes.”

11/20/03 SMEAR CAMPAIGN: David Letterman touched a nerve when heasked Clark about criticism from retired Gen. Hugh Shelton,a former military colleague. “It's a smear, that's all itis," Clark responded. "And it doesn't have anything to dowith the military. It's the kind of stuff of politics."

11/23/03 FACE THE NATION: Clark responds to new RNC ads that defendPresident Bush, saying that he’s “not attacking thepresident because he’s attacking terrorists. I’m attackingthe president because he’s NOT attacking terrorists.”

Clark also raises eyebrows by saying that many Americans“love” President Bush. He explains, “They love what herepresents, a man who's overcome adversity in his life fromalcoholism and pulled his marriage back together and movedforward."

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HOWARD BRUSH DEAN III

Age: 55

Birthdate: Nov. 17, 1948 in New York, New York

Current Position: Presidential candidate

Career Highlights: Governor and lieutenant governor of Vermont;Vermont state representative; family practicephysician.

Education: Yale University (B.A., 1971); Albert EinsteinCollege of Medicine (M.D., 1978)

Military Service: None. Received a medical deferment because ofa bad back.

Hometown: Burlington, Vermont

Religion: Baptized Roman Catholic, raised Episcopalianbut is now a practicing Congregationalist.

Announcement: June 23, 2003Burlington, Vermont

Spouse: Dr. Judith Steinberg

Age: 50

Birthday: May 9, 1953 in New York City

Career: Private practice, internal medicine, 1985-present; fellowship, McGill University;residency, Medical Center Hospital of Vermont.

Education: M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine,1979; A.B. in biochemistry, PrincetonUniversity, 1975.

Hometown: Burlington, VT

Religion: Jewish

Family: Two children, Anne (19), Paul (17).

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11/17/48 HOWARD BRUSH DEAN III: Born in New York City to the lateHoward Brush Dean Jr., a stockbroker and Andree MaitlandDean, who now works as an art appraiser. (Adnree can traceher family back to Richard Maitland, who was born inScotland around 1234.)

1966 Attends the Browning School in Manhattan and then graduatesfrom St.George’s School, Newport R.I.

1967 Before starting Yale, he spent a year in Britain.

2/70 NO MILITARY: Receives a medical deferment from the draftbecause of a back condition called spondylolisthesis, whichis caused by an unfused vertebra. According to the BostonGlobe, medical records show he was classified 1Y, meaninghe was exempt from service for the duration of the war.When he was diagnosed with the condition four yearsearlier, he was cleared for all sports except long distancerunning.

1971 Receives bachelor’s degree from Yale University. As asenior at St.George’s, Dean requested that Yale pair himwith black roommates to give him another view of the world.He ended up rooming with two African-American roommates,Ralph Dawson and Don Roman and a young man from ruralPennsylvania. He often refers to these roommates whenchallenged about whether he can relate to African-Americanvoters after governing one of the whitest states in thecountry. Dawson, a South Carolina native, is an attorneyin New York City and Roman is a financial planner inAtlanta.

SKI BUM: After graduation, Dean heads to Aspen, Coloradowhere he spends the year skiing and pouring concrete. Hehas since come under fire for skiing rather than going toVietnam, but refers to his medical deferment.

1973 WALL STREET: Spends a year working as a stockbroker atClark Dodge in NYC, but then decides to switch to medicine.He secretly starts taking pre-med classes at Columbiawithout telling his parents and then enrolls full-time atAlbert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx.

12/74 LOSS: Dean’s brother Charlie is killed in Laos, possibly bycommunists who thought he was a spy. It’s been rumoredthat he may have been working for the CIA, because he islisted as a POW/MIA, but the agency won’t discuss thetheory and the family isn’t sure. The U.S. militarybelieves they recovered his body in November 2003.

1978 DR.DEAN: Receives MD from Albert Einstein College ofMedicine in New York City. According to the Boston Globe asenior doctor write in a 1977 evaluation of Dean’sresidency at the UVM Medical Center that “his major problemcontinues to be one of impulsive synthesis when problems

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are approached- he should take care to be more deliberatein making assessments and deciding upon plans. Because ofthis trait, he is not quite the superior physician that heis in other respects.”

1978 RIDING POLITICS: Dean and other Burlington residents wanteda place to go bicycling, so they formed a group to buy upland and clean up the abandoned barges and boxcarslittering the lakefront. The effort produces a nine-mile-long recreation area with views of the AdirondackMountains. When Dean’s wife, Judith Steinberg, thinks backthrough her husband’s political career this is her firstmemory.

1979 CAMPAIGN FEVER: During the second year of his residency inVermont, Dean called neighbor Esther Sorrell, JimmyCarter’s local organizer and started helping out with thecampaign. Sorrell, later known as “the mother of theVermont Democratic Party”, and Dean formed an immediatebond. According to the Boston Globe, Dean started leavingJudith at home on Friday nights to spend them at Sorrell’shouse with the party faithful to watch and talk politics.As governor, Dean appointed her son Bill as state attorneygeneral after failing to name him to the state SupremeCourt. Esther Sorrell died in 1990.

1/31/81 MARRIES: After a long courtship Howard Dean and JudithSteinberg are married by a judge at the Fifth Avenue Hotelin Manhattan. The two met while students at AlbertEinstein College of Medicine.

Early 80s COUNSELING: Dean undergoes counseling to deal with the lossof his brother. “I did have grief counseling for a while.It was here in Vermont. I was not hospitalized or any ofthat crap. I never missed a day of work. It was for areasonably short period of time," Dean said in an interviewwith Newsweek.

82-91 NEW BEGINNINGS: Opened an internal medicine practice withhis wife in Shelburne, Vermont.

11/2/82 FIRST TASTE: Elected to the Vermont House.

11/6/84 Re-elected to the Vermont House, elected assistant majorityleader in 1985.

11/4/86 Elected lieutenant governor.

1987 GEPHARDT TIES: Dean serves as Gephardt’s Vermont campaignchair in his ’88 campaign.

11/8/88 Re-elected.

3/28/90 UNION MAN: Dean encourages Vermonters to boycott VermontTransit while Greyhound Bus Lines drivers are on strike.


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4/10/90 RUN FOR GOVERNOR?: LG Dean announces he will not seek theDemocratic nomination for governor because it was not agood time for his family.

11/7/90 RE-ELECTED: Howard Dean, two-time incumbent, re-elected LGwith 58% of the vote, the largest percentage statewide.

8/14/91 PROMOTION: Governor of Vermont from August 14, 1991 toJanuary 9, 2003. Dean assumed office after the suddendeath of Republican Governor Richard Snelling. He heardabout the Governor’s death while seeing a patient anddecided to finish the exam before assuming office. In apress conference with reporters he said, “He [Snelling] wasdoing a terrific job, and I intend to do my very best tocontinue his program of responsibility in fiscal matters".

12/91 FUN? I DON’T THINK SO: Sometimes Dean talks as if hewouldn't mind being defeated - especially when he is askedwhether being governor is fun. "Fun? Absolutely not," Deansaid. "The job has been an incredible opportunity for me,but it's also very hard work and a lot of pressure. Nowthere are 560,000 people who depend on me. He said hedoesn't care for the trappings of power either. "I'venever been somebody that enjoyed the perks," he said. "Idon't like being driven around." (AP)

2/3/92 OPPOSITION: Democratic governors, including Howard Dean,took over a White House ceremony and criticized PresidentBush’s economic-revival plan.

05/11/92 UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE: Dean signs a health care reform billthat will provide universal health care by 1995. It createsa governor-appointed state agency empowered to bargain forlower health insurance rates and draft ideas on how to payfor universal health care. The most immediate impact of thelaw is a provision expanding the Dr.Dynasaur program tocover children up to 18.

07/16/92 NATIONAL STAGE: Dean speaks at the DNC meeting in New York.

11/3/92 ELECTED: Dean wins the election with 75 percent of the voteover Republican John McClaughry. It was Dean's firstelection to the job, which he assumed after the death ofRepublican Gov. Richard Snelling.

12/16/92 STAPLES OF POWER: Dean chosen by his fellow New Englandgovernors to serve as chairman of the New EnglandGovernors' Conference.

4/12/93 WELFARE CHANGES: The Clinton administration gives the OKfor an experimental program in Vermont that will cutbenefits for people who don't find jobs or accept publicservice work after 2 years on welfare. Dean says he iseager to proceed with the program after getting word of theapproval from Health and Human Services Secretary Donna E.Shalala.


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5/28/93 NO SMOKING: Dean signs “The Clean Air Act,” the country'stoughest statewide anti-smoking law. The Clean Air Actbans smoking in airports, shopping malls, church bingogames, video arcades, sports arenas, laundry mats andretail stores and soon after bans smoking in restaurants,motels, hotels and bars.

10/14/93 SPARED: A Texas appellate court spares the life of RobertDrew, a Vermont man, hours before he was scheduled to beexecuted by lethal injection for the 1983 killing of ateen-ager who picked him up as a hitchhiker. Prior to thedecision, Howard Dean called on Texas Gov. Ann Richards tocommute the death sentence. Vermont does not have thedeath penalty.

10/18/93 CLINTON TIES: President Clinton appoints ten people,including Howard Dean, to the Advisory Commission onIntergovernmental Relations (ACIR). The Commission wascreated during the 1970s to foster better relations betweenall levels of government.

Early 90s Dean spends a considerable amount of time helping shape theClinton health care plan. He was a national spokesman forthe plan and according to the Burlington Free Press, he wassitting just behind Hillary at the 1994 State of the Unionaddress.

7/19/94 Dean takes over as chairman of the National GovernorsAssociation.

11/8/94 Dean wins re-election with 69 percent of the vote.

12/12/94 DEFENDS ELDERS: In a press conference Dean says he wassorry to see Dr. Joycelyn Elders fired. "She said a lot ofthings that needed to be said," Dean said. "The role ofthe surgeon general is to say things that nobody else candare to say."

1/95 NOT ON MY TAB: As the Republicans get ready to push aconstitutional amendment that would demand balanced budgetsstarting in 2000, Dean spoke up for the governors and saidhe favored the legislation as long at the states wouldn’thave to pick up the bill.

1995 GUN CONTROL? Passed a law forbidding guns on schoolgrounds.

1995 MEDICARE: Dean supports the Republican-backed, balanced-budget effort that would have cut $270 billion fromMedicare, which he says he did to keep it financiallysolvent. Eight years later, Gephardt accused Dean of beingGingrich-like at a DNC sponsored debate. Dean alsosupported a balanced-budget plan in 1997, which cut $200billion from Medicare. Gephardt also pointed out that atone point, Dean called Medicare a dreadful program, whichDean partly conceded. "I did say that Medicare was a


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dreadful program," he replied, "because it's administereddreadfully."

5/20/96 CLINTON FUNDRAISING: President Clinton headlinesfundraisers for Democratic causes and candidates, includingHoward Dean.

11/96 Howard Dean re-elected with 178,032 votes or 71 percent.

1997 CHAIR OF DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS’ ASSOCIATION.

1997 DEAN 2000?: Computer entrepreneurs in Arizona buy thedomain names for possible presidential candidates,including "Dean2000.org" and "Dean2000.com".

1998 WHITE HOUSE HOPES DASHED: Dean was eyeing the White Houseand considered challenging Al Gore, but then backed off.

11/98 REELECTED: Dean survives a challenge from farmer Ruth Dwyerand wins with 55.6 percent of the vote.

4/21/99 THE GUNS AREN’T THE PROBLEM: After the 1999 rampage atColumbine, Dean said, "The remedy is not simply in the law.It's mostly in the community and in the home."

8/11/99 After a man walked into a Jewish community center and firedmore than 30 bullets from a semiautomatic weapon, woundingthree children, a teen-ager and a woman, Dean said "Gunlaws wouldn't have helped in Los Angeles. . .Betterenforcement would have helped."

1/19/00 GORE: Dean endorses Vice President Al Gore for President.

4/26/00 CIVIL UNION: After a Vermont Supreme Court decision, thelegislature sends Dean the civil union bill, which he signswithout a public ceremony. The bill gives gay partnershospital visitation and inheritance rights.

11/2000 CLOSE CALL: Dean barely wins the election with just over 50percent of the vote, mainly because of the backlash againstthe legalization of “civil unions”.

9/5/01 GOODBYE VERMONT: Dean announces he will not seek re-election in 2002. In his last year in office he requeststhat the state keep his gubernatorial records sealed for 10years—four years longer than standard.

11/8/01 PAC: Forms a leadership political action committee, “TheFund for a Healthy America”, dedicated to advancing “theprinciples of fiscal stability, universal health insurance,better environmental protection, and equality for allAmericans”.

12/01 PROBLEMS WITH GEORGE: Dean says tough measures are neededduring wartime, but he criticizes the Bush administration’santi-terrorism measures, saying they are eroding civilrights. He went on to say that although he hadn’t studied


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all the measures that are being put in place, he knew thegeneral outline. “It is discomforting. It is a significanterosion of the Bill of Rights,” Dean said. “This is a war.In war, security issues and the preservation of innocentlife is something that rises to the forefront.” (AP)

2/02 TRYING FOR CLOSURE: Dean traveled to Laos, visiting what’sbelieved to be his brother’s gravesite and joiningvolunteers excavating other sites for American remains.

2002 MEDICARE: Dean threatened to cancel a state drug assistanceprogram for 3,000 seniors early in 2002 if the VermontLegislature to did not agree to raise the cigarette tax.Dean said the threat was an exercise in political leveragethat saved the drug plan and brought higher taxes.

3/16/02 Dean speaks to the Human Rights Campaign dinner, Nashville,TN.

5/2/02 COURTING GAYS: Dean keynotes Mass. Gay and Lesbian BarAssociation Dinner in Cambridge, MA.

5/8/02 Dean speaks to DNC’s Gay and Lesbian Leadership Councildinner.

5/15/02 Dean attends the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committeeand Iowa Democratic Party’s fundraiser to benefit IowaDemocrats’ efforts to win back the state Senate and stateHouse. Daschle, Gephardt, Lieberman, Kerry and Edwards alsoattended.

5/30/02 MAKES IT OFFICIAL: Mails the FEC papers establishing “Deanfor America”, making him the first candidate to enter therace for the Democratic nomination.

6/7/02 KEYNOTES: Dean speaks at the University of Michigan MedicalSchool’s graduation ceremony.

6/8/02 KEYNOTES: Dean speaks to Dartmouth College’s medical schoolgraduation in Hanover, N.H.

6/22/02 FUNDRAISER: Dean fundraises in Fire Island, NY.

6/23/02 Dean speaks at the exclusive Maidstone Club in EastHampton, NY. Growing up his family belong to the golfclub, which for decades didn’t allow minority or Jewishmembers.

7/21/02 DEAN ON GUN CONTROL: "We have national laws. I'm not infavor of repealing them, but I think additional gun controlought be to be done on a state-by-state basis if the statewants it..." (Meet The Press)

8/18/02 GRANITE STATE: Dean in New Hampshire at N.H. DemocraticNetwork brunch.


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9/4/02 IOWA FACE TIME: Dean raises money for Gov. Tom Vilsack andLt. Gov. Sally Pederson in Des Moines, Iowa.

9/20/02 COURTING THE UNIONS: Howard Dean speaks to AFL-CIO inMichigan.

10/5/02 IA JEFFERSON-JACKSON DAY DINNER: Dean, Edwards and Kerryspeak to the crowd about the economy and foreign policy.

10/11/02 Dean campaigns in Georgia; meets with state legislators andspeaks to South Carolina NAACP convention in Savannah.

10/26/02 COURTING THE UNIONS: Dean speaks to the SEIU conference inWaterville Valley, N.H.

11/11/02 FUNDRAISING COUP: Dean signs on former Massachusetts Stateand DNC Chairman and AIPAC President Steve Grossman to helphim raise money.

12/15/02 GORE’S OUT: Al Gore announces he will not run for Presidentin 2004.

1/5/03 FACE: Dean appears on CBS News' "Face The Nation".

1/9/03 LAST DAY: Vermont Gov. Howard Dean leaves office and thentravels to Brattleboro, VT, for a presidential fundraisingevent.

1/10/03 PAUL WELLSTONE: Howard Dean accepts the AFL-CIO's "PaulWellstone Award" in Washington.

1/21/03 NARAL: Dean, Kerry, Edwards, Gephardt, Lieberman andSharpton attend the NARAL Pro Choice America. Dean relays astory of a 12-year-old patient whom he believed had beenimpregnated by her father as an argument against parental-notification laws and receives applause. Weeks later Salonand USA Today reported the father had not impregnated thegirl, and Dean knew it.

1/23/03 Dean speaks to the Linn County Democratic Party Dinner inIowa, the “unofficial” start of Iowa’s first-in-the nationcaucuses.

1/27/03 In a meeting with Roll Call editors and reporters, Deansaid that if President Bush presented evidence that SaddamHussein possesses weapons of mass destruction, “Then I’d goback to the U.N. and get a new resolution that [Hussein]either disarms in 60 days or we go in.”

1/28/03 STATE OF THE UNION: Responding to the State of The Union,Dean said "The president continues to threaten war withoutmaking a case for war; he promises to stimulate the economyyet runs the federal budget deep into debt; and he proposesno serious health care reform." (AP)

2/21/03 CONFEDERATE FLAG: Dean speaks at the Democratic NationalCommittee's winter meeting in Washington. Dean was


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applauded when he revived a line from the late Sen. PaulWellstone, “I'm Howard Dean. And I'm here to represent theDemocratic wing of the Democratic Party.” He also receivedapplause when he said "White folks in the South who drivepickup trucks with Confederate flag decals in the backought to be voting with us and not [Republicans], becausetheir kids don't have health insurance either, and theirkids need better schools, too." This line went unnoticed byrivals at the time, but he was not so lucky months laterwhen he said a similar line to a reporter in Iowa.

2/21/03 SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS: Dean speaks to College Democrats inWashington.

2/22/03 Dean speaks at Human Rights Campaign dinner in Los Angeles.

2/25-2/27 Howard Dean, Sen. John Edwards and Rep. Richard Gephardtindividually attend the AFL-CIO's three-day meeting at theunion-owned Diplomat Hotel and Spa in Hollywood Beach.

3/2/03 FACE: Dean appears on CBS News' "Face The Nation".

3/9/03 MEET THE PRESS: Throughout the interview he was grilled onhis anti-war stance, North Korea and Social Security.

3/11/03 BURLINGTON FREE PRESS EDITORIAL: Dean "could never claimexpertise in foreign affairs" as VT gov., but he "hasemerged" as the Dems' "most eloquent adversary" to Pres.Bush's Iraq war plan. Dean’s 3/9 "Meet The Press "appearance "confirmed" this.

3/13/03 CELEBRITY FUNDRAISING: Barbra Streisand hosts a fundraiserfor Dean at her home in Malibu, CA.

3/14-3/17 RALLYING THE TROOPS: Dean speaks to the CaliforniaDemocratic State Party convention in Sacramento. Deanelectrified the audience saying "What I want to know iswhat in the world so many Democrats are doing voting tosupport the president's unilateral attack on Iraq?"

3/15/03 APOLOGY: During the speech to the California DemocraticConvention, Dean criticized Edwards and Kerry for backingthe Iraq war and failing to stand by their positions whenthey addressed the group. Dean later sent a note ofapology to Edwards after finding out that he did in factaddress his support for the resolution and was booed andjeered by many in the crowd for doing so.

3/19/03 AL COULD LEARN FROM ME: "If Al Gore had my position onguns, I wouldn't be here and he'd be in the White House."(Washington Post)

3/20/03 COURTING THE PRESS: Dean speaks to the National NewspaperAssociation Breakfast and attending Radio and TelevisionCorrespondents' Association Dinner.


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3/23/03 UNIONS: Howard Dean speaks at the UAW LegislativeConference in Iowa.

3/31/03 Dean and Lieberman speak to the Religious Action Center ofReform Judaism at the Cannon Office Building in DC.

4/03 Dean apologizes to Gephardt for a campaign press releasethat labeled the congressman's health care proposal "pie-in-the-sky." (Hotline)

4/4/03 Dean speaks to New York State United TeachersRepresentative Assembly in Washington.

4/7/03 HIPPIE ENDORSEMENT: Crosby and Nash support Dean’scandidacy and play at an informal reception in CedarRapids; Dean attends via speakerphone from Vermont.

4/9/03 SADDAM: At the Children’s Defense Fund debate, Dean did notseem convinced that getting rid of Saddam was a good thing."We should've contained Saddam. We've gotten rid of him,and I suppose that's a good thing, but there's going to bea long period where the United States is going to need tobe maintained in Iraq, and that's going to cost Americantaxpayers a lot of money."

4/9/03 Dean, Sharpton, Kucinich, Kerry, Gephardt, Moseley Braun,Edwards, Lieberman speak at the Building and ConstructionTrades Union’s annual conference in Washington.

4/15/03 SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS: Dean speaks to Women's NationalDemocratic Club in Washington. In his speech he criticizedBush’s foreign and economic policy. He also spoke aboutgun control and called the NRA one of his biggest allies.

4/24/03 Dean speaks to the U.S. Conference of Black MayorsConference in Houston.

4/28/03 A story posted on Time.com quoted Dean as saying, "We haveto take a different approach [to diplomacy]. We won'talways have the strongest military" drew fire from theKerry camp who questioned his ability to serve as commanderin chief.

4/30/03 HEALTH CARE: Dean previews his health care plan before theSEIU in NY. His plan calls for states to make aggressiveefforts to provide health care, which includes makingeveryone under 25 eligible for Medicaid and extendingprescription drug benefits to those over 65 years old.

5/3/03 FIRST DEBATE: First Democratic presidential debate amongpresidential candidates in Columbia, S.C. The beginning ofthe debate was dominated by a testy Dean Kerry exchangeover who was more fit to be President.

5/13/03 HEALTH CARE: Howard Dean unveils health care plan atColumbia University in New York. Dean’s plan would providenearly universal access to health care coverage by using


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federal assistance to help those without insurance andpenalizing large, profitable corporations that fail tooffer coverage.

5/15/03 DLC FEUD: Leading moderate Democrats criticize Dean andGephardt at the end of its two-day strategy session, evenas former President Clinton called for an end to intra-party squabbling. A memo from Al From and Bruce Reed, thechairman and president of the DLC, suggested that Dean isan elitist liberal in the tradition of former senatorsGeorge McGovern and Walter Mondale. "What activists likeDean call the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party is anaberration: The McGovern-Mondale wing, defined principallyby weakness abroad and elitist interest-group liberalism athome," the memo said. According to campaign manager JoeTrippi, tens of thousands of dollars and emails poured intothe campaign as a result.

5/17/03 Dean, Edwards, Graham, Sharpton, Braun, and Kucinich attendthe AFSCME of Iowa Presidential Town Hall Meeting in DesMoines.

5/20/03 EMILY’S: Dean, Edwards, Gephardt, Kucinich, Lieberman,Moseley Braun attend EMILY's List presidential forum inWashington. Dean tried his hardest to relate to theaudience by saying, "Based on my record in Vermont, youwon't find a better feminist running for president."

5/28/03 TAXES: Howard Dean denounces President Bush's tax cut inManchester, NH.

6/17/03 FIRST ON TV: Dean is the first candidate to air campaigncommercials. He chooses Iowa for his debut.

6/19/03 Howard Dean campaigns in San Francisco, where he speaks toSan Francisco Bar Association.

6/20/03 ARREST: Dean’s 17-year-old son Paul was cited in court forbeing the getaway driver for a group of teenagers who werecaught trying to steal beer from the Burlington CountryClub. As his punishment he agreed to participate in a courtdiversion program for first time offenders. Afterward,Dean refused to discuss how the incident might affect hiscandidacy according to the AP. "I don't want to mixthings," he told reporters. "We're not going to be talkingabout politics and family business at the same pressconference."

6/22/03 MEET THE PRESS: Dean appears again on Meet the Press. Hisappearance was described as below par by many and he wascriticized by the Congressional Black Caucus when heresponded to what he considered frivolous questions bysaying they were "like asking me who the ambassador toRwanda is." He also came under fire for not being veryfamiliar with the U.S military and the number of activesoldiers who were deployed. Supporters thought otherwise


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though and panned Russert and collectively donated $93,000to the campaign.

6/23/03 AS IF YOU DIDN’T KNOW: Dean formally declares hiscandidacy, saying to the crowd "You have the power to takeback the Democratic Party! You have the power to take ourcountry back!"

6/24/03 COURTING THE YOUNGINS: Howard Dean attends YoungProfessionals Meet and Greet Event in Washington, D.C.

6/25/03 Howard Dean speaks at Council on Foreign Relations andattends Dem. Nat’l Committee Gala in Washington.

6/27 MOVEON: Dean topped the list of Democratic presidentialhopefuls in the first online primary with 44 perecent.Representative Dennis Kucinich of Ohio finished second with24 percent, or 76,000 votes, and Senator John Kerry ofMassachusetts got 16 percent, or 49,973 votes.

6/29 FUNDRAISER: With $6 million raised and less than 48 hoursbefore the reporting deadline, the Dean website posted achallenge for supporters to raise $500,000. Site nearlycrashes as $1.6 million poured in.

6/30 SECOND QUARTER: Dean cements his standing as a top-tiercandidate by raising $7.5 million between April and June,first among the nine Democratic candidates for the quarter.This gives him a total of $10.1 million raised since thebeginning of the year.

7/4/03 4th OF JULY: Dean, Graham, Kerry, and Joe Lieberman march inthe Amherst, NH July 4th parade. Meanwhile, according tothe Washington Post, Karl Rove was standing along the routeat the Palisades Citizens' Association route (also in NH)trying to stir up enthusiasm for Dean. As Dean supportersmarched by, Rove told a neighbor, “Heh, heh, heh. Yeah,that's the one we want." He even went as far as toencourage the crowd telling the audience “Come on,everybody! Go, Howard Dean!”

7/14/03 LA RAZA: Dean has breakfast with the National Council of LaRaza in Austin, Texas, and then travels to Florida.

7/14/03 NAACP: Dean, Edwards, Graham, Kerry, Moseley Braun,Sharpton attend NAACP Presidential candidate Forum at theMiami, Florida Convention Center. Kucinich, Lieberman,Gephardt did not attend.

7/15/03 ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER FORUM: Dean, Moseley Braun, Gephardt,Kerry, Kucinich, Lieberman and Al Sharpton attend HumanRights Campaign Presidential Candidate Forum in Washington,D.C.

7/19/03 FAMILY AFFAIR: Jim Dean, the brother of former Vermont Gov.Howard Dean, leaves the Republican Party to help his


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brother campaign for the Democratic presidentialnomination.

7/22/03 WEBATHON: Dean campaign announces it has collected morethan $5 million over the Internet this year.

7/25/03 BRING OUT THE BAT: The Dean campaign asks its grassrootssupporters to match the fundraising prowess of VicePresident Dick Cheney who is expected to raise $250,000 forthe Bush-Cheney reelection effort at a $2,000 a platefundraiser in Columbia, S.C. today. Dean’s campaign posteda picture of the candidate eating a $3 turkey sandwich onits website. After "bringing out the bat" -- "the icon thattracked online donations on the Dean for America website atthe end of the second quarter" -- the Dean camp "met theoriginal $250,000 goal in only two days" and eventuallyraised $500,000, mostly over the Internet.

7/25/03 Dean and Kerry attend Iowa’s AFSCME annual convention inFour Points.

7/28/03 DLC FEUD: The DLC "renewed its three-month feud" with Dean.In the bimonthly newsletter distributed after the meeting,Randolph Court wrote, "The Internet may be giving angry,protest-oriented activists the rope they need to hang theparty," and obvious reference to the Dean campaign.

8/03 NO FAMILY PICTURES PLEASE: Wives and children andgrandchildren playfully pose with presidential hopefuls inan Esquire magazine photo spread of Democrats who areseeking the 2004 nomination. Except in the photograph offormer Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, who appears in the Augustissue not with his physician wife and two children, butwith campaign workers at his South Burlington headquarters.

8/6/03 MEETUP: According to the Dean website, supporters attendednearly 500 Dean meetups throughout the world. (Figureincludes meetups in all 50 states as well as fiveinternational meetups for Americans abroad in Tokyo,London, Paris, Montreal and Toronto)

8/8/03 ENEMY TERRITORY: Dean goes up on Austin television as thePresident vacations in nearby Crawford.

8/11/03 BIG WEEK: First cover stories in Newsweek and Timemagazines.

8/11/03 COURTING THE UNIONS AGAIN: Dean attends rally with localsupporters in Philadelphia before heading to a forumsponsored by the Sheet Metal Workers Union.

8/12/03 CHEER FIRST PLEASE: Dean attends meet and greet withsupporters in Oklahoma before attending the OklahomaDemocratic Party Presidential Candidate Forum.

8/16/03 GOING AFTER THE YOUNGINS: Dean speaks to the YoungDemocrats of America National Convention in Buffalo. Other


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speakers at the convention: Sen. Hillary Clinton, TerryMcAuliffe and Jerry Springer.

8/19/03 PULLS AHEAD: Dean pulls ahead of his Democratic rivals in apoll of voters who say they plan to vote in the 2004 NewHampshire presidential primary. Dean leads with 28 percentin the poll of 600 respondents surveyed by AmericanResearch Group of Manchester, Kerry was second with 21percent and Gephardt had 10 percent. None of the other sixcandidates polled more than 4 percent; 32 percent said theywere undecided.

8/23/03 SLEEPLESS SUMMER: Dean begins his “Sleepless Summer Tour”.The 6,147 mile, 10-city rampage played on the idea thatAmericans are sleepless over unemployment and the lack ofjobs and health care, while President Bush sleeps soundlyat his Texas ranch.

8/24/03 MATCHING FUNDS: Dean toys with the idea of rejectingfederal matching campaign funds during the Democraticprimaries in an interview with Wolf Blitzer.

8/27/03 Howard Dean holds a commanding 21-point lead over rivalJohn Kerry in the latest New Hampshire poll in which voterssaid they prefer a take-no-prisoners Democrat to one whocould oust President Bush.

8/29/03 MORE TV: Started airing ads in six early voting states:Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Washingtonstate and Wisconsin. The total buy was $1 million.

9/3/03 NOT TAKING SIDES: Dean tells a crowd of people in Santa Fethat the United States should not "take sides" in theIsraeli-Palestinian conflict. Lieberman immediately wenton the attack, saying Dean’s policy overturns a 50-year-oldU.S foreign policy.

9/4/03 TEXAS 11: Dean meets with 7 of the Texas 11 in Albuquerqueahead of the Presidential debate sponsored by theCongressional Hispanic Caucus.

DEBATE: Most of the Democrats seemed to stick to the partyline of attacking President Bush rather than each other,but Lieberman did try to attack Dean’s call for fair tradestandards, which Lieberman said would override existingtreaties and cost millions of jobs. "If that ever happened,I'd say the Bush recession would be followed by the Deandepression” Lieberman said.

9/5/03 BIG MOUTH: Responding to a reporter’s question asking himwhether he was surprised Kerry didn’t come after him in thefirst debate. "I wish he'd say to my face what he saysbehind my back," Dean said. Later realizing that hiscomment was a newsmaker he came back with, "I just wish hehad given me a chance to respond to all that stuff - thezero experience on foreign affairs, the NRA stuff, the taxcut stuff," Dean said. (AP)


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9/6/03 Dean campaigns in California; addresses San Francisco SEIULocal 250 at the Downtown San Francisco and then holdspress conference.

9/6/03 THE GENERAL: Dean meets with retired Gen. Wesley Clark inLos Angeles and asked him to join his presidential campaignin some capacity if he decided against making the runhimself, aides to both men said.

9/8/03 Dean, Edwards, Gephardt, Graham, Kerry, Kucinich,Lieberman, Moseley Braun and Sharpton address Service SEIUmeeting. Dean impressed the group and remained in the toptier of candidates they were thinking about endorsing.

9/9/03 CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS DEBATE: Dean got off one of thebest lines of the night when Ed Gordon asked if he thoughthe was having trouble connecting with blacks because of thesmall minority population in Vermont. "If the percent ofminorities that's in your state had anything to do with howyou can connect with African-American voters, then TrentLott would be Martin Luther King," Dean responded. It waslater discovered that James Carville fed Dean the lineduring debate prep for the HBO series, K Street. Dean’scamp had said the line was a Dean original. He alsoclaimed that he was the only candidate to talk about racein white audiences. He was later slammed by Edwards whosaid that as a man of the south, he talks about raceregardless of the audience.

9/10/03 Dean calls on President Bush to send former President BillClinton to the Middle East.

9/12/03 NRA SPEAKS: NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierresaid Dean’s efforts to please everybody leave him"schizophrenic" on guns. "You can't be rated `A' inVermont and earn an `A' with liberal anti-gun Democrats inWashington," he said. (AP)

GINGRICH LIKE: Gephardt attacked rival Howard Dean forendorsing efforts by “Gingrich Republicans” to cut Medicareand Social Security eight years ago in order to balance thebudget.

9/20/03 CELEBRITY HEADLINERS: Dean attends a fundraiser and rallyin Hudson, New York and then a fundraiser in New York City,with performances by Whoopi Goldberg, Al Franken and GloriaGaynor.

9/25/03 DNC DEBATE: Leading the polls in New Hampshire and Iowa,Dean came under attack more than any other candidate,saying "You know, to listen to Senator Lieberman, SenatorKerry, Representative Gephardt, I'm anti-Israel, I'mantitrade, I'm anti-Medicare, and I'm anti-Social Security.I wonder how I ended up in the Democratic Party."

9/29/03 HOUSE CALL: Dean sets a Guinness World Record by holdingthe largest conference call in history. Supporters


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attended more than 1,440 house parties across the country.A total of 3,557 calls were placed into the conference calland at least 10,000 people listened in as Dean gave a briefspeech and took a few questions.

9/30/03 3rd Quarter Spending: Dean sets a record for Democraticpresidential fundraising in a quarter, collecting $14.8million.

10/1/03 Generation Dean Tour kicks-off with “Howard at Howard” TownHall Meeting at Howard University.

10/4/03 HUMAN RIGHTS: Gave the keynote speech at the Human RightsCampaign Gala at the Seattle Westin.

10/9/03 Attended the DNC facilitated presidential debate inPhoenix, AZ, hosted by Gov. Janet Napolitano and theArizona Democratic Party. Dean came under fire fromGephardt who compared him to Newt Gingrich because hesupported Republican-backed Medicare cuts in the 1990s.Dean later responded, "First they said I was GeorgeMcGovern and I couldn't win," Dean said. "And now they'resaying I'm Newt Gingrich and I couldn't win."

10/16/03 ECONOMIC PLAN: Dean delivers his economic plan atGeorgetown University. In the plan he calls for anenforcement of U.S. unfair trade laws against foreigncountries and foreign companies that dump and subsidizeexports to the U.S. and opposing legislation thatencourages YS corporations to move overseas; restore fiscaldiscipline and to balance the budget.

10/22/03 HOWARD IN HOWARD: Dean becomes the first candidate to visitall 99 counties in Iowa, finishing the tour with a stop inHoward County.

10/26/03 ENDORSEMENT: California Teachers Association (CTA) endorseDean. President Kerr said the 335,000-member associationcame out with an endorsement earlier than ever beforebecause this primary is too important.

10/27/03 ENDORSEMENT: The International Union of Painters and AlliedTrades became the first international union to endorseDean. The union brings 140,000 members to the campaignsand was named the most effective political organization inthe labor movement in 2001.

10/27/03 ENDORSEMENT: Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. announces that he willsoon endorse Dean, saying "I'm not wasting my time with anymore non-straight-talking candidates". Sharpton laterdecries the endorsement saying that Dean’s differentstances amount to an “anti-black” agenda.

10/28/03 METROSEXUAL: Dean uses an anecdote about being calledhandsome by a gay man to declare himself a “metrosexual,”the new buzzword for straight men who are in touch withtheir feminine sides. Shortly after he backtracked a bit,


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calling himself a “square... I like (rapper) Wyclef Jeanand everybody thinks I'm very hip, but I am really asquare, as my kids will tell you. I don't even get to watchtelevision. I've heard the term (metrosexual), but I don'tknow what it means.”

11/1/03 CONFEDERATE FLAG: In an attempt to defend his stance onguns, Dean told the Des Moines Register “I still want to bethe candidate for guys with Confederate flags in theirpickup trucks.” Rivals immediately jumped on the commentsaying it was offensive and that they alternatively wantedto represent people with American flags in their trucks.The Dean campaign countered with a statement Dean made atthe DNC meeting in February of 2003. "I intend to talkabout race during this election in the South. TheRepublicans have been talking about it since 1968 in orderto divide us, and I'm going to bring us together. Becauseyou know what? White folks in the South who drive pick-uptrucks with Confederate flag decals on the back ought to bevoting with us because their kids don't have healthinsurance either, and their kids need better schools too.”At a campaign speech designed to talk about campaignfinance at Cooper Union, he said he regretted the pain hisremark about "guys with Confederate flags" may have caused,but vowed not to shy away from serious discussions aboutrace. This was not the first time Dean had used the line,that was in

11/4/03 ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER FORUM: Braun, Clark, Dean, Edwards,Kerry, Kucinich, Lieberman, Sharpton participate in theRock the Vote Forum aired on CNN and hosted by AndersonCooper. Dean was on the defensive for the first half ofthe night as he fended off rivals and audience members whowere upset with his confederate flag statement.

11/5/03 PUBLIC FINANCING: Dean campaign sends an email tosupporters at midnight on Tuesday to tell them he isallowing them to decide whether he should accept publicfinancing for the primary. The campaign is leaving thedecision up to about 600,000 supporters who they contactedvia email, phone and old-fashioned U.S. post. In theletter to protesters, he claimed to support publicfinancing as it was designed, but went on to imply that itwas a better decision to decline the funds. "We have twochoices. The first will be for us to decline federalmatching funds. This will place the burden of funding thecampaign entirely in the hands of the people, but with aconviction that this may be the only way to win thiselection and reform our political system." People startto vote Thursday and the campaign will announce itsdecision on Saturday the 8th.

11/12/03 Dean wins the endorsements of the AFL-CIO’s two largestunions, the SEIU and AFSCME.


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11/17/03 HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Supporters celebrated his birthday theprevious weekend with 331 house parties, dubbed "Dean'sBirthday Bashes" around the country. According to thecampaign, over 5,700 people attended the house parties,each with the goal of raising $555 and ranged from Alaskato the governor's mother's house in New York. His mother,introduced Dean during the Saturday call, and his brothers,Bill and Jim, led the house parties in singing.

11/16/03 CHARLIE DEAN: The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC)informed the Dean family that they located what theybelieve to be the remains of Dean’s brother Charlie, andhis traveling companion, Neil Sharman, in Laos.

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U.S. SENATOR JOHN EDWARDS

Age: 50

Birthdate: June 10, 1953 in Seneca, S.C.

Current Position: U.S Senator from North Carolina 1998-present.

Career Highlights: Attorney 1977-1998; Committees in Senate:Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, Judiciary,Small Business & Entrepreneurship, selectintelligence.

Education: North Carolina State (1974); University ofNorth Carolina Law School (1977)

Military Service: None

Hometown: Raleigh, North Carolina

Religion: Methodist

Announcement: September 16, 2003

Spouse: Elizabeth Anania Edwards

Age: 54

Birthday: July 3, 1949 in Jacksonville, Fla

Career: Attorney, Merriman, Nicholls and Crampton,1984-96; attorney, North Carolina AttorneyGeneral's office, 1981-84; judicial clerk, U.S.District Court Judge Calvitt Clarke, Jr. inNorfolk, Virginia, 1977-78. Wade EdwardsFoundation.

Education: B.A. in English, University of North Carolinaat Chapel Hill, 1971; J.D., UNC Law School,1977.

Hometown: Raleigh, NC

Religion: Methodist

Family: Four children, Catharine (21), Wade (deceased),Emma Claire (5), Jack (3)

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6/10/53 JOHN EDWARDS: Born in Seneca, SC. His father, Wallace,worked in textile mills and his mother, Bobbie, ran a smallfurniture shop and later worked as a postal employee.According to the Boston Globe, Wallace Edwards couldn't paythe $100 bill to bring his wife and son home. To satisfyhospital officials and bring home his family he took out a$50 loan, at 100 percent interest.

1973 CLEMSON FOOTBALL: Edwards lived with his grandparents andplayed football at Clemson but couldn’t get a scholarshipso he left after the first semester. He started at N.C.State in the winter because he could get in-state tuition.

1974 Graduates from North Carolina State University with anhonors degree in textiles. He was the first person in hisfamily to go to college.

1977 Earns a law degree at University of North Carolina atChapel Hill, where he met his wife Elizabeth. According tothe Charlotte Observer, he titled a school paper "Why IWant to Be a Lawyer" at the age of 11, which read "Probablythe most important reason I want to be a lawyer is to helpprotect innocent people from blind justice the best I can."

7/30/77 Marries Mary Elizabeth Anania who is three years hissenior. Elizabeth kept her maiden name until her son died,at which time she legally changed it to Edwards.

1978-81 Works as an associate at Dearborn & Ewing in Nashville, TN.

1981-83 Works as an associate at Tharrington Smith & Hargrove.

1990 Named one of the top 100 trial lawyers in the country.Between 1990 and 2001 Edwards accounted for more than one-quarter of the $448 million in medical malpractice awardsreported in North Carolina according to the Medical MutualInsurance Co. of North Carolina. (Edwards practiced lawthrough 1998.)

1984-92 Works as a partner at Tharrington Smith & Hargrove.

1993-99 Starts his own law firm Edwards & Kirby in Raleigh, NC.

4/16/1996 SON DIES: Edward's 16-year-old son, Wade, dies in a caraccident on his way to his family’s beach house in NorthCarolina. In his honor the Edwards' establish a nonprofitfoundation and an after-school computer center, the WadeEdwards Learning Lab, where kids could do homework andreceive technical training.

11/3/98 WINS ELECTION TO U.S. SENATE: Edwards is elected to theU.S. Senate, defeating D.G. Martin in the primary andincumbent Republican Sen. Lauch Faircloth in the general,52 percent to 47 percent.

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1/6/99 OATH OF OFFICE: Edwards is sworn into office.

1/27/99 FIRST VOTE: Edwards sided with Democrats in their failedeffort to dismiss the case for Clinton’s impeachment. Hesaid that he did not condone Clinton’s actions, but that hevoted for the dismissal on legal grounds: the Housemanagers did not prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt.

1/29/99 CLINTON IMPEACHMENT: Edwards was one of three Democrats andthree Republicans named to oversee Monica Lewinsky and twoother witnesses’ depositions.

2/12/99 PRAISE FOR EDWARDS: Republican Sen. Gordon Smith fromOregon along with several other Senators complimentedEdwards’s closing remarks during the Clinton impeachmentdebates. The trial was a boost for Edwards’ profile.

2/16/99 ENDORSE AL: Edwards endorses Al Gore for president.

2/23/99 MILITARY HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT: Edwards cosponsored abill to improve health insurance for military servicemembers, their families, and retirees.

3/2/99 Y2K: Edwards appointed to a Senate panel on the Year 2000computer bug. He also cosponsored legislation that wouldhelp small businesses prepare their computers for Y2K.

3/31/99 YUGOSLAVIA: Visiting western North Carolina, Edwards saidhe supported the U.S. air strike in Yugoslavia, but did notsupport sending ground troops.

4/20/99 TAR HEEL TUESDAYS: Edwards held his first Tar Heel Tuesday,a town hall style meeting that allows North Carolinaconstituents visiting Washington to speak with theirsenator every other Tuesday when the Senate is in session.

6/4/99 KOSOVO: Edwards was cautious in his support for the Kosovopeace agreement, but said that NATO should continue the airstrikes and keep an eye on Yugoslav President Milosevic.

6/15/99 PATIENTS BILL OF RIGHTS: Edwards fought for the Patients’Bill of Rights, but was disappointed when the bill wasadopted without a key amendment that would have givenpatients the right to sue HMOs and insurance companies whenmistakes they make have serious medical consequences andhurt patients.

9/9/99 EDWARDS PRAISE: Debating the Patients Bill of Rights, Sen.James Jeffords, R-Vt., yielded the floor to Edwards whoblasted each of Jeffords’ arguments in what was called abrilliant speech. Later, Jeffords was quoted as saying,“Never yield the floor to Edwards,” giving the freshmanSenator some buzz for his trial lawyer skills on the Senatefloor. A Roll Call article even named him as the potentialnext chairman for the Democratic Senatorial CampaignCommittee.


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1/8/00 NEW BABY, NEW HOME: Edwards and his wife Elizabeth announcethey are expecting a fourth child who will join Cate andEmma Claire. The news came a few weeks after they purchaseda $2.2 million mansion on Massachusetts Ave. in Washington.Edwards commuted from NC for his first year in the Senateso that his daughter Cate could finish high school inRaleigh.

5/00 IT’S A BOY: Elizabeth gives birth to John Atticus Edwards,whom they call Jack, at the age of 50. Atticus refers tothe Atticus of ancient Rome, not Atticus Finch in "To Killa Mockingbird."

5/8/00 YUCCA/NUCLEAR WASTE: Reversing an earlier vote, Edwardsvotes in favor of a nuclear waste depository in the YuccaMountains of Nevada. Environmentalists were quick tocriticize the move, but Edwards said he had to change hisvote to prevent a similar North Carolina nuclear wastedepository from expanding. Edwards vote brought the Senateone vote away from overriding Clinton’s veto of the bill.

6/00 VP CONTENDER?: Edwards was on the shortlist of runningmates for Al Gore.

7/23/00 EDWARDS JOINS MADD: Edwards joined Mothers Against DrunkDriving to push Congress to make .08 blood alcohol contentthe national standard for drunk driving.

8/15/00 EDWARDS SPEAKING TOUR: Edwards gives speeches in NewHampshire, Iowa, New York, and California as part of theDemocratic National Convention. The buzz surrounding thespeaking tour hinted at Edwards’ presidential aspirations.

11/3/00 SEXIEST MAN ALIVE: Edwards is named People magazine’s“Sexiest Politician” in the annual Sexiest Man Alive issue.

2-6/01 BIPARTISAN PATIENT PROTECTION ACT: Edwards was a chiefsponsor of the Bipartisan Patient Protection Act thatpassed in the Senate in 2001 along with Sen. John McCain.The Edwards-McCain proposal would address persistentcomplaints from patients in managed care programs, ensureER treatment, specialists, and clinical trials. The billpassed the Senate on June 29, 2001.

3/3/01 CAMPAIGN 2004: Edwards heads to Des Moines to speak at aDrake University Law School dinner, fueling the alreadyloud rumors that he was considering a presidential run.

8/9/01 MIDDLE EAST: Edwards spends a week traveling through theMiddle East with stops in Israel and Egypt to meet withIsraeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and other high-rankingIsraeli, Palestinian and Egyptian leaders. He called thevisit personally moving as well as necessary to understandthe crisis in the area.


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12/1/01 CAMPAIGN IN CALIFORNIA: Edwards spoke with the CA League ofConservation Voters and the American Israel Public AffairsCommittee. Although Edwards had not yet announced hisinterest in a presidential run, the trip signaled a returnto the campaign trail since he turned to more seriousmatters after Sept. 11

12/14/01 BACK IN IOWA: During his second trip to Iowa, Edwards spoketo the Quad City Federation of Labor. He urged Democrats tofocus on traditional issues like education, health care andsocial security, rather than the war on terrorism. While inIowa, he attended a lunch to help re-elect Sen. Tom Harkin,D-IA.

12/15/01 HIRES OPERATIVE: Edwards hires Steve Jarding, aninfluential Democratic political strategist, to head hispolitical action committee. Jarding later leaves to workfor the Graham campaign.

1/7-10/02 AFGHANISTAN: Edwards, along with eight other U.S. senators,are part of the first congressional delegation toAfghanistan since American bombing started. Sens. JohnMcCain and Joe Lieberman invited him because of his Senateduties.

2/1/02 FIRST N.H. TRIP: Edwards makes a three-day weekend visit toNew Hampshire appearing at the homes of Democraticactivists saying he hasn’t decided whether he will run forpresident because “politics will take care of themselves.”

2/26/02 OPPOSES CONFIRMATION OF PICKERING: Edwards aggressivelyquestioned Mississipi District Judge Charles Pickering,focusing on judicial ethics and civil rights.

3/11/02 COMMUNITY CORPS: Edwards announces legislation that wouldestablish a nationwide competitive grant program to provideassistance to states or local school districts that requirecommunity service commitment as a condition for high schoolgraduation.

4/4/02 IOWA FACE TIME: Edwards makes his third appearance in Iowaat the Buchanan County Democrats’ annual banquet, an eventthat has featured Sen. Tom Harkin and Rep. Dick Gephardt inrecent years.

4/12/02 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS: Edwards speaks at the Floridaconvention, but insists he has not made plans to run forpresident and is only playing the role of spokesman for theDemocrats. He then traveled to Charleston, WV to headlinethe state Democratic Party’s annual dinner.

4/16/02 FUNDRAISING: Edwards took in nearly $1 million in politicaldonations in the first quarter of the year. Edwards raiseda total of $658,750 for his political action committee, the“New American Optimists,” giving him $1,082,495 in thataccount and he raised $310,341 for his Senate 2004 re-


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election fund, giving him $1,565,609 in the bank, bringinghis total to about $2.6 million.

4/19/02 ANTITERRORISM: The Senate passed Edwards’ “Name Matchingfor Enforcement Security Act” that would require the FBIand other agencies to develop new lookout databases. Themeasure was included in the Enhanced Border Security Act.

4/22/02 WOMEN’S HEALTH: Edwards introduced two bills to improvecare for women who are victims of sexual or domesticviolence. The Women In Trauma Act would focus on federalefforts on improving metal health and substance abuse.

HIV PATIENTS: Edwards introduced legislation that will helppatients who received an HIV-infected transfusion ortransplant.

5/1/02 PURCHASES IA DEM LIST: Edwards paid the Iowa DemocraticParty $65,000 for its database on voters in the state. Themove was called a clear signal that Edwards is seriouslyseeking the presidential nomination.

5/4-5/02 SOUTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION: Edwards, along withSen. John Kerry, spoke at the S.C. Democratic Convention.He laid out his populist vision of America and took onPresident Bush.

5/5/02 MEET THE PRESS: Edwards appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press.The interview brought criticism from the media,specifically conservative columnist Robert Novak, whocalled the appearance a stumbling performance that provedhe was “unready for prime time.”

5/25/02 U.S. TRADE BILL: The Senate passed a trade bill giving thepresident renewed authority to negotiate internationaltrade agreements. It includes an amendment by Edwards thatprovides nonbinding instruction to U.S. negotiators to seekfairer deals for the textile industry in future trade talksas well as two measures to help laid-off workers.

6/23/02 TESTING THE WATERS?: Edwards makes his second trip to N.H.

6/26/02 WEEKEND RETREAT: Edwards allies gathered at St. SimonsIsland, GA to discuss where his money would come from if heshould decide to pursue the WH. Edwards’ PAC directorSteve Jarding, pollster Harrison Hickman, two ex-Clintonstaffers, domestic policy adviser Bruce Reed and economicadviser Gene Sperling, attended.

7/11/02 PRESCRIPTION DRUG PROPOSAL: The Senate Health Committeepasses Edwards’ proposal that would make prescription drugsmore affordable by removing barriers to competition fromlow-cost generic drugs. The Senate passed the bill on July31, 2002.

7/25/02 BUSH V. EDWARDS: President Bush visited N.C. to helpElizabeth Dole in her Senate race, but he also made a


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comment that many thought was aimed directly at Edwards,“What we want is quality health care, not rich triallawyers.” Edwards responded within the hour saying, “Ispent most of my life before I came to the Senate fightingfor kids and families against big insurance companies – andI think that’s the right side to be on. If the presidentwants to take the side of the big insurance companies,we’ll let him do that.”

7/28/02 SECOND QUARTER: Edwards reported raising $2.7 million,bringing his cash on hand total to $4.4 million.

8/02 ALLIES: Sens. Edwards, Kennedy and McCain gave up onnegotiations with the White House on a bill they authoredto define patients' rights because they couldn’t reachagreement on creation of a federal right for patients tosue for injuries caused by the decisions of an H.M.O.

8/31/02 BOOK DEAL: Simon & Schuster announce it had signed anagreement with Edwards to produce a book “on the lessonslearned during his distinguished legal career.”

9/12/02 ON IRAQ: Edwards called for the overthrow of SaddamHussein, saying Iraq defied the UN and represents a gravethreat to the U.S.

9/20/02 IRAQ OP-ED: Bush met with Congress and asked for broad war-making authority. The Washington Post published Edwards’op-ed, urging quick action to give Bush militaryauthorization. “The resolution should be strong andunambiguous. It would not be a blank check for theadministration, but neither should it try to micromanage awar from Capitol Hill,” he wrote.

9/22/02 EDWARDS BACKERS MEET: About 125 supporters gather inPinehurst, N.C. for a “weekend retreat” that includedeverything from foreign policy briefings to a performanceby Hootie & The Blowfish.

9/26/02 AD CAMPAIGN: Edwards’ PAC, the New American Optimists,launched a television ad campaign with a get-out-the-votemessage. One features Edwards walking through his hometownRobbins, N.C. and another has Edwards speaking directly tothe camera about his experience visiting the soldiers inAfghanistan.

9/27/02 NEW HOUSE: Edwards bought a $3.8 million home inGeorgetown, saying that their old house did not have a yardwhere the children could play. They listed their previoushome near Embassy Row at $3.9 million, which would earnthem 74 percent profit for the two years they owned thehome.

10/5/02 IA JEFFERSON-JACKSON DAY DINNER: Edwards landed a speakingrole as a special guest at the Iowa J-J dinner, marking hissixth visit to the state. Edwards, Dean, and Kerry spoke tothe crowd about the economy and foreign policy.


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10/7/02 BLAST BUSH’S FOREIGN POLICY: Distancing himself from theBush administration, Edwards makes a speech at the Centerfor Strategic and International Studies in Washington,accusing Bush of “arrogance without purpose” that is markedby “gratuitous unilateralism.” He also detailed his foreignpolicy strategy, calling for action to win the war onterrorism.

10/11/02 VOTES FOR IRAQ RESOLUTION: Edwards was one of 77 senatorsto vote to authorize President Bush to use military forcein Iraq, if necessary.

10/14/02 ELIZABETH’S FIRST SPEECH: Elizabeth Edwards gives her firstmajor speech addressing several hundred Democratic women atthe annual fundraising Vance-Aycock weekend in Asheville.Edwards spoke at the dinner and was booed by some in theaudience who opposed his war stance.

10/18/02 N.H. JEFFERSON JACKSON DAY DINNER: Edwards spoke at the J-Jdinner in Manchester.

11/8/02 SOFT MONEY BAN HITS EDWARDS: The new campaign finance lawstook effect, causing Edwards to change his fundraising andspending strategy. Of the $5.5 million raised, $4.3 million(80 percent) was soft money contributions to his PAC.

11/18/02 FLORIDA BLUE KEY: Edwards keynotes the annual banquet ofthe exclusive club, Florida Blue Key. He was introduced asa “hunky heartthrob” and then he talked about everythingfrom cutting taxes for the middle class to problems fromdrugs and poverty.

11/21/02 EDUCATION POLICY ADDRESS: Edwards lays out his educationreform agenda that includes a proposal to provide studentswith a tuition free year at college and create incentivesto attract teachers. He calls for universities to ignorelegacies in the admissions process and proposes increasingfederal spending on education to $7 billion annually.

11/26/02 BAR HOPPING: Edwards “connects” with young voters at atrendy bar in Manhattan called Eden.

11-12/02 TO RUN OR NOT TO RUN: According to Walter Shapiro’s book“One Car Caravan,” Edwards is rethinking whether to jump inthe race. One of the reasons against running is that itmay be too early in his political career. He planed onhaving a decision by Thanksgiving weekend when he met withadvisors, but after the meeting they decided that theyneeded to meet again. He didn’t decide until the end ofDecember to run. It was during this indecision that bothBob Shrum and Jim Kennedy left the campaign and eventuallysigned up with John Kerry.

12/2-5/02 TRIP TO EUROPE, MEET WITH NATO: Edwards met with top NATOofficials – Javier Solana, Gen. Joseph Ralston, and Lord


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George Roberston – in Brussels to talk about internationalpolitics and Iraq. While in London he met Tony Blair andsaid the two of them “hit it off” while they talked abouttopics from Iraq to presidential politics. Edwardsdescribed the trip as work for the Senate IntelligenceCommittee.

12/9/02 ENTERTAINS NH DEMS: Edwards hosts about a dozen partyactivists from N.H. at his home in Washington, includingstate Rep. Linda Foster, her husband Scott Foster, andstate Rep. Jim Craig.

12/15/02 ARIZONA: Edwards criticizes Bush’s handling of the economywhile in Phoenix.

1/2/03 ANNOUNCES PRESIDENTIAL EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE: In Raleigh,North Carolina, Edwards announces the formation of acommittee to explore a bid for the Democratic nomination.He said, "I believe I can be a champion for regularpeople."

1/21/03 NARAL DINNER REMARKS: Edwards spoke about his pro-choicestance at the NARAL Roe v. Wade 30th Anniversary Dinner inWashington, D.C.

1/28/03 RESPONSE TO STATE OF THE UNION: Edwards attacked Bush's taxcuts to "the richest Americans" in response to PresidentBush's State of the Union Address.

2/1/03 ELIZABETH TO NH: Elizabeth Edwards made her first solovisit to NH.

2/13/03 NEW INTELLIGENCE AGENCY: Edwards introduced legislationthat would create the Homeland Intelligence Agency to trackdown terrorist cells in the U.S. and replace the FBI’sdomestic intelligence operation since they did not detectthe terrorists before Sept. 11. He called DirectorMueller’s FBI reform proposal “too little, too late.”

2/25-27/03 AFL-CIO: Edwards attends the three-day meeting at theunion-owned Diplomat Hotel and Spa in Hollywood Beach, butwas not part of the official events.

3/8/03 GRIDIRON CLUB: Edwards spoke at the annual dinner.

3/15/03 CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION: Edwards speaks at the CADemocratic Party convention in Sacramento along with fiveother presidential candidates. The crowd applauded hisstance on abortion, affirmative action, and college tuitionassistance, but when his speech turned to his support ofthe war in Iraq, the audience booed him chanting “no war!”After the convention Dean sent a letter of apology toEdwards for falsely claiming that Edwards consciously didnot talk about the war because he was speaking to a left-leaning audience.


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4/9/03 CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND FORUM: Edwards attended theChildren’s Defense Fund Presidential Candidates Forum.

4/15/03 FIRST QUARTER: Edwards filed the first quarter FEC report,and topped the list, raising $7.4 million between Januaryand April.

4/17/03 CRITICIZES BUSH’S ECONOMY: During campaign stops inWaterloo, Dubuque, Davenport, Clinton, Iowa City, and CedarRapids, Iowa, Edwards blasted the Bush Administration’s“misguided” economic agenda.

4/24/03 LAWYER CONTRIBUTIONS INVESTIGATED: The U.S. JusticeDepartment started an investigation into contributions madeby several employees from an Arkansas law firm to Edwards’campaign.

4/26/03 PENSION PLANS: In a speech to a group at New EnglandCollege in Henniker, N.H, Edwards outlined a plan thatwould prohibit companies from cutting workers' pensions andbenefits while protecting their CEOs' perks.

5/3/03 COLLISION IN COLUMBIA: The nine presidential candidatesmeet in Columbia, S.C. for the first presidential debate,hosted by ABC. Edwards played to the South Carolina crowd,reminding them that he was born there and he had the small-town values that were needed to take on big interests.

5/7/03 “THE HILL” INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING: “The Hill” looked intothe questionable donations to the Edwards’ campaign from anumber of paralegals, secretaries, and people withscattered voting records and no prior history ofcontributing to political campaigns. The Department ofJustice has begun a criminal investigation into donationsto the Edwards campaign from an Arkansas personal injurylaw firm. Michelle Abu-Halmeh, a legal assistant at Turner& Associates, told The Washington Post last month that sheexpected to be reimbursed by her boss for her $2,000contribution.

5/14/03 HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN DINNER: Edwards keynoted the 16th

annual HRC dinner in Atlanta where he announced his supportfor gay adoption.

5/14/03 ANTI-EDWARDS ADS: Republican group, Americans for JobSecurity, launched an attack ad campaign that calls Edwardsan obstacle to tort reform because of his close ties withtrial lawyers. The first ads ran in North Carolina and thegroup plans to begin a negative billboard campaign in NHand Iowa.

5/17/03 WORKER’S BILL OF RIGHTS: While campaigning in Iowa, Edwardsoutlines a proposal for a Worker and Shareholder Bill ofRights. The plan would secure equal treatment for CEO andworker pensions, reduce CEO pay, and enable shareholders tocontrol Boards of Directors.


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5/20/03 EDWARDS ON IRAQ: Edwards called U.S. policy in Iraq“confused and chaotic” and said the U.S. should involve theUN and NATO, create a NATO-led peacekeeping force, ensurethat the Iraqi people govern, and make it clear that we arenot going to exploit their oil reserves.

5/21/03 RURAL POLICY: Edwards unveiled his rural policy plan inNevada, Iowa. The plan aims to encourage investment insmall towns, boost rural economy with technology, andimprove education and health care in rural areas.

6/2/03 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: Edwards brought his “College forEveryone” plan to Manchester, NH to discuss it withstudents, parents and teachers at Manchester Central. Theplan offers free tuition for the first year at a communityor public university for students who work at least 10hours/week at a part-time job or community service program.

6/10/03 HAPPY 50th BIRTHDAY

6/17/03 TAX POLICY: Edwards announces his economic proposal to agroup at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Hisproposal would cut middle class taxes by $160 billion over10 years and eliminate some of Bush’s 2003 tax cuts to payfor his plan. It would also include a $5,000 tax credit forfirst time homebuyers with moderate incomes. The governmentwould match or nearly match contributions to retirementplans, much like many businesses do for their employees. Hewould use the excess money to pay down the federal debt.

6/30/03 BEACH BOYS: Edwards holds a backyard fundraiser in LosAngeles, CA featuring the Beach Boys.

6/30/03 2ND QUARTER REPORT: Edwards’ campaign raised $4.5 million,bringing the year to date total to $12 million. He alsoreported $8 million cash on hand. According to the RaleighNews and Observer, $2.3 million came from lawyers andothers from the legal profession.

7/4/03 JULY 4TH: Edwards made his fifth annual beach walk inWilmington, N.C.

7/7/03 KICKS OFF SUMMER TOWN HALL TOUR: In a speech to theManchester Rotary Club, Edwards endorsed expensing stockoptions as a way of standing out on the issue of corporateresponsibility while in Manchester, N.H.

7/11/03 PROPOSED HOG WASTE PLAN: In Iowa, Edwards unveils aproposal that would put limits on pollution from large hogfarms by confining feeding operations and strengtheningregulations on spraying the waste as fertilizer.

7/14/03 NAACP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FORUM: Edwards along with fiveother presidential candidates attend the forum, but thereal fireworks came when NAACP President Kweisi Mfumechastised Kucinich, Lieberman and Gephardt, who did notcome, calling them persona non grata. Edwards and Kerry had


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originally been part of the agreement not to appear, butdecided to attend the night before.

7/15/03 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Edwards calls on the Senate to helpAmerican farmers compete in the meat market by supportingthe implementation of country-of-origin labeling rulesincluded in the 2002 farm bill.

7/15/03 TOWN HALL TOUR: Edwards spoke to a crowd of over 200 inPortsmouth, N.H. during his second town hall meeting. Thecrowd’s reaction was mixed.

7/18/03 LOBBYIST DONATIONS?: Edwards has vowed not to acceptcampaign money from Washington lobbyists in hispresidential campaign as he did in his 1998 Senatecampaign. But, the Charlotte Observer reports that 39lobbyists in Washington and ten other states have given$40,792. But, after a closer look, it turns out thatEdwards gladly accepts money from state lobbyists and thefour lobbyists from Washington are not registered for 2003.

7/26/03 ON POSTWAR IRAQ: Edwards called the Bush administration’spostwar policy “irresponsible,” but stopped short of sayinghe would vote differently today.

7/28/03 HEALTH CARE POLICY: Edwards unveils his health care planfeaturing a new set of tax breaks that would make it easierfor parents to provide insurance to their children.

8/5/03 UP IN IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE: Edwards launched three TV adsin Iowa and New Hampshire, the first spots of hispresidential campaign. In the ads, Edwards touts hisworking-class roots and his ideas for job creation andcollege tuition, while one spot takes a shot at PresidentBush. In Iowa, the ads were airing in Cedar Rapids and DesMoines, which covered 80 percent of caucus voters. For NewHampshire voters, the spot is airing in Boston, Manchester,N.H., and White River Junction, Vt.

8/12/03 Edwards takes part in Oklahoma forum.

8/13-8/18 REAL SOLUTIONS: John Edwards’ starts his “real solutions”tour and hits the road with a family bus trip to 21 Iowacounties.

8/18/03 UP IN SOUTH CAROLINA: Edwards became the first presidentialcandidate to launch TV ads in South Carolina, where hiscampaign is up with three spots. In one of them, Edwardssits in front of his South Carolina boyhood home andpromises, "I will never forget where I come from and whoI'm fighting for." The other two ads, titled "Plan" and"Jobs," have already aired in Iowa and New Hampshire.

8/20-25 Edwards’ brings his “Real Solutions Express” to NewHampshire.

8/25/03 NEW AD: "Hometown," began airing in the Mason City, Ottumwaand Sioux City markets. The ad opens with a shot of


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Edwards in his hometown of Robbins, N.C., which Edwardsdescribes as "a place where values like hard work, family,faith and community mattered."

8/26/03 Edwards holds town hall meetings in Columbia andGreenville, South Carolina.

9/4/03 ZOGBY: Edwards barely leads the pack in the latest SouthCarolina poll with 10 percent; Dean comes in with 9percent, Kerry and Lieberman both come in with eightpercent. 501 likely voters were interviewed and the pollhad a margin of error of +/-4.5%.

9/7/03 I’M OUT: State Democratic Party chairwoman Barbara Allenreceived a letter from Edwards stating he would not seekre-election to the U.S Senate so he could devote all of hisenergy to running for President.

9/8/03 Edwards holds town hall meeting in Merrimack, NewHampshire.

9/8/03 SEIU CONFERENCE: Edwards impresses conference participantsand a survey of 1,500 SEIU conference participants foundDean and Gephardt the top contenders along with Edwards,who pushed John Kerry off the list. (AP)

9/9/03 CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS DEBATE: Howard Dean upsetDemocratic rivals during the debate when he told the crowd:"I'm the only white politician that ever talks about racein front of white audiences." Edwards camp responded thenext day saying: "I think what Howard Dean said last nightdoes a disservice to everyone he stood next to and all thepeople before us who have raised this issue over and overagain in front of all audiences." Edward "urges racialtolerance in nearly every speech he gives on the campaigntrail, including addresses to white crowds."

9/16/03 NOW IT’S OFFICIAL: Edwards formally announces his candidacyfor president in front of the old Milliken Mill where hisfather, Wallace, worked, in Robbins, N.C. and then heheaded to Columbia, South Carolina to continue the tour.However, Wesley Clark trumped his big day by announcingthat he would officially enter the race the following day.

9/25/03 Edwards’ camp released their new polling that shows Edwardsleading in SC with 23%; next up is Clark with 13%; allothers in single digits.

9/30/03 3rd Quarter Spending: Edwards raised $2.1 million, andtransferred $460,000 from his almost Senate reelectioncampaign to his presidential fund, for a total of $2.6million. He spent more than twice that, $5.9 million,leaving him a cash balance of $4.8 million, down from the$8.1 million he had at the end of June.


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10/22/03 Edwards’ pollster Harrison Hickman conducts his own SouthCarolina primary poll that shows Senator Edwards on topwith 23 percent. Clark trails him at 13 percent.

10/26/03 McLaughlin Group selects Edwards as the Democrat “mostlikely to leave the race next.” Others claim that he is notout of the game and that poll numbers are rising.

10/29/03 Attended a fundraiser in Southern California hosted byDennis Hopper.

10/31/03 HELP IN THE GRANITE STATE: Edwards gets the endorsement ofinfluential NH state senator, Lou D’Allesandro.

11/1/03 The American Research Group conducts a poll that showsEdwards falling behind Clark in South Carolina with 10% ascompared with Clark’s 17%.

11/3/03 While serving on the Senate Intelligence Committee that wasinvestigating intelligence failures between the U.S. andSaudi Arabia, Edwards entered negotiations with a PRconsultant for the Saudi Arabian government to sell hisD.C. house. Both Edwards and the consultant, MichaelPetruzzello, claimed the deal was strictly about the houseand nothing else. The sale did not occur for otherreasons.

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U.S. REPRESENTATIVE RICHARD GEPHARDT

Age: 62

Birthdate: January 31, 1941 in St. Louis, Missouri

Current Position: Member of the US House of Representatives fromMissouri, 1977-present.

Career Highlights: Attorney at Thompson & Mitchell (now ThompsonCoburn) Firm, 1965-1977; Chairman of DemocraticCaucus 1985-1989; House Majority Leader, 1989-1995, and Minority Leader, 1995-2003.

Education: B.S. Northwestern University (1962), J.D.University of Michigan (1965)

Military Service: Air National Guard, 1965-1971

Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri

Religion: Baptist

Announcement: February 19, 2003St. Louis, Missouri

Spouse: Jane Byrnes

Age: 61.

Birthday: June 2, 1942 in Grand Island, Neb.

Career Highlights: Office manager, Northern Virginia MedicalAssociates, 1990-2000; account manager inadvertising, Brown Shoe Company, St. Louis,Mo.; 1966-70; office manager, advertising anddesign division, Container Corporation ofAmerica, 1964-66.

Education: B.A., Northwestern University, 1964.

Hometown: Columbus, Neb.

Religion: Baptist

Family: Three children, Matt (32), Chrissy (30), andKate (26)

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1/31/41 DICK GEPHARDT: Born to Louis and Loreen Gephardt and grewup in the same working class neighborhood that herepresents today.

1958 Graduates from Southwest High School in St. Louis.

1962 Graduates from Northwestern University with a B.S. inspeech. While in college he served as student bodypresident.

1965 Gephardt graduates from the University of Michigan LawSchool, and joins Thompson and Mitchell, a law firm in St.Louis, where he practices until 1976.

1965 MILITARY: Gephardt joins the Air National Guard, serving asa captain and legal adviser.

1966 MARRIES: Gephardt marries Jane Byrnes who he met on herfirst day on campus as he and friends were helping freshmanmove in.

1972 CANCER: Gephardt’s 2-year-old son Matt is diagnosed withwhat doctors said was terminal cancer. Gephardt oftenrefers to this experience and his good fortune having a jobthat provided a good health care plan. “That insuranceplan, great doctors and nurses, and the grace of God, savedMatt's life,” he said in an op-ed piece in the St. LouisPost.

1971-76 PUBLIC SERVICE: Gephardt is elected to the St. Louis Boardof Aldermen. He is re-elected in 1975, but leaves beforethe end of his term to begin his first term in the USHouse.

11/2/76 THE HILL: Gephardt elected to his first of 14 terms in theUS House with 64% of the vote and quickly becomes a memberof the Ways and Means Committee in 1977.

1977 ROUND 1 WITH CARTER: Just elected to the House, he makes animpassioned plea on the House floor to reject PresidentJimmy Carter’s proposal to pardon Vietnam War draftresisters.

1977 UNIONS: As early as 1977 he begins sounding alarms aboutthe effects of the growing U.S. trade deficit on theAmerican work force. As a member of the newly formed HouseAuto Task Force, he co-sponsored “domestic content”legislation.

11/7/78 REELECTED: Reelected to the House with 82% of the vote.

11/4/80 Reelected to the House with 78% of the vote.

8/81 EARLY DAYS: “President’s position on Abortion, Busing,School Prayer Criticized,” the headline said – in a releasethat reproached then-President Ronald Reagan for not

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doing enough to end abortion, to block school busing and topromote prayer in school.

1981 REGANOMICS: After the Democratic alternative tax bill failsin Congress, Gephardt supports Reganomics by casting hisvote for the Administration’s tax-cutting proposal.

8/82 TAXES: The Bradley-Gephardt Fair Tax Act is introduced.The Bradley-Gephardt bill never passed, but it had animpact and spawned rival tax simplification plans fromRepublicans and became a model for the landmark Tax ReformAct of 1986, with its across-the-board reductions of taxrates and elimination of many tax breaks.

11/2/82 REELECTED: Reelected to the House with 78% of the vote.

1984 Gephardt is elected chairman of the House DemocraticCaucus, the number four leadership position.

11/6/84 100%: Reelected to the House with 100% of the vote.

1985 “NEW DEMOCRAT”: In an article headlined “The MiddlestMiddle-of-the Road Democrat,” Fortune Magazine highlightsGephardt’s willingness to challenge his party’s liberaltraditions. “With his Robert Redford good looks, telegenicpersonality and relative youth, Gephardt is the verypicture of a New Democrat,” the magazine proclaimed.

3/85 Gephardt founds and chairs the centrist DemocraticLeadership Council, giving him leverage in the South for apresidential bid.

5/86 FLIPS: Gephardt announces he no longer supports aconstitutional amendment to ban abortion, though he hadpreviously co-sponsored such amendments in 1981 and 1983.He still does not support federal funding of abortions,except for cases of rape, incest or life endangerment.

10/18/86 KEYNOTES: Gephardt delivers keynote address at theJefferson-Jackson dinner in Ames, Iowa.


2/3/87 FIRST ONE IN: At Union Station in St. Louis, Gephardtbecomes the first Democratic presidential candidate in the1988 race, using “Make America First” as the theme of hisannouncement speech.

3/5/87 MY FATHER WAS A MILK TRUCK DRIVER: Clarifying confusionthat arose when a reporter checked his father’s obituaryand found that he was listed as a real estate agent,Gephardt issues a fact sheet stating that his father drovea milk truck and then worked as a real estate agent.Gephardt’s stump speech since 1985 included the line “myfather was a milk truck driver.”


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5/13/87 Gephardt sponsors an “anti-colorization” bill givingscreenwriters and directors the right to control whathappens to their films.

5/17/87 LEADING THE POLLS: Gephardt receives 24% in a Des MoinesRegister Iowa poll of 401 Democrats, taken right after GaryHart dropped out of the race. The poll shows 37%undecided. In a previous Iowa poll, Hart received 56%,Gephardt 9%.

6/3/87 The New York Times reports that when asked by a reporterwhether he had ever committed adultery, Gephardt says “no.”

7/20/87 ONE OF US: Gephardt debates Jack Kemp at Drake Universityin Des Moines. The two disagree on trade, taxes and SocialSecurity, but find common ground on one issue.

10/22/87 CBS EVENING NEWS runs a Gephardt profile, which says he’sswitched his position on abortion, visited 48 statesalready, been to Iowa 61 times since 1986.

10/26/87 FUNDRAISER: Gephardt’s campaign claims it has raised moremoney than the other “Super Tuesday candidate” Al Gore, bya margin 2-1.

11/3/87 FIRST IN SHOW: Gephardt is the first candidate to visit all99 counties in Iowa.

11/11/87 TANKING OUT: Washington Post reports that Gephardt may be“out of gas in Iowa,” saying the campaign is low on moneyand the candidate appears exhausted from his gruelingcampaign schedule.

11/23/87 OOPS: Time magazine reports that in an effort to contradicttalk that the Gephardt campaign has stalled in Iowa, thecampaign “scams a secret poll” during the annual Jefferson-Jackson dinner by hiring a small town newspaper publisheras a front man to pay Iowans $20 an hour to distribute andcollect straw poll ballots. The Iowa Democratic Partybanned such beauty contests and the poll is aborted.

11/30/87 HARD TIMES: In a national CBS News/New York Times poll,Gephardt receives 5% of the vote among registeredDemocratic voters.

12/87 Gephardt makes a comeback with a sharpened, populist messageand an ad campaign that started shortly after Christmas. Healso scored points with laborers when he explained that a$10,000 Chrysler K-car costs $48,000 in South Korea becauseof the government's taxes and tariffs whereas Hyundais aresold for $7,000. However, in the United States he saidSouth Koreans could sell their Hyundais in the U.S for$7,000. He went on to say that he would even the playingfield and would force the South Koreans to remove theirtaxes and tariffs. If they don't, he threatened, they'llhave to ask themselves: "How many Americans are going topay $48,000 for one of their Hyundais?”


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2/8/88 GEPHARDT WINS IOWA: Official party totals, with 82 percentof the precincts reporting, showed Gephardt with 30 percentof the delegates, Sen. Paul Simon of Illinois with 26percent and Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis with 23percent.

2/23/88 GLORY DAYS: Gephardt trounced Massachusetts Gov. Michael S.Dukakis in a hard-fought, head-to-head showdown in theSouth Dakota Democratic presidential primary. But Dukakisoverpowered other Democratic challengers in the otherTuesday contest, the caucuses in Minnesota, a stateGephardt did not emphasize.

3/8/88 SUPER TUESDAY: Lost every state but his home state ofMissouri.

3/26/88 BAD SIGN: Gephardt, who had said he had to win in Michiganto remain a strong candidate came in a distant third toReverend Jesse Jackson and Dukakis. He met with family andclose aides to discuss whether to pull out of the race.

3/28/88 TILL NEXT TIME: Gephardt withdraws from the Democraticpresidential race, just seven weeks after his victory inIowa had thrust him into front-runner status after runningout of money.

3/29/88 CANDIDATE AGAIN: A day after he dropped out of thepresidential campaign, Gephardt files to run for reelectionto the House.

11/8/88 FAMILIAR TERRITORY: Reelected to the House with 63% of thevote.

6/89 MAJORITY LEADER: Gephardt won a decisive victory in theDemocratic Caucus for majority leader over Georgia’s EdJenkins, 181-76.


1/1991 VOTES NO ON GULF WAR I: In his second year as majorityleader, he spearheads the losing battle againstcongressional resolution authorizing the use of forceagainst Iraq. Gephardt was not completely opposed tomilitary action against Saddam, but rather favoredinstilling economic sanctions and giving him more time tocomply. In October 2002, he said “None of us is all-wise,none of us knows the truth, none of us knows everything...We see through a glass darkly. In 1991, I did my best. Inretrospect, it was probably the wrong decision.”

1991 NAFTA: Traveled to Mexico a number of times to see theborder towns on Mexican soil where American companies hadmoved operations in search of low-wage labor. He wasopposed to the NAFTA plan being pushed by Americanbusinesses and the White House because he saw it as a wayto accelerate the exodus of U.S manufacturing jobs.


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8/1991 NOT HIS TIME: Gephardt decides not to run for president in1992 after concluding he would face long odds against apopular president and might have a better shot at the Housespeaker’s chair.

1/92 FLIP: Calls for an overhaul of American health care andsays he was wrong to have opposed cost controls during theCarter administration.


8/93 DEALMAKER: In a very close vote, Gephardt helps pass theClinton economic package, which includes a tax increase ofabout $240 billion. A year later, Democrats lose themajority and Margolies-Mezvinsky, the Republican who votedwith them, also lost her seat.

11/17/93 NOT GOOD ENOUGH: Gephardt lost his fight against NAFTA 248-200 on the House floor.

11/8/94 DEMOTED: Re-elected to the House with 58% of the vote, buta Republican landslide left them with more House seats,meaning Gephardt would become Minority Leader when the newsession begins January 4.


10/1998 IRAQ: Votes to authorize funding to Iraqi oppositiongroups.


2/3/99 STEPS ASIDE: Gephardt announces he will not challenge VicePresident Gore for president in 2000.

1999 AUTHOR: In his book “An Even Better Place,” Gephardt wrotethat he had come to believe “it’s time to join Republicansin their call to scrap the tax code and start all over.”

11/7/00 Reelected to the House with 57.8% of the vote.

6/4/02 FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Gephardt delivers a foreign policy speechat Woodrow Wilson Center of the Council on ForeignRelations and signals support for a pre-emptive strike onIraq. Up until this point, Gephardt has had a relativelydovish and somewhat low profile on international issuesother than trade. After the speech he wins complimentsfrom people pining for the return of Scoop Jackson. TheConservative Reform Project praised the speech for fillingthe “Scoop Gap.”

7/22/02 Gephardt speaks to National Council of La Raza in Miami.

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8/14/02 IOWA FACE TIME: Gephardt campaigns in Des Moines. Attendsthe state fair with Sen. Tom Harkin and continues tocampaign in the state’s eastern region.

9/4/02 Gephardt addresses the Alliance for Retired Americans’national conference.

9/14/02 Gephardt, Gore and Lieberman attend the Congressional BlackCaucus Dinner.

9/28/02 PUTTING IN THE MILES: Gephardt campaigns in Boston,Philadelphia, New York and then to Los Angeles for DCCCevent.

10/2/02 ROSE GARDEN WITH BUSH ON IRAQ: Gephardt appears withPresident Bush in a Rose Garden ceremony introducing thefinal agreement between Congress and the President, whichgave President Bush authority to strike Iraq. Authorizedthe use of force against Iraq after negotiating commitmentto see United Nations support first. Many House Democratswere outraged with Gephardt’s negotiations with thePresident and the ultimate deal. To many it seemed like apolitical calculation that proved he was running forpresident.

10/11/02 VOTES FOR IRAQ RESOLUTION: Gephardt is one of 296 Housemembers to vote for the resolution, which authorizedPresident Bush to use military force in Iraq, if necessary.

11/5/02 Reelected to the House with 59.1% of the vote.

11/7/02 STEPPING DOWN: Gephardt announces he is stepping down asHouse Democratic leader after eight years, one day afterhis party suffered historic losses in midterm elections.

1/6/03 GOODBYE: Gephardt files papers to create an exploratorycampaign for the White House, and associates said he wouldfocus his efforts on the White House and not run for re-election to the House.

1/18/03 Gephardt, Dean and Kerry speak at the Linn County (Iowa)Democratic Party's Third Annual Sustaining Banquet.

1/21/03 NARAL: Gephardt, Dean, Edwards, Kerry, Lieberman andSharpton attend NARAL Pro Choice America event. Gephardt,who opposed abortion before his 1988 run for president,told the group that his “eyes were opened” on the abortionissue by his wife, Jane.

1/23/03 Gephardt, Dean, Edwards, Kerry, Lieberman and Sharptonaddress National Conference of Democratic Mayors.

2/19/03 THE BIG DAY: Gephardt announces his candidacy for presidentat Mason Elementary School in St. Louis in the modestneighborhood where he grew up, offering a sweepingindictment of President Bush and promising health care for


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every working American. Flies to Iowa and New Hampshireimmediately following the announcement.

2/21/03 NATIONAL AUDIENCE: Gephardt is booed at the DemocraticNational Committee's winter meeting in Washington on Fridayfor telling the group, "We must disarm Saddam Hussein," andthat he was proud to sponsor a congressional resolutionauthorizing Mr. Bush to use force, if necessary.

2/25/03 COURTING THE UNIONS: Gephardt attends the AFL-CIO wintergathering. Although he has not missed one in 20 years,this is seen as one of his most important appearances as hetries to convince the country’s most powerful union tosupport his presidential quest.

2/2003 CAN I HAVE IT BOTH WAYS?: Defends Bush’s stance on Iraq,but criticizes the president for not building broadersupport.

4/9/03 UNION SUPPORT: Gephardt receives endorsement of theInternational Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamentaland Reinforcing Iron Workers after Gephardt's speech to theBuilding and Construction Trades meeting.

5/3/03 FIRST DEBATE: First Democratic presidential debate betweenpresidential candidates in Columbia, S.C. Defending hishealth care plan, Gephardt told the audience, "If you likeGeorge Bush's tax cuts, stick with him, vote for him. Butif you want to finally solve this problem that's bedeviledour people for a hundred years, let's get it done. Let'sget everybody in this country covered with good healthinsurance."

5/8/03 COMING OUT: Capitol Hill newspaper, Roll Call runs a storysaying Gephardt’s daughter Chrissy is a lesbian and will beactive in his campaign.

5/15/03 DLC FEUD: Leading moderate Democrats criticized Dean andGephardt at the end of its two-day strategy session, evenas former president Bill Clinton called for an end tointra-party squabbling.

5/16-5/19 Gephardt campaigns in Iowa. Discusses health care plan inDes Moines and attends AFSCME reception.

6/21/03 Gephardt, Dean, Edwards, Graham, Kerry, Kucinich andSharpton participate in the “America’s Hometown Forum”hosted by Jasper County Democrat in Newton, Iowa.

6/23/03 CELEBRITY: Barry Manilow headlines Gephardt fundraiser inNew York.

6/03 NO REGRETS: Says he has no regrets over his support for warand that he remains confident that weapons of massdestruction in Iraq will be found.


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7/17/03 PERSONA NON GRATA: After being called persona non grata byNAACP President, Kweisi Mfume, for missing the NAACPpresidential forum three days earlier, Gephardt flew downto Florida to apologize to the conference.

8/1/03 Teamsters hold conference call to confirm Gephardtendorsement.

8/4/03 Gephardt delivers economic speech to business leaders inNYC.

8/9/03 Gephardt appears with Teamster President James Hoffa whoofficially announces the union’s endorsement in Detroit.Afterwards the two fly to Iowa and New Hampshire forTeamster rallies.

9/24/03 ENDORSEMENT: Gephardt gets the endorsement from the 800,000member Laborers' International Union in Chicago.

9/25/03 FIREWORKS: Gephardt and Dean clash over Medicare at the DNCsponsored debate in New York. Gephardt compared Dean tothen-House Speaker Newt Gingrich charging that he backed aproposal for deep cuts in Medicare in the 1990s. Deanbrought to light Gephardt’s early support for making SocialSecurity benefits subject to caps based on income.Gephardt later acknowledged this was true, but said he hasconsistently opposed them since the 1980s.

9/30/03 AFL-CIO DEALS A BLOW: The AFL-CIO announces it will notmake a presidential endorsement in the near future and werecanceling a mid-October meeting to discuss the issue. Manypeople saw this as a blow to Gephardt’s hopes to secure thepowerful union.

10/2/03 MISSED VOTE: Gephardt missed the 281-142 House vote to endlate-term abortions.

10/3/03 CALIFORNIA: Gephardt and Gov. Vilsack of Iowa campaignagainst the recall with Gov. Davis.

10/9/03 DNC DEBATE: Gephardt and Dean clash again over Medicare andGephardt tries to encourage voters by invoking memories ofthe Clinton administration's economic policies, saying "Ifyou want to live like a Republican, you've got to vote forthe Democrats."

10/11/03 ANOTHER ENDORSEMENT: Gephardt attends rally with Teamsterspresident James Hoffa.

10/15/03 FUNDRAISING: Gephardt’s campaign spins the $3.8 million heraised in the third quarter as a good sign for thecampaign, despite the fact that he's fourth among theDemocrats in the money battle.

10/17/03 Gephardt addresses the Arab American Institute’s NationalLeadership Conference in Dearborn and the Michigan StateAFL-CIO COPE dinner in Detroit.


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10/17/03 $87 BILLION: The House and Senate approved the $87 billionrequest for U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, with theSenate challenging President Bush by imposing conditionsthat part of the money come in the form of a loan.Gephardt voted for the $87 billion request for U.S. effortsin Iraq and Afghanistan because he said doing otherwisewould send an ambiguous message to troops in Iraq. (Theprovision was later dropped.)

10/18/03 BUSY DAY: Gephardt addresses parents, families and friendsof lesbians and gays (PFLAG) in Pontiac, Michigan anddelivers major policy speech on jobs and the economyteamsters local 238 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

10/21/03 FIRST TO FILE: Gephardt AND Bush’s campaigns were the firstto file to be a candidate in Missouri’s presidential primaryscheduled for Feb. 3.

10/28/03 Gephardt sharpens his attacks on rival Howard Dean andcompared his position to President Bush, while giving aspeech at a center for the elderly in Des Moines.

10/30/03 Gephardt launches Students for Gephardt organization andwebsite to focus on youth issues.

10/31/03 Gephardt campaign in argument with Dean campaign as a Deanaide (who is gay) claimed that a Gephardt aide called him a“faggot.” Gephardt’s stances on gay and lesbian issues isscrutinized and lesbian daughter, Chrissy Gephardt, comesout in defense of her father’s position and the aide whomshe is friends with.

11/2/03 Gephardt on CBS’ Face the Nation. When asked if he couldwin the Democratic nomination without winning Iowa, heresponded, “I’m going to win Iowa.”

11/4/03 Gephardt is the only candidate not to attend the CNN “RockThe Vote” forum at Faneuil Hall. Gephardt sent a statementsaying he could not attend because of pre-arranged meetingsin Iowa.

11/7/03 PAY CUTS FOR STAFF: The Hotline reports that “senior staffwith the highest salaries on the campaign volunteered totake a pay cut in order to keep the campaign on target inother parts of the budget.”

11/18/03 DEAN ATTACKS GEPHARDT’S IRAQ RECORD: In an Iowa TV adtitled “Different View,” Dean attacks Gephardt because heagreed “to coauthor the Iraq War resolution,” giving GeorgeBush the authority to go to war. A photograph on screenshows Gephardt standing alongside Bush and Trent Lottduring a Rose Garden ceremony announcing the measure'sapproval. This was the first negative ad aimed at aDemocratic candidate in this election.


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11/21/03 GEPHARDT RESPONDS: Gephardt responds to a new RNCcommercial that attacks the Democratic candidates. Hestates, “Once again, the president has chosen to politicizethe war on terror for partisan gain. I supported hisdecision on Iraq because I believed it was the right thingto do. But, I have told him he was wrong to go without ourallies and leave us isolated and alone in the world.Debating national security is fair game, but questioningother's patriotism is beneath this president.”

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U.S. SENATOR JOHN KERRY

Age: 59

Birthdate: December 11, 1943 in Denver, Colorado

Current Position: U.S Senator from Massachusetts, 1986-present

Career Highlights: Lt. Governor, 1983-1985; lawyer, countyprosecutor

Education: Yale University, B.A.; Boston College, J.D.

Military Service: Navy, 1966-70

Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts

Religion: Roman Catholic

Announcement: September 2, 2003Charleston, S.C.

Spouse: Married to Teresa Heinz Kerry. (Divorced firstwife Julia Thorne who he was married to for 18years.)

Age: 64

Birthday: October 5, 1938 in Mozambique in East Africa.

Career: Philanthropist, $1.2 billion Heinz Foundationendowment

Education: BA in Romance Languages, Literature, Universityof Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa,1960; Interpreters School of the University ofGeneva, 1963.

Hometown: Boston, MA

Religion: Catholic

Family Two children from his first marriage,Alexandria (30), Vanessa (26); Teresa has threechildren– Andre, Christopher and John from herprevious marriage to Sen. John Heinz ofPennsylvania (deceased).

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12/11/43 JOHN FORBES KERRY: Born at Fitzsimmons Military Hospital inDenver, Colo, where his father, Richard, who was a WorldWar II test pilot, was recovering from a bout withtuberculosis and Rosemary Forbes, a member of prominentBoston Brahmin Forbes family.

Early ‘50s ON THE STUMP EARLY: According to the Boston Globe, Kerryhanded out buttons for Adlai Stevenson and as a teenager hecampaigned for state and local candidates.

1953-61 Boarding School: Kerry started boarding school inSwitzerland at age 11, when his parents were living inBerlin. Over the next eight years he was educated atboarding schools in Switzerland and New England.

1957 Kerry attends the Fessenden School in West Newton, MA,where he meets Richard Pershing who becomes one of his bestfriends.

1958-62 Enrolls and eventually graduates from St. Paul’s School inConcord, NH.

Summer ‘62 KENNEDY TIES: Kerry handed out leaflets for Edward M.Kennedy’s U.S Senate campaign, but he never met thecandidate.

8/1962 Kerry traveled to Hammersmith Farm in Rhode Island with histhen-girlfriend Janet Auchincloss, Jacqueline Kennedy’shalf-sister. Kerry met President John F. Kennedy for thefirst time and after talking for a little while, he wentsailing with the president and a few others in NarragansettBay.

9/1962 Kerry met President Kennedy again at the America’s Cup raceoff the coast of Rhode Island.

1962-66 YALE: Kerry studied at Yale University for hisundergraduate studies and as a senior was one of 15students inducted into the secret Skull and Bones society,an exclusive club for Yale men who were well connected orexpected to do well in life. As Vietnam was heating up,Kerry and three of his fellow Skulls decided to joinofficers’ training. On his way to becoming a commissionedofficer in Vietnam, he was chosen to deliver the classoration. Critical of the war he said, “The United Statesmust, I think, bring itself to understand that the policyof intervention that was right for Western Europe does notand cannot find the same application to the rest of theworld”.

1966-69 IN UNIFORM: Served in the U.S Navy, 1966-1969. Decorationsinclude a Silver Star for bravery for leading his patrolboat into enemy fire, a Bronze Star for saving the life ofa Special Forces lieutenant and three Purple Hearts forsustaining wounds on three occasions.

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2/1968 SHIPPED OUT: In early February 1968, Kerry shipped out tothe Gulf of Tonkin aboard the USS Gridley, a guided-missilefrigate.

2/17/68 BAD NEWS: Kerry receives a telegram that informed him thathis childhood friend and fellow Skull, Richard Pershing,died due to wounds he received while searching for theremains of a missing member of his unit.

6/6/68 Kerry returns to Long Beach, Calif., the day that RFK diedfrom a gunshot wound.

4/1969 EARLY TRANSFER: Kerry returned from Vietnam early afterearning a silver star, bronze star and three purple hearts.Although none of his wounds were life threatening, he wonan early exit because of his three purple hearts. He wastransferred to Brooklyn where he served as an admiral’saide.

10/15/69 FIRST TASTE: Kerry flew with Adam Walinksy, a leader in theNew York anti-war protest movement, around the state todeliver speeches against the war. Kerry did not wear hisuniform and did not speak at the events, but the experiencehelped convince him that he wanted to become a publicleader of the antiwar movement. (Kerry met RFK aideWalinsky through his sister who was involved in the anti-war effort)

1/3/70 EARLY EXIT: Kerry requested that his superior grant him anearly discharge so he could run for Congress on an anti-warplatform. The request was eventually approved.

1970 LOSING BATTLE: Gave up on a three-month bid for Congress inMassachusetts’ Third District, when it became clear hewouldn’t get the Democratic nomination. Rev. Robert Drinanwas the eventual nominee. During his run, he was quoted inthe Harvard Crimson as saying he would like to “almosteliminate CIA activity” and wanted US troops “dispersedthrough the world only at the directive of the UnitedNations.”

5/1970 MARRIES the wealthy Julia Thorne, the sister of his bestfriend and the woman he had been dating for six years.

1971 Kerry publishes book, “The New Soldier” featuring Vietnamvets.

4/28/71 NIXON: Kerry was on Nixon’s radar and according to tapesand memos, Nixon and his aides worried that Kerry had thepedigree and talent to undermine support for the war. In asecret memo, Nixon’s counsel Charles Colson revealed hismission to target Kerry: “Destroy the young demagoguebefore he becomes another Ralph Nader.”

4/20/71 LEADER: Kerry becomes the unofficial coordinator of theantiwar movement’s Washington protests.


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4/22/71 TESTIFIES IN WASHINGTON: Kerry testified before the SenateForeign Relations Committee and asked the committee, “Howdo you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? Howdo you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?”In this famous speech he also claimed that Vietnam vets hadcommitted various atrocities and war crimes.

4/22/71 NIXON PROPS: The “real star” of the hearing was Kerry,Nixon told chief of staff H.R. Haldeman and nationalsecurity advisor Henry Kissinger according to the secretlytaped W.H recordings. “He did a hell of a great job,”Haldeman said. “He was extremely effective,” Nixon agreed.“He did a superb job on it at Foreign Relations Committeeyesterday,” Haldeman said. “A Kennedy-type guy, he lookslike a Kennedy, and he, he talks exactly like a Kennedy.”

4/23/71 ANTI-WAR LEADER: Kerry was a leader of the Vietnam VeteransAgainst the War and a co-founder of Vietnam Veterans ofAmerica.

4/23/71 MASSIVE PROTEST: With Kerry leading the charge, vets linedup to throw their military medals over the White Housefence. (Kerry claims that he opposed the returning ofmedals as a tactic and saved his own. Instead he threw hisribbons, but someone else’s medals.)

4/24/71 KERRY SPEAKS: Kerry addresses an estimated 250,000 peopleat an anti-war rally from the steps of the Capitol.

5/25/71 60 MINUTES: In a segment titled “First Hurrah” Kerry wasportrayed as an eloquent man who had a Kennedy-esque futurein an interview with Morley Safer.

Mem Day 71 ARRESTED: Kerry and a group of antiwar protesters arearrested on the green in Lexington, Mass, but was releasedafter paying a $5 fine. At the time, Kerry’s wife, Julia,kept $100 under her pillow just in case she needed to bailKerry out of jail on short notice.

6/30/71 DEBATE: On “The Dick Cavett Show,” Kerry debated a youngNavy veteran named John O’Neill, who the White House found,to discredit Kerry’s anti-war movement. Kerry stole theshow.


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10/21/71 DOONESBURY: During the anti-war movement Kerry receivedfrequent criticism from people who believed he felt theanti-war movement was all about him. His image as a self-promoter became the subject of a Doonesbury comic strippenned by fellow Yale alum Garry Trudeau. A character inthe strip is heard urging his friends that if they careabout the anti-war effort they had to go hear John Kerry'sspeech. The character goes on to say, "He speaks with arare eloquence and astonishing conviction. If you see noone else this year, you must see John Kerry!""Who was that?" another character asks."John Kerry," comes the response.

10/22/71 The strip the next day shows Kerry soaking up the adulationafter a speech, smiling and thinking, "You're reallyclicking tonight, you gorgeous preppie."

1972 DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR HOUSE: Kerry spent $279,746 on theprimary and general election (the fifth district was themost expensive congressional race in the country thatyear). He had moved to the fifth district – the maincities were Lowell, where he and his wife rented anapartment, and Lawrence – earlier in the year. Kerry wonthe primary by more than 5,000 votes, but lost in thegeneral election by more than 18,000 votes to former stateRep. Paul Cronin after he was portrayed as un-American andun-patriotic. Kerry is convinced that Nixon operatives hadsomething to do with him losing the election.

9/5/73 NEW BEGINNINGS: Julia gave birth to their first child,Alexandra, and in a matter of days he started classes atBoston College Law School. While in school, Kerrymoonlighted as a part-time radio talk-show host on WBZ,and, for a few months, served as executive director ofMassAction, a private government watchdog.

1976 Graduates from Boston College Law School at the age of 32.Kerry worked as a student prosecutor in the MiddlesexDistrict Attorney’s office while earning his law degree andjoined the staff after graduating and passing the bar.

12/31/76 NEW BIRTH: Kerry’s second daughter, Vanessa, was born.

1976-79 DAYS AS A PROSECUTOR: Soon after starting his job full-time, Kerry was promoted to the position of firstassistant. As a top prosecutor in Middlesex County, Kerrytook on organized crime and he is credited by many formodernizing the District Attorney's office.

1979-82 PRACTICE: Kerry and former assistant DA, Roanne Sragowopened their own practice in Boston. Over 2 ½ years, theybuilt a successful practice that specialized in litigationsinvolving wrongful deaths, medical malpractice, corporatetrade secrets, and what Kerry describes as “a string ofrelatively notorious hair implantation cases.”


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Kerry and Sragow won freedom for George A. Reissfelder, whowas 15 years into a life prison sentence for a murder hesaid he didn’t commit.

OTHER INTERESTS: While working as an attorney, Kerry joinedWCVB-TV as a regular public affairs commentator and in 1979co-founded the Kilvert & Forbes cookie shop at QuincyMarket with K. Dun Gifford. (The shop is still there, butKerry sold his interest in 1988.)

1982 ELECTED LT. GOVERNOR: Kerry didn’t declare victory in theprimary until 3:30 in the morning and after winning thatelection was paired with gubernatorial candidate MichaelDukakis and the two rode to victory. The environmentbecame a pet issue for him and in his first year in office,his schedule shows at least 23 trips out of state onofficial business, nearly half related to acid rain.

1982 TROUBLE AT HOME: Separates from his wife, although thedivorce doesn’t become final until 1988. Although theyseparated before election day, she played the happy wifefor the cameras on election night.

1984 REFUSES PAC MONEY: Kerry, along with the other leadingcontenders in the Mass. Senate race – Democratic Rep. JimShannon and Republican Elliot Richardson – refuses moneyfrom political action committees. Kerry would refuse PACmoney for all of his subsequent campaigns.

2/1986 Nine Senate Democrats, including John Kerry, wrote a letterto President Reagan asking him not to renew military aidfor rebels fighting the Sandinista government in Nicaragua,saying it could draw U.S troops into the conflict.

1987 FUNDRAISER-IN-CHIEF: Kerry became the chairman of theDemocratic Senatorial Campaign Committee for the 1988campaign cycle.

3/1987 FIRST RESPONSE: Kerry became the chairman of theSubcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics and InternationalOperations. Because of his new role, he was investigatingOliver North months before the Iran-contra scandal madeheadlines and Manuel Noriega before he was indicted by theJustice Department.

1988 MONEY WOES: After his divorce to Julia Thorne wasfinalized, it was apparent how much she helped the familyfinancially. The divorce left him strapped for cash and hesoon took out a $473,000 loan to buy a home in DC, which helater sold to buy a condo in Boston, which he also soldafter a couple of years. Before finally renting apartmentsin Washington and Boston, he was a bit of a roamer,crashing at friends’ places when available. To make endsmeet he started collecting speaking fees during his first 5years in the Senate.


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1989 AMERICANS AND TERRORIST: In 1989, he voted against thedeath penalty for terrorists who kill Americans abroad.

1990 CAMPAIGN FINANCING: As he campaigned, questions about hisdealings with wealthy donors arose. One inquiry focused onDavid Paul, who was later discovered to be a major playerin the savings and loan scandals of the time and who hadties to BCCI. When their relationship became known, Kerryacknowledged that Paul had asked for special considerationon a banking amendment CenTrust needed. Kerry ultimatelyopposed Paul’s request, which also failed to win support inCongress.

1990 ENJOYING BACHELORHOOD: The Boston Globe reports that Kerryhas been linked to actresses Morgan Fairchild and CorneliaGuest as well as Patti Davis, the daughter of RonaldReagan.

1991 GULF WAR I: After Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, Kerrysuggested the U.S needed to give Saddam enough wiggle roomto leave Kuwait without losing face. He ultimately votedagainst the resolution authorizing the Persian Gulf War,calling it “the right vote at that moment in time”.

1991 LIVE SHOT: By the time Kerry began his second term, hisnickname among Massachusetts politicians was “live shot” areference to his constant courting of the press.

3/1991 Kerry is among a group Senators who traveled to Kuwait topromote democracy and to request greater cooperation withIsrael.

1991 OOPS: When Kerry challenged Senate Majority Leader GeorgeMitchell's get-tough bill on China, it took Mitchell just afew hours to embarrass Kerry by revealing to the press thatKerry was an original co-sponsor of the legislation. Kerryultimately blamed his staff for the foul-up. In a similarsituation earlier in the year Kerry blamed his staff when acomputer glitch sent outdated letters to his constituents,giving the misleading impression that he was taking bothsides on the Desert Storm debate.

1992 Decided against a 1992 White House run.

1994 Worked on the 1994 crime bill, persuading the Senate andthe Clinton White House to finance a campaign pledge to put100,000 more police officers on the street.

1994 LINKED TO HEINZ: Rumors begin to surface about arelationship between Kerry and millionaire Teresa Heinz,the widow of Sen. John Heinz, R-Pa.

5/26/95 MARRIES: Kerry marries Republican Teresa Heinz at Heinz’shome on Nantucket. Mrs. Heinz, widow of Sen. John Heinz,R-Pa., who died in a 1991 helicopter accident, is one ofthe wealthiest women in America, with a fortune inheritedfrom her husband worth upwards of $500 million.


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1995 Kerry and McCain stood with President Clinton in the EastRoom at the White House as he announced the U.S wouldnormalize diplomatic relations with Vietnam.

11/1996 RE-ELECTION: Kerry endured a grueling battle for reelectionagainst popular Republican Gov. Bill Weld. Kerry won by 7percent and says he learned some important lessons: "One ofthe reasons I had the race that I had with Bill Weld wasbecause people didn't know me. And I think one of thereasons I won the race was because people got to know me."Kerry spent $12.6 million on the election, the secondhighest of any Senate race that year. After the electionKerry told the Boston Globe that if he had lost to Weld, hemight have tried his hand at a new career, possibly as amovie director or even as a journalist.

2/26/99 2000 OUT: After some speculation, Kerry announced he wouldnot run for President in 2000.

4/1999 LESSONS LEARNED: Came out in strong support of the bombingsof Bosnia saying, "One of the lessons of Vietnam is: If youare going to send American forces into harm's way, youdon't do it in a limited way. You don't do it tying yourhands behind your back ahead of time. You don't ask peopleto give their lives for something less than the prospect ofsuccess".

2000 A participant in the original earth day in 1970, he helpedorganize the 30th Earth Day celebration.

7/2000 Running Mate: In the running for the vice presidentialnomination and on the short list with Sen. John Edwards,but was eventually passed over for Joe Lieberman.

12/17/01 STARTS HIS OWN PAC: Kerry, long an opponent of PACs, opensthe Citizen Soldier Fund, a leadership PAC, to helpDemocratic candidates and pay for his political travels.

6/29/02 FACE TIME IN IOWA: Sen. John Kerry attends Truman DayDinner in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

7/2002 He interrupted Secretary of State Colin Powell at a July2002 Foreign Relations Committee hearing and complainedthat the administration's nuclear arms agreement withRussia "neutered" previous arms control agreements andcontained a "huge contradiction."

7/29/02 NATIONAL CONVERSATIONS: Kerry speaks at the DLC’s “NationalConversation” in New York City. Daschle and Lieberman alsospoke.

9/4/02 FACE TIME IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: Kerry attends a fundraiser forNew Hampshire Democratic gubernatorial candidate MarthaFuller Clark (who later endorses him in his presidentialpursuits).


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10/5/02 IA JEFFERSON-JACKSON DAY DINNER: Dean, Edwards and Kerryspeak to the crowd about the economy and foreign policy.

10/11/02 VOTES FOR IRAQ WAR: Kerry was one of 77 senators to voteto authorize President Bush to use military force in Iraq,if necessary.

11/5/02 REELECTED: Kerry is overwhelmingly reelected to a fourthterm and beat Libertarian challenger Michael Cloud, 81% to19%. He had no Republican challenger. Kerry’s re-electioncampaign raised about $13.5 million for the race and spentsome $8.6 million, $3.2 million of which went to pay offdebts from his tight 1996 campaign against William Weld.

11/13/02 DEMS IN BOSTON: The Democratic National Committeeannounced Boston will be the site of the 2004 DemocraticConvention.

12/1/02 EXPLORES: Kerry announced the formation of an exploratorycommittee for a possible run for President on “Meet ThePress.”

12/3/02 Kerry delivers a powerful indictment ofPresident Bush’s economic policies to the City Club ofCleveland.

12/4/02 FILING TIME: Kerry files papers to open an exploratorycommittee for a possible campaign for the 2004 Democraticpresidential nomination.

1/9/03 STAFF WOES: Top graph of a Boston Globe article, “SenatorJohn F. Kerry has the appearance of a tall, leanpolitician. But throughout his career, the MassachusettsDemocrat has presided over some flabby campaignorganizations marked by friends who doubled as high-pricedconsultants, meetings that stretched on without resolution,and a cadre of former aides who were not shy aboutcriticizing him anonymously in the newspapers.”

1/21/03 KENNEDY ENDORSEMENT: At the National Press Club, Sen.Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., said he would endorse Kerry. “Iexpect to support him, and I expect he'll win,” Kennedysaid.

1/21/03 ABORTION: At the NARAL Pro Choice dinner in Washington,Kerry told the audience, "If I get to share a stage withthis president and debate him, one of the first things I'lltell him is: ‘There's a defining issue between us. I trustwomen to make their own decisions. You don't. And that'sthe difference.’ "

1/23/03 NO “RUSH TO WAR”: Kerry makes foreign policy speech atGeorgetown University. “I believe they must take the timeto do the hard work of diplomacy. ... They must do a betterjob of making their case to the American people. ... Mr.President, do not rush to war," Kerry said.


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2/3/03 JEWISH? The Boston Globe reports that there is truth toKerry’s belief he is half Jewish. Kerry had said he knewhis paternal grandmother was Jewish for the past 15 years.But he informed about ancestral records that showed hisgrandfather, Frederick Kerry, who committed suicide in1921, was born Jewish in the Czech Republic as Fritz Kohn.

2/9/03 FINDING HIS ROOTS: Kerry joined the American Israel PublicAffairs Committee at B’nai Israel Synogogue in Palm BeachFlorida, to celebrate his newfound heritage.

2/11/03 ANNOUNCES PROSTATE CANCER: Kerry announces at a Senatenews conference that he has prostate cancer. He wasdiagnosed on 12/24/02 but waited to make it public so hecould tell his family and wait for his doctor to answerquestions publicly. Shortly before his announcement, hehad told suspicious reporters he had no health problems.

2/12/03 SURGERY: Undergoes surgery to treat an early form ofprostate cancer.

2/26/03 RETURNS TO CAMPAIGN TRAIL: Attends two fund-raisers inCalifornia, his first campaign events since his prostatesurgery.

3/11/03 SHOW ME THE MONEY: New York City Fundraising kick-off

3/12/03 Boston Fundraising kick-off

3/13/03 San Francisco Fundraising kick-off

3/15/03 During the California Democratic Convention, Kerry said hedid not regret his war-authorizing vote, a position thatwon him scattered antiwar shouts from the left-leaningcrowd.

3/18/03 Kerry speaks to International Association of Firefightersin Washington.

4/9/03 Kerry speaks at the Building and Construction Trades annualconference at Washington. Dean, Sharpton, Kucinich,Gephardt, Moseley Braun, Edwards and Lieberman alsoattended.

4/15/03 1ST QUARTER FUNDRAISING: In his first major fund-raisingquarter, Kerry raised $7 million bringing his total haul to$10.2 million. Prior to Jan. 1, he had raised about$500,000 and had transferred $2.65 million from his Senatecampaign account.

5/3/03 DEBATE: First Democratic debate between presidentialcandidates in Columbia, S.C. The beginning of the debatewas dominated by a testy Dean-Kerry exchanges over who wasmore fit to be President. "I don't need any lectures incourage from Howard Dean," complained Kerry, citing theformer Vermont governor's recent criticism that the senatorlacked "courage to stand up on issues."


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5/16/03 HEALTH CARE: Kerry unveiled his $80 billion health careplan to a room of health care professionals in Des Moines.Kerry’s plan calls for slashing the price of medicalcoverage and nearly universal health care. "Focusing oncoverage without reducing the costs of health care for allAmericans is treating the symptoms and ignoring the cause,"Kerry said. "We cannot make health care affordable bytiptoeing around the edges, hoping to make progress withoutraising the wrath of the guardians of the status quo."

5/17/03 Kerry gives graduation address at Franklin Pierce LawCenter in Concord, N.H.

5/17/03 Kerry participates in the AFSCME of Iowa Presidential TownHall Meeting in Des Moines via satellite. Edwards, Dean,Graham, Sharpton, Braun, and Kucinich attended.

6/4/03 MASS CONGRESSMEN BACK KERRY: All 10 House Democrats fromMassachusetts endorse Kerry. Sen. Ted Kennedy previouslyendorsed him bringing the state’s entire congressionaldelegation behind him.

6/13/03 ENERGY PLAN: Kerry unveils his energy policy in CedarRapids, Iowa. Telling the audience "today we have anenergy policy of big oil, by big oil, and for big oil,"Kerry criticized President Bush and Republican’s policies,which he believes will make the nation permanently relianton foreign oil.

7/4/03 4th OF JULY: Kerry, Dean, Graham and Lieberman marched inthe Amherst, NH July 4th parade.

7/12/03 VETS: Kerry pays a visit to veterans at the DisabledAmerican Veterans Lodge in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

7/13/03 LA RAZA: Kerry addresses the National Council of La Raza inAustin, TX.

7/14/03 NAACP: Kerry, Dean, Edwards, Graham, Moseley Braun andSharpton attend NAACP Presidential Candidate Forum at theMiami, Florida Convention Center.

7/15/03 2ND QUARTER FUNDRAISING: Raises $5.8 million bringing histotal since Jan. 1 to $16 million.

7/25-27/03 Kerry and Dean speak at Iowa’s AFSCME annual convention inFour Points, Iowa.

7/30/03 REAL DEMOCRATS: Kerry holds fresh air forum at Hilton Parkin Dover, New Hampshire, which includes his “realDemocrats” dig aimed at Howard Dean and Dick Gephardt. Inhis speech, Kerry talked about candidates who want to "takeaway a tax credit for families struggling to raise theirchildren or bring back a tax penalty for married coupleswho are starting out or penalize teachers and waitresses byraising taxes on the middle class. ... Real Democrats are


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straight about who they'll fight for. Real Democrats don'twalk away from the middle class," Kerry said. Only Deanand Gephardt want to roll back all of Bush’s 2001 tax cutplan.

9/1/03 LABOR DAY: Kerry travels to the Granite State to celebrateLabor Day with New Hampshire voters.

9/2-3/03 FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT & STAFF SHAKE-UP?: Kerry announcescandidacy for president. Announcement tour stops inCharleston, Des Moines, Manchester and Boston. While inDes Moines, there’s word that a shake-up in Kerry’scampaign staff is imminent. While Kerry and his campaigndeny it, eventually communications director Chris Lehanewinds up leaving 10 days later.

9/10/03 MOBY: Senator Kerry is in Boston for an “unplugged” sessionwith pop star Moby.

9/11/03 REMEMBRANCE: Kerry attends memorial service in Boston andthen prepares meals at Veterans’ center.

9/12/03 TROUBLES IN PARADISE: Chris Lehane, Kerry’s communicationsdirector resigned over differences in the direction of thecampaign, the AP reported. The departure came at a time ofincreased speculation of a wider shake-up in the Kerrycampaign.

9/14/03 FACE THE NATION: Kerry challenges Dean to a one-on-onedebate. Schieffer offers to moderate, they just need tohear from Dean. The Dean campaign declines the offersaying the present debate schedule is sufficient.

9/15/03 NAMING NAMES: Kerry singles out Dean and Gephardt forfavoring a rollback of Bush’s tax cuts. Up until thispoint, Kerry would challenge the other candidate’s positionwithout referring to them by name.

9/17/03 CALIFORNIA RECALL: Kerry campaigns with Gov. Gray Davisagainst the recall.

9/18/03 SWITCHING TEAMS: Kym Spell quit as John Kerry's NewHampshire communications director just days after her boss,Chris Lehane, stepped down as Kerry's nationalcommunications director. Spell signed on with the Clarkcampaign soon after.

9/22/03 USA TODAY/CNN/GALLUP POLL: In the poll, Kerry’s one of twoDemocrats who would beat President Bush among registeredvoters nationwide. Among just the Dems, Kerry comes inthird. Clark had 22 percent, Dean was at 13 and Kerry andGephardt were at 11. In the nationwide survey, Kerry wouldbeat Bush, 48-47. Clark was the other Dem who polledbetter than Bush, 49-46.

9/22/03 DIARIO: Kerry launches the first official presidentialcampaign website to cffer “Blog” postings in Spanish.


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9/23/03 ENDORSEMENT: Kerry receives the endorsement of formerSmall Business Administration administrator Aida Alvarez,who served under President Clinton. Alvarez is the firstLatina to hold a cabinet-level post.

9/24/03 FIRST MAJOR LABOR ENDORSEMENT: Kerry receives the backingof the 214,000-member International Association of FireFighters. The IAFF is the first union to endorse someoneother than Rep. Dick Gephardt so far.

9/30/03 HART ENDORSEMENT: Receives the endorsement of formerpresidential candidate Sen. Gary Hart, D-Colo.

9/30/03 SPEECH ON IRAQ: Kerry speaks at the Brookings Institutionabout Iraq. He also criticizes the Bush administration forleaking the name of the CIA agent wife of former AmbassadorJoe Wilson. Wilson later endorses Kerry.

9/30/03 FUND-RAISING ESTIMATES: His campaign says they’ve raised“between $4.5 and 5 million” in the third quarter of 2003“exceeding” $20 million total. On 10/15, his FEC filingsshow that he raised $4 million in the quarter and $20million overall.

Fall 2003 “TOUR OF DUTY”: Kerry agrees to help promote DouglasBrinkley’s book, Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the VietnamWar.

10/14/03 HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN PLAN: During stops in NewHampshire, Kerry outlines his plan “to expand healthinsurance for children.” His plan would expand CHIP,“protect Medicaid” and “make private health insuranceaffordable for all Americans.”

10/15/03 3RD QUARTER FUNDRAISING: Kerry raised $4 million in thethird quarter bringing his total raised to $20 million. Hehas raised the second most behind Howard Dean who hadpulled in $25 million total.

10/16/03 OPPOSES IRAQ SUPPLEMENTAL: Announces his opposition to the$87 billion supplemental spending bill for Iraq andAfghanistan.

10/20/03 UNVEILS ENVIRONMENT PLAN: At the University of NewHampshire, Kerry announces his environment plan thatincludes “a new and permanent commitment to 'Green andClean Communities,'” a focus on conservation, reducingemissions, efforts to clean up the nation's waters, focuson climate change and other global environmental issues.

10/23/03 Holds a press conference in front of Tyco Communicationsannouncing that he is proposing legislation to "crack downon companies that incorporate offshore to avoid paying UStaxes."

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10/29/03 Kerry severs ties with supporter state AZ Rep. Ben Mirandawho has been accused of trying to sway Lieberman supportersby using claims that Lieberman cannot campaign as intenselysince he is an observer of the Sabbath. Miranda and AZKerry manager, Mario Diaz, claim the accusations are false.

11/5/03 PUBLIC FINANCING: Dean says he’ll ask his supporters if heshould opt out of the federal primary matching fund program– he opts out on 11/8. Kerry responds by saying he’llseriously consider opting out if Dean does but challengesDean to pledge to spend only $45 million. Kerry spokesmanRobert Gibbs says: “Should Senator Kerry decide to opt ofthe public finance system, he will comply with the spiritof the law by pledging to limit his spending to no morethan $45 million until a nominee is effectively chosen.”On 11/14 he announces he will forgo public financing forthe 2004 presidential primaries.

11/9/03 FACE THE NATION: When asked about Dean’s opting out of thefederal primary matching fund program, Kerry said he may doso as well and he would make up his mind in “the next dayor so.”

11/10/03 CAMPAIGN MANAGER OVERHAUL: Reports surface of the 11/9firing of campaign manager Jim Jordan. Jordan is replacedwith Ted Kennedy chief of staff Mary Beth Cahill.

11/11/03 MORE STAFF SHAKEUP: Press secretary Robert Gibbs andDeputy finance director Carl Chidlow quit after Jordan’sfiring. The campaign announces former Kennedy spokeswomanand current Democratic National Convention spokeswomanStephanie Cutter will leave the DNC to replace Gibbs.

11/14/03 OPTS OUT OF FEDERAL FUNDS: Less than a week after HowardDean rejected federal primary matching funds, Kerry doesthe same. He later admits that he will take out a loanagainst his assets as well as against assets he holdsjointly with his wife to use in Iowa and New Hampshire.There’s no official word on how much the loan would be butit’s assumed it would be at least enough to bridge the $5million fund-raising gap between he and Dean.

11/15/03 IOWA J-J DINNER: At the Iowa Jefferson-Jackson Dinner,Kerry unveils a new stump speech and a new slogan: “TheReal Deal.”

11/21/03 CAMPAIGN RELAUNCH, AGAIN: Expanding on his Iowa J-J speech,Kerry gives a more detailed stump speech in Concord, NewHampshire as an attempt to jump start his campaign. In thespeech he outlines what he’d do in the first 100 days of aKerry presidency including sending a health care bill toCongress in his first days as well as implementing newlobbying disclosure rules by executive order. Kerry alsoofficially files for the NH primary at the State House inConcord and then heads out on a bus tour of the state,which will continue until the primary.

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U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DENNIS KUCINICH

Age: 57

Birthdate: October 8, 1946 in Cleveland, Ohio

Current Position: U.S. Representative from Ohio,1996-present, co-chairman of theProgressive Caucus

Career Highlights: Mayor of Cleveland, 1977-1979; OhioSenate 1994-96

Education: Case Western Reserve U., B.A., M.A.


Family: Twice divorced. One daughterJackie (21).

Hometown: Cleveland, OH

Religion: Catholic

Announcement: October 13, 2003Cleveland, Ohio

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10/8/46 DENNIS J. KUCINICH: Born in Cleveland, OH, to Frank andVirginia Kucinich, the eldest of seven children. Hisfather is a truck driver and moves the family 21 times tovarious parts of Cleveland, including a couple of cars.

1967-70 Attends Cleveland State University

1973 Case Western Reserve University, B.A., M.A in speechcommunications.

1970-75 CLEVELAND CITY COUNCIL: He is elected to city council in1969 at the age of 23. Kucinich pictures himself as adefender of the working man. He challenges Cleveland’sbusiness establishment.

1976-77 Clerk, Municipal Courts

1977-79 BOY MAYOR: Nicknamed “the boy mayor” when he was electedmayor at age 31 and his tenure was plagued withcontroversy. He fired the police chief on live television,survived a recall effort and served while the citydefaulted on around $14 million in loans. He also stuck tohis guns and decided against selling off the city-ownedelectric company to a private company, a move that wascredited with saving consumers millions.

1979 Kucinich runs for re-election and is defeated.

1979 Radio talk show host

1980-83 LECTURER: Teaches at Cleveland State U. and Case WesternReserve.

1983-85 Cleveland City Council

10/85 A DIFFERENT KIND OF THERAPY: Kucinich admits in aninterview that he met with a spiritual adviser he metthrough Shirley MacLaine, to help him overcome his negativeattitude about politics. The adviser, Ms. Griscom said shehelps people better understand themselves, partially byhelping them remember their past lives. Kucinich said heneither accepted nor rejected a belief in reincarnation andhe declined to talk about an acupuncture technique Ms.Griscom practiced to help her clients learn about "earlierexperiences of the soul." (AP)

1986-94 Media consultant

1989 Radio talk show host

1989-92 TV news reporter and commentator for local news channel.

1995-96 POLITICAL COMEBACK: Kucinich is elected to the Ohio Senate,a move that signals his return to politics.

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1996 ELECTED TO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: Defeats two-termRepublican incumbent Martin Hoke by campaigning againstNAFTA and GATT and emphasizing strong ties with labor.

1999 A self proclaimed pacifist, Kucinich opposes U.S. bombingsin Kosovo and is described as the “leading Democraticdove.”

8/2002 Kucinich is one of six House Democrats to file a lawsuitagainst the Bush Administration in an attempt to stop aU.S. led pre-emptive war with Iraq. He argues that aformal declaration of war is required from Congress.

8/2002 EXPLORES: Kucinich establishes an exploratory committee toseek the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination. Hedeclares himself an “FDR Democrat,” who wants to “returnthe Democratic Party to its roots.” He emphasizes hisstrong ties with organized labor and his anti-war position.His platform promises full employment, national healthinsurance, and canceling international free tradeagreements.

10/11/02 VOTES NO ON IRAQ RESOLUTION: Kucinich was one of 133 Housemembers to vote against the resolution, which authorizedPresident Bush to use military force in Iraq if necessary.

2/23/03 Announces on Meet The Press that the Iraq War is a battlefor oil in which oil companies will benefit. “I believemost sincerely that one of the motivating factors involvedin this effort to strike against Iraq is the desire on thepart of some to be able to control the oil interests inIraq.”

5/11/03 After long opposition to abortion, Kucinich changes hisposition and states, “No one will be appointed to the U.S.Supreme Court if they don’t commit to supporting Roe v.Wade and a woman’s right to choose.”

6/27/03 VIRTUAL PRIMARY: Took second place in the MoveOn.orgvirtual primary and is credited by many for preventingHoward Dean from winning 50 percent of the vote, which wasrequired to win the organization’s endorsement. Kucinichwon 24% of the vote with 76,000 votes. During the onlineprimary, voters had the opportunity to pledge contributionsto the candidate of their choice and according to campaignsources Kucinich received roughly $500,000 in pledges.

6/30/03 Campaign raises $1.7 million to date.

7/31/03 WILLIE NELSON ENDORSES KUCINICH: Two radio ads are launchedin Iowa in which Nelson says that Kucinich “speaks up forAmericans who need a stronger voice, for family farmers andworkers, for the environment. He will put the interests ofheartland Americans above the greed of big corporations.”

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9/7/03 Kucinich is in Columbus at Farm Aid with Willie Nelson.Nelson states, “I am endorsing Dennis Kucinich forpresident because he stands up for heartland Americans whoare too often overlooked and unheard. He has done that hiswhole political career. Big corporations are well-represented in Washington, but Dennis Kucinich is a rarecongressman of conscience and bravery who fights for theunrepresented.” Nelson vows to raise Kucinich’s profile athis concerts.

9/18/03 Kucinich attends the Democracy Rising "People Have thePower" rally with Ralph Nader and Patti Smith inWashington. The meeting touched on D.C. Statehood, moremoney for libraries, D.C. health care, school vouchers andaffordable housing.

10/7/03 Kucinich attends Democracy Rising rally with Ralph Nader inWashington where the entertainment is provided by variouship hop artists.

10/13/03 FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Kucinich returns to Cleveland CityHall where his political career began 34 years ago to makehis formal campaign announcement. In his speech he stressedhis opposition to the war and to international trade pactsand his support for a single-payer, government-run healthcare plan.

10/18/03 Kucinich campaigns in Maui, attends a concert to supportMontessori education and attends the United FilipinoCommunity Council Meeting to install new president andBoard.

10/27/03 GREENS FOR DENNIS: Kucinich receives endorsement from NewHampshire’s Green Party.

11/4/03 ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER FORUM: Braun, Clark, Dean, Edwards,Kerry, Kucinich, Lieberman, Sharpton participate in theRock the Vote Forum aired on CNN and hosted by AndersonCooper.

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U.S. SENATOR JOSEPH ISADORE LIEBERMAN

Age: 61

Birthdate: February 24, 1942 in Stamford, Connecticut.

Current Positions: U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1989-present.Ranking Democrat on the Government AffairsCommittee, 1999-present.

Career Highlights: Connecticut Attorney General, 1983-1989. Connecticut State Senator, 1971-1981. Private

practice attorney, 1964-80.

Education: Yale University, Bachelors of Arts (1964).Yale Law School (1967).

Military Service: None. He received student and family defermentsduring the Vietnam War.

Hometown: New Haven, Connecticut.

Religion: Jewish, Orthodox. He observes the JewishSabbath from sundown Friday to sundown Saturdayand is ostensibly prohibited from working,traveling, using electricity, or writing duringthat period.

Spouse: Hadassah Freilich Tucker

Age: 55

Birthday: March 28, 1948 in Czechoslovakia

Career Highlights: Consultant, American Committee for Shaare ZedekMedical Center, Jerusalem, 1998-2000; Director,HFL & Associates (consulting firm), 1997-1998.

Education: Master's degree in international relations andAmerican government, Northeastern University,1971; B.A. in government and dramatics, BostonUniversity, 1970.

Hometown: New Haven, CT

Religion: Jewish

Family: Two children from his first marriage toElizabeth “Betty” Haas, Matt (36) and Rebecca(34); one son from her first marriage, EthanTucker (27) and the couple have a daughtertogether Hana (15). They also have twogranddaughters by son Michael and daughter-in-law April Leffler, Tennessee (b.1996) andWillie D (b. 1999).

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2/24/42 JOSEPH ISADORE LIEBERMAN: Born to Henry, a liquor storeowner, and Marcia Manger Lieberman in Stamford,Connecticut.

Childhood Lieberman attended public schools, including Stamford HighSchool. There, he was prom king and president of hissophomore and senior classes. Teachers remember him sayinghis dream was to someday become a U.S. senator.

1955 Lieberman’s bar mitzvah, the Jewish ceremony that marks thepassage from boyhood to manhood. He read from the book of

Exodus, telling how the Amalekites attacked the Children of Israel from the rear, an act that the Bible says could

neither be forgiven nor forgotten. Lieberman says thislesson helped shape his foreign policy views.

1964 Graduates from Yale University. It was at college thatLieberman first became involved in politics. Also, hehelped found the Caucus of Connecticut Democrats, an anti-Vietnam War group, and served as the Chairman of the YaleDaily News and student body Treasurer. His senior thesis,a biography of DNC Chairman John Bailey, was published in1966.

In his college summers, he worked at the DemocraticNational Committee and for Senator Abraham Ribicoff. Duringthe summer of 1963, when Lieberman worked for Ribicoff, helived in a run-down Capitol Hill group house with fellowYalies, stuck to a kosher diet, and learned the ways of theworld. He’s said, “I was awestruck, thrilled, to be in thecapital” when his hero John F. Kennedy was beckoning a newgeneration to public service.

Summer ‘64 CIVIL RIGHTS: Travels to Mississippi to participate in thecivil rights work of what was called “Freedom Summer.”

1965 FIRST MARRIAGE: Marries Elizabeth “Betty” Haas. Liebermanmet Betty while at Yale and the two interned in Ribicoff’soffice together.

1966 AUTHOR: “The Power Broker,” a “revealing yet admiringbiography” of Democratic Party Chairman, John Bailey ispublished. The book was an expansion of his senior thesisat Yale.

1967 SENATOR: Graduates from Yale Law School. His nickname inlaw school was “Senator.”

1970 Worked with Bill Clinton on the losing Senate campaign ofliberal Connecticut Democrat Joe Duffy.

1970 AUTHOR: “The Scorpion and the Tarantula,” a study of theearly efforts to control nuclear proliferation, ispublished.

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11/1970 CLINTON TIES: Elected to the Connecticut State Senate bybeating the incumbent candidate, the Senate MajorityLeader. Bill Clinton, then a student at Yale Law School,volunteered on Lieberman’s campaign.

1974 Elected as Majority Leader of the Connecticut State Senate.He retained the post until 1980.

1980 Ran for an open seat in the U.S. House of Representativesand lost to Republican Lawrence Denardis 52%-46%. Hiscampaign slogan was “Lieberman - a proven leader you cancount on.”

1981 AUTHOR: “The Legacy,” a history of Connecticut politicsfrom 1930 to 1980, is published.

1981 DIVORCED: Elizabeth “Betty” Haas and Lieberman divorce.The divorce was amicable enough that the two stayed in thesame New Haven neighborhood to share child-rearing duties.Later, in 9/98, after Lieberman criticized Clinton’s affairwith Monica Lewinsky, some critics accused Lieberman ofhaving an affair that broke up his marriage with Haas.Haas went on the radio denying the rumor.

3/20/83 NEW BEGINNINGS: Marries Hadassah Freilich Tucker whom hemet through a mutual friend. Hadassah, a former math andscience education researcher is the daughter of CzechHolocaust survivors who brought her to the U.S. fromCzechoslovakia when she was young. Hadassah is the Hebrewname of the biblical figure Esther and both names meanmyrtle, referring to the shrub or tree.

11/1983 Elected Connecticut’s Attorney General. He focuses onconsumer rights issues, taking action against fakecharities, crooked car dealers, and gouging merchants. Healso made headlines getting stiffer enforcement ofhazardous waste disposal laws and child support paymentrequirements. Lieberman also started a newspaper columncalled “Connecticut Law in Plain Language, which containedconsumer tips.

1986 AUTHOR: “Child Support in America,” a guidebook on methodsto increase the collection of child support from delinquentfathers, is published.

1986 Lieberman’s father, Henry, dies. Lieberman’s 88-year-oldmother Marcia still lives in Stamford, Connecticut;Lieberman calls her daily and she occasionally serves ashis spokeswoman on seniors issues.

11/1988 NATIONAL STAGE: Elected to the U.S. Senate. Lieberman beatincumbent Lowell Weicker, a Republican, 50%-49%, scoringthe only Democratic upset of 1988. Highlighted during thecampaign were Lieberman’s pro-death penalty stance, hisopposition to Weicker’s proposed 30-cent gas tax increase,and his support for a moment of silence in schools. Alsodistancing him from Weicker was his support of military


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involvement in drug interdiction and the 1983 invasion ofGrenada. Lieberman ran witty ads, one likening Weicker toa bear sleeping through his work. His election makes himthe only Orthodox Jew in the U.S. Senate.

1992 Lieberman is the first politician in the Northeast toendorse Bill Clinton’s presidential bid.

1994 LANDSLIDE: Re-elected to the U.S. Senate in Connecticut’sbiggest landslide victory (for Senate), beating RepublicanGerald Labriola 67%-31% -- more than 350,000 votes.

1995 GORE-CLINTON-LIEBERMAN: Lieberman selected as chairman ofthe Democratic Leadership Council, a centrist groupGephardt and Gore helped found in 1985 and that Clintonformerly headed.

1996 NDN: Lieberman and Breaux establish the New DemocratNetwork. The NDN serves as a political venture capitalfund for the Democratic party.

1997 AGAINST THE CLINTON WHITE HOUSE: As the ranking Democrat ofthe Governmental Affairs Committee, Lieberman questionedcontributions to the Clinton-Gore campaign from theforeign-owned Lippo Group. “Here's a clear trail of moneycoming from abroad,” he said, “To me, it's illegal.” Healso joined Republicans in voting to give immunity fromprosecution to two witnesses when every other member of hisparty opposed it. When the hearings ended, Lieberman wrotean addendum to the Senate's report on the fund-raisingcontroversy; in it, he accused Clinton and Gore of using“the White House as a marketing tool.”

1997 WHAT I MEANT WAS: Lieberman defend Gore’s role in thefundraising scandal, saying, “It is unfair to attempt tohold the vice president accountable in any way for thewrongdoing... that probably occurred at the Hsi LaiTemple."

9/3/98 GOES PUBLIC: Lieberman was the first Democratic senator topublicly scold President Clinton for the Monica Lewinskyscandal, but called for him to be censured rather thanimpeached. In his Senate floor speech, Lieberman said ofClinton's sexual affair, "Such behavior is not justinappropriate, it is immoral and it is harmful, for itsends a message of what is acceptable behavior to thelarger American family, particularly to our children." Heeventually voted to acquit Clinton in the impeachmenttrial. After Lieberman’s floor speech, he became one ofthe Democrats’ most sought-after speakers, stumping forCongressional candidates from Nevada to New York.

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2/2000 AUTHOR: “In Praise of Public Life,” a defense of publiclife that draws on Lieberman’s personal experiences, ispublished.

4/2000 A Quinnipiac College poll shows Lieberman had a 71%approval rating among Connecticut voters. He is runningagainst Philip Giordano, the Mayor of Waterbury,Connecticut. Lieberman is considered to be a shoo-in.

8/7/00 MAKING HISTORY: Selected as Gore’s running mate, making himthe first Jewish running mate in history. Lieberman beatout five other finalists: Senators Evan Bayh of Indiana,John Edwards of North Carolina, John Kerry ofMassachusetts, House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt ofMissouri and New Hampshire Gov. Jeanne Shaheen.

8/7/00 DECISIONS: Connecticut law allows Lieberman to continue hisSenate race while campaigning with Gore, however, apromotion to vice president would require resignation fromthe Senate –assuming he is re-elected - and meanConnecticut’s Republican governor John Rowland would beable to appoint Lieberman's successor to serve until thenext state election in 2002. Lieberman could also quit theSenate race as late as Oct. 27 and be replaced by anotherDemocratic Party nominee, when he chooses what to do.

8/29/00 ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ASKS LIEBERMAN TO TONE DOWN RELIGIONTALK: The Anti-Defamation League, on the heels ofLieberman’s 8/27 remarks to a Detroit church congregation,asks him in a statement to avoid expressing religiousvalues and beliefs in his campaign. “Candidates shouldfeel comfortable explaining their religious convictions tovoters,” says the statement signed by national chairmanHoward Berkowitz and director Abraham Foxman. “At the sametime, however, we believe there is a point at which anemphasis on religion in a political campaign becomesinappropriate and even unsettling in a religiously diversesociety such as ours.”

9/13/00 TESTIFIES AT HEARING ON MEDIA VIOLENCE: At a SenateCommerce Committee hearing looking at the marketing ofviolent entertainment to children, Lieberman says thatColumbine, “was a warning that the culture of carnagesurrounding our children may have gone too far, and thatthe romanticized and sanitized visions of violence ourchildren are being bombarded with by the media has becomepart of a toxic mix that has actually now turned some ofthem into killers.” Lynne Cheney, wife of GOP VP nomineeDick Cheney, also testifies at the hearing.

10/5/00 LIEBERMAN AND CHENEY DEBATE: In Danville, Ky., Liebermandebates Dick Cheney. The debate is widely praised for itscalm, almost conversational tone, especially coming on theheels of a contentious debate between Al Gore and George W.Bush the previous evening. "I'm going to be positive


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tonight," Lieberman pledged at the start of the debate.Cheney echoed that promise.

11/7/00 ELECTION DAY: Initial reports indicated that Gore andLieberman had won; however after multiple recounts andSupreme Court rulings, George W. Bush was inauguratedPresident of the United States of America on January 20,2001.

11/8/00 FLORIDA BEGINS: Early in the morning, Florida, with its 25electoral votes, finds they have a razor-thin difference ofa few hundred votes between Gore/Lieberman and Bush.

11/9/00 RECOUNT: An incomplete count puts Bush’s lead at 1,784.Because of the narrow margin, a mandatory machine recountis ordered in 67 counties.

11/11/00 HAND COUNT: Bush sues in U.S. District Court in Miami tobar manual counting when Palm Beach County announces itwill manually recount all 462,657 ballots cast there.

11/13/00 KEEP COUNTING: Federal court refuses to stop manualrecounts. Election officials announce plans to certifystatewide results on Nov. 14. Gore sues for an extension.

11/19/00 REPUBLICANS CHARGE DEMS WITH DISSING THE MILITARY:Lieberman responds to the claims on Meet the Press: “Let mejust say that the vice president and I would neverauthorize, and would not tolerate, a campaign that wasaimed specifically at invalidating absentee ballots frommembers of our armed services. And I've been assured thatthere were more absentee ballots from non-military votersoverseas that were ultimately disqualified. We're all aboutexactly what you said, having every vote counted fairly andaccurately, and I think that was the end aim of whathappened with the absentee ballots, and it's our aim as thehand counts go on in these three counties in Florida.”

11/20/00 HAND COUNT: Lawyers for Bush and Gore/Lieberman arguebefore the Florida Supreme Court on whether hand counts areto be included in the final tally.

11/21/00 FLORIDA SUPREME COURT RULING: Florida justices ruleunanimously that hand count must be included.

11/26/00 WINNER?: Florida Secretary of State Katharine Harrisdeclares Bush winner in Florida by 537 votes.

11/27/00 RECOUNT REDEUX: Gore/Lieberman sue to contest the electionin Florida.

11/29/00 APPEAL: Gore/Lieberman appeal to the Florida Supreme Court.

12/8/00 RECOUNT 3: The Florida Supreme court justices, on a 4-3vote, order immediate manual recount of all ballots,


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approximately 45,000, in the state where no vote forpresident was machine recorded.

12/9/00 BUSH APPEALS TO U.S. SUPREME COURT: On Bush’s appeal, U.S.Supreme Court halts the manual count pending a hearing.

12/10/00 Lawyers for both sides files briefs with the U.S. SupremeCourt.

12/12/00 The Florida House of Representatives votes to appointelectors for Bush. The U.S. Supreme Court overturns theFlorida Supreme Court, ruling 5-4 that there may be nofurther counting of Florida’s disputed presidential votes.

12/13/00 WINNER TAKES ALL: Gore/Lieberman concede; Bush wins.

1/3/01 TOGETHER AGAIN: Vice President Al Gore swore JosephLieberman into the U.S. Senate, where he was elected to athird term with 63 percent of the vote.

2/1/01 ASHCROFT: A Senate majority voted 58 to 42, largely alongparty lines, to confirm John Ashcroft to be attorneygeneral. Lieberman was strongly opposed to his nomination.Lieberman votes no.

2/1/01 RELIGION: Sen. Lieberman endorses Bush’s plan to expand therole of religious groups in social programs and describesit as the next movement in welfare reform.

3/2/01 Lieberman made a statement asking MTV to cancel thecontroversial show, “Jackass,” saying it inspired a 13-year-old child to imitate program host Johnny Knoxville ashe and his friends re-enacted the stunt in which Knoxvilleput on a fire-resistant suit covered in meat and threwhimself over a barbecue pit, while friends squirted himwith lighter fluid and lit him on fire. The boy sufferedserious burns after imitating the stunt without wearing afire-resistant suit.

3/22/01 JOINS THE D.C FIGHT: Sen. Joseph Lieberman signed on as theprincipal sponsor of a bill that would exempt District ofColumbia residents from federal income tax if theirrepresentatives are not granted full voting rights.

5/5/01 GUN CONTROL: Lieberman and John McCain team up to unveil aSenate bill that would require criminal background checksfor all firearms sales at gun shows.

10/11/01 HOMELAND SECURITY: Lieberman announces a bill to create aDepartment of National Homeland Security saying, "Thiscabinet-level agency would bring the Federal EmergencyManagement Agency, the Customs Service, the Border Patrol,the Coast Guard, and certain offices responsible forcritical infrastructure protection under a singleadministrative umbrella.”


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3/13/02 COFFEE WITH AL GORE: At the Florida state party's annualconference in Orlando, Lieberman and Gore – both of whomaddressed the boisterous crowd over the weekend – share aprivate cup of coffee Saturday morning, at which theypresumably discussed where Gore stood on running in 2004.

3/24/02 Lieberman, meets with Gov. Jim Hodges (D-SC) who hadimpressed him earlier in the month by signing a homelandsecurity bill that allows for more cooperation betweenstate and federal agencies and more wiretappingcapabilities for law enforcement.

4/1/02 ENRON: Lieberman discusses the ethical dimension of theEnron scandal at New York University’s Stern School ofBusiness.

5/19/02 Lieberman raises money for his political action committee,ROCPAC, in Milwaukee, Wis.

9/30/02 Lieberman attended a Florida fundraiser for ROCPAC.

10/11/02 VOTES FOR IRAQ RESOLUTION: Lieberman was one of 77 senatorsto vote to authorize President Bush to use military forcein Iraq, if necessary.

10/13/02 Lieberman in Charleston, South Carolina where he gave aspeech to students and attended fundraisers for Rep. JamesClyburn, and for Attorney General and Secretary of Statecandidates. Lieberman also spoke at the dedication of TheCenter for Jewish Studies in Charleston.

11/24/02 FACE: Lieberman appears on “Face The Nation” andmakes a speech in New Haven, CT to a meeting of the Anti-Defamation League.

12/15/02 GORE WITHDRAWS: Al Gore announces he is not running forpresident in the Democratic presidential electionnomination for 2004. Gore first shared his decision withCBS 60 Minutes anchor Lesley Stahl and made his formerrunning mate aware of his decision in a message on hisBlackBerry pager. The decision freed Lieberman from apolitical limbo the Connecticut Democrat entered when hepledged not to run against the man who selected him as arunning mate in 2000. In a statement shortly after,Lieberman said, "I expected this decision by the formervice president to come in January, early January,"Lieberman said yesterday. "So, I'm going to take a few moreweeks to do some final thinking. This is a big decision -it has to come not just from my head, but from my heart andsoul - and then to announce it in early January."

12/20/02 MIDDLE EAST: Lieberman traveled the Middle East for tendays, stopping in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain and Israel.

1/1/03 CO-AUTHOR: “An Amazing Adventure: Joe and Hadassah’sPersonal notes on the 2000 Campaign” by Joe and HadassahLieberman, published.


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1/13/03 NOW THAT AL’S OUT: Lieberman announced his plans to run forpresident at Stamford High School in Connecticut.

2/7-9/03 Lieberman travels to Germany for Munich’s annual WehrkundeConference on international security policy. DefenseSecretary William S. Cohen led the high-powered U.S.delegation that included 10 lawmakers, including Liebermanand John McCain. The conference showed just how dividedthe major European nations were about their visions offuture trans-Atlantic relations with the United States, andthe growing crisis over Iraq is increasing those divisions.

2/14/03 HOMELAND SECURITY: Lieberman gives speech on Homelandsecurity at George Washington University.

4/10/03 ENDORSEMENTS: 11 House Democrats officially endorseLieberman: Reps. Dennis Cardoza (CA), Brad Carson (OK), EdCase (HI), Rosa DeLauro (CT), Cal Dooley (CA), Eliot Engel(NY), John Larson (CT), Bill Lipinski (IL), Steve Rothman(NJ), Ellen Tauscher (CA), Robert Wexler (FL).

5/3/03 FORUM: First Democratic presidential debate betweenpresidential candidates in Columbia, S.C., Lieberman tellsthe audience, "I am the one Democrat who can match GeorgeBush in the areas where many think he's strong, defense andmoral values, and beat him where he is weak, on the economyand his divisive right-wing social agenda."

5/7/03 ENERGY: Lieberman announced his energy platform, whichproposes cutting U.S. oil imports by almost two-thirdswithin a decade and spending billions of dollars on anemerging process for turning coal into pollution-freehydrogen.

5/11/03 MOTHER’S DAY: Lieberman travels to Des Moines and Ames,Iowa to visit with his mother who he flew in to celebratethe holiday.

5/13/03 BOOED: Lieberman trumpeted his vote to give President Bushthe authority to strike Baghdad in a speech to youngDemocratic voters at the New York chapter of the DemocraticLeadership for the 21st Century and was interrupted byhissing.

5/21/03 HEALTH CARE: Sen. Joe Lieberman unveiled a portion of hishealth care plan in Washington. The centerpiece was a $150billion, 10-year plan to accelerate medical research and tobring new treatments to patients.

5/26/03 TROUBLED: Lieberman said he was troubled by the failure tofind weapons of mass destruction, and he called the Bushadministration's handling of postwar reconstruction"remarkably unprepared."

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endorsements from a dozen high-rolling Silicon Valleyleaders including John Doerr.

5/29/03 COURTING THE GAY VOTE: Lieberman traveled to Los Angeles tospeak to ANGLE, a gay and lesbian political group.

5/29/03 In a speech at the University of California in San Diego,Lieberman said "The administration of George W. Bush has anold economic plan for a new economy . . . And in so doing,it has let the sparks of innovation fall to the floor.”

5/31/03 TOURIST v. TERRORIST: Lieberman addresses reporters outsidethe DeConcini Port of Entry in Arizona saying,"Particularly after Sept. 11, we've got to reform ourhomeland security and immigration systems. If you put themtogether, it almost seems as if the American governmentcan't tell the difference between a tourist and aterrorist, or an immigrant and an invader."

6/8/03 OPENING DAY: Official Opening of his Des Moines office.

6/18/03 In an appearance in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Lieberman accusedPresident Bush of 'wiping out the middle class.' He alsotold supporters that he planned to open a campaign officein Oklahoma City.

6/26/03 Lieberman misses Medicare vote to attend the League ofConservation Voters/California League of Conservationpresidential candidate forum in Los Angeles. Braun, Dean,Kerry and Sharpton also attend.

7/1/03 Grand opening of his Arizona headquarters.

7/14/03 PROBLEMS ON THE CAMPAIGN FRONT: Lieberman’s campaignfinancial director Shari Yost stepped down from her post.It was also revealed that two of his children who wereworking for the campaign were being paid six-figuresalaries.

7/15/03 Lieberman attended the Human Rights Campaign PresidentialCandidate Forum at the International Trade Center inWashington. Also present were Moseley Braun, Dean,Gephardt, Kerry, Kucinich, and Sharpton.

7/16/03 Lieberman campaigned in Charleston, SC and attended afundraising dinner in Savannah, GA. Hadassah Liebermancampaigned in Tennessee.

7/17/03 PERSONA NON GRATA: After being called persona non grata byNAACP President, Kweisi Mfume, for missing the NAACPpresidential forum three days earlier, Lieberman flew downto Florida to apologize to the conference. Instead ofattending the conference, Lieberman was in New York for afundraising event and talk show appearance.


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7/18/03 MANUFACTURING POLICY: Joe Lieberman unveils a “majormanufacturing policy” speech in Salem, NH and campaigned inEpping and Manchester, NH.

8/8/03 Lieberman takes “Joe’s Jobs Tour” to Nashua and Manchester,New Hampshire; makes remarks and meets with Anthem BlueCross/Blue Shield Employees in Manchester and then remarksand meets with employees and tours Delta Education inNashua.

9/9/03 CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS DEBATE: Lieberman was the onlypresidential candidate to aggressively go after frontrunnerHoward Dean, by accusing him of abandoning Israel. Theaccusation follows a comment Howard Dean made the previousweek in Santa Fe, in which he said the United States shouldnot take sides in the Israeli Palestinian conflict.

10/9/03 Attends the DNC facilitated presidential debate in Phoenix,AZ, hosted by Gov. Janet Napolitano and the ArizonaDemocratic Party.

10/13/03 Lieberman jumpstarts his campaign with his “Leading withIntegrity” tour in CT, then NH.

10/20/03 Lieberman decides to bypass the Iowa caucuses to focus onplaces where he feels he will have a chance of fairingbetter. Will focus on states like Arizona since Iowa,according to a Lieberman adviser, “will never be Liebermancountry.”

10/21/03 After opting to bypass the challenge of the Iowa Caucus,Lieberman opens four new offices in New Hampshire.

10/22/03 Lieberman makes his second campaign stop in Delaware withSen. Tom Carper in an attempt to secure an early primarywin there on Feb. 3.

10/24/03 Three fundraisers leave the campaign. Lieberman’s campaignresponded by saying the campaign was “streamlining.”Lieberman tells radio personality Imus that if elected, hewould appoint Republican Sen. John McCain to Secretary ofDefense.

10/25/03 Participates in DNC/Congressional Black Caucus debate atthe Fox Theater in Detroit.

10/26/03 Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Ct., on CBS' Face The Nation. Inan apparent dig to rival Howard Dean, he said the Democratswould have a hard time winning the election if they movedtoo far to the left and didn’t have a platform that reliedon more than anger. “America wants leadership that has morethan anger. They--they want strength. They--they wantconviction and they want hope and optimism, and that's mycampaign.”


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10/27/03 Published letter in op-ed of Wall Street Journal outlininghis tax proposal and attacking Bush’s current tax policy.Announced new website bushintegritywatch.com as he tries tofocus his campaign on an issue of integrity.

10/29/03 Lieberman campaigns airs first television advertisements.One outlines his tax plan; the other defends his decisionto vote with Bush concerning the War in Iraq. Lieberman-McCain Climate Change Bill Introduced on Senate Floor

11/3/03 Lieberman campaigns heavily in South Carolina includingpublishing an op-ed about tax cuts, encouraging and helpingmore students go to college and fighting the violence inthe video game industry.

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FORMER AMBASSADOR CAROL MOSELEY BRAUN

Age: 56

Birthdate: August 16, 1947 in Chicago, Ill.

Current Position: Attorney

Career Highlights: U.S. Senator, 1993-99; U.S.Ambassador to New Zealand, 1999-2001; Cook County Recorder ofDeeds, 1989-92, IL House orRepresentatives, 1978-88; Asst.Majority Leader, 1983; AssistantU.S. Attorney, 1973-77.

Education: University of Chicago, J.D. (1972);University of Illinois, B.A.(1969).

Military Service: none

Family: Divorced Michael Braun in 1988; oneson, Matthew (26).

Hometown: Chicago, Illinois

Religion: Catholic

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8/16/47 Carol Moseley: Born in Chicago, IL, the oldest of fourchildren, to Joseph and Edna Moseley. Her father was apoliceman and her mother was a medical technician. Herparents later divorced and she lived at her grandmother’shouse in Chicago with her mother and her siblings.

1969 Graduates from University of Illinois, B.A.

1972 Graduates from University of Chicago, J.D.

1973-77 Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District ofIllinois

1978-88 IL House of Representatives: Elected at the age of 31.Both Republicans and Democrats acknowledge her goodperformance.

1983 Assistant Majority Leader

1984 Proposes death penalty moratorium, 18 years before themoratorium is instituted by Gov. George Ryan.

1986 Failed bid for lieutenant governor.

1989 Elected as Cook County Recorder of Deeds.

1992 U.S. SENATE PRIMARY: Defeats incumbent Sen. Alan Dixon inthe primary. During the campaign, she was critical ofDixon’s support of Supreme Court nominee of ClarenceThomas.

9/1992 Election Trouble: Revealed that Braun split among herselfand siblings a royalty inheritance of $28,750. The moneywas owed to her mother, a nursing home resident, who wassupposed to reimburse Medicaid with the money. After aninvestigation, Braun paid the state $ 15,000 to satisfy thedebt.

11/1992 “Year of the Woman”: Despite the minor scandal, Braun iselected as the first black woman to the US Senate, with 53%of the vote, in what is referred to as the “Year of theWoman” election.

1992 More Scandal: Braun’s staffers accuse her campaign managerand fiancé of sexual harassment. Records reveal that Braunaccepted more than 100 campaign contributions that exceededthe $1000 limit. More than $240,000 of her expenditureswere not accounted for. The Federal Election Commissioninvestigates Braun’s campaign finances and eventuallyclears her of any wrongdoing. The FEC audit cited, at most,a $311.28 misunderstanding that appeared to benefit acampaign official, not Braun.

1995 Braun visits Nigerian dictator General Sani Abacha withoutconsulting the State Department. The incident drew heavycriticism, including a rebuke from State and criticism from

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the Congressional Black Caucus. Braun visited Nigeria atleast six times while in the Senate in privately financedtrips.

11/1998 OUT OF THE SENATE: Defeated for re-election. Loses with47% of the vote to Republican state Sen. Peter Fitzgerald,who received 51% of the vote.

1998 Appointed as consultant to the Department of Education onschool construction by President Clinton.

1998 Nominated to be U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa byPresident Clinton and confirmed by the Senate.

Professor of Business Law, DePaul University GraduateSchool of Business.

12/2002 NO TO SENATE RUN: Braun considers entering a rematch withFitzgerald for the Senate, but by December she announcesher candidacy for president.

2/19/03 Announces the creation of her presidential exploratorycommittee at the University of Chicago, where she graduatedlaw school. Says she will campaign as “peace dove and adeficit hawk.”

5/22/03 In a forum sponsored by EMILY’s List, Braun urged thewomen’s organization to support her. “We need your help,we need your checks, we need your networking, we need yoursupport,” Braun said. “Without it, really it will be alonely effort to try to carry the burden of empoweringwomen totally on the backs of a little campaign.”

6/16/03 REORGANIZATION: Braun’s campaign manager, Andrea “Andi”Pringle, announces that she “may be used as a consultant”in the future after the reorganization of the Brauncampaign.

6/30/03 FUND-RAISING: Ends quarter having raised $217,109 and lessthan $25,000 cash-on-hand.

8/7/03 Andi Pringle announces her position as a new deputycampaign manager for Team Dean. She will help to increaseDean’s outreach to African American voters.

8/25/03 ENDORSEMENTS: Braun speaks at the National Organization forWomen in Fort Lauderdale. “Together we will take the 'menonly' sign off the White House.” Accepts endorsement fromNational Organization for Women and National Women'sPolitical Caucus. “Not only is a woman's place in theHouse and the Senate, it is in the White House, too.”

9/22/03 “An American Renaissance”: Braun formally declares hercandidacy for the president at Howard University inWashington, DC. She states, “I am uniquely qualified to dothe job of president, and I offer the clearest alternative

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to this current administration, whose only new idea hasbeen pre-emptive war and a huge new bureaucracy.”

10/13/03 Braun appears in a candidate forum sponsored by theArkansas Black Legislative Caucus. She hopes “to stop aWhite House that strips Americans of individual freedomsand perpetuates poverty.”

10/21/03 Braun “predicted that in 20 years the death penalty will beabolished.” She attends a meeting in Nashville by theNational Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.

10/31/03 In a non-political address to Wright State Universitystudents, Braun emphasizes that “small acts-not momentousevents” will aid the fight against racism and sexism.

11/04/03 Braun proposes her plan of a single-payer health caresystem in order to fix the troubled system and to preventthe rising costs. She announces her plan to a presidentialprimary forum Every Child Matters in an unusual campaignstop in New Hampshire.

11/18/04 NEW CAMPAIGN MANAGER: Braun reshuffles her team, makingformer NOW-head Patricia Ireland her campaign manager.Ireland says, "this is someone whose kitchen table servedas a planning location for the Equal Rights Amendmentcampaign in Illinois." Ireland says her focus will be that"the campaign qualifies next year for federal campaignmatching funds in as many states as possible." Braun saysshe chose Ireland because she has "vast connections andresources around the country and we're going to bring thoseto bear."

Despite the move, Braun declined to call herself the“feminist” candidate when questioned on “Hardball”.

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AL SHARPTON

Age: 49

Birthdate: October 3, 1954; Brooklyn, NY

Current Position: Founder/President, National ActionNetwork

Career Highlights: President, National Action Network,1991-present; Minister, 1963-present; U.S. Senate candidate,1992 and 1994; NYC mayoralcandidate, 1997

Education: Attended Brooklyn College (1973)


Hometown: Brooklyn, New York

Religion: Pentecostal

Spouse: Kathy Jordan

Age: Not available

Birthday: Niagara Falls, NY

Career Highlights: US Army sergeant for 15 years;directs a school choir; a formerbackup singer for James Brown

Education: Not available

Religion: Baptist Church of Christ

Family: Two daughters, Dominique and Ashley

AL SHARPTON TIMELINE

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10/3/54 Born in Brooklyn, NY.

1963 Ordained a Pentecostal minister at age 9 at WashingtonTemple Church In Brooklyn, NY. Toured the United Stateswith legendary gospel singer Mahalia Jackson. Met hishero, Adam Clayton Powell, New York City Congressman andpastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem.

1964 Fragmented family forced a move to the Brownsville housingproject in Brooklyn and needed to go on welfare. Histeenage half sister Tina - his mother’s child by a previousmarriage - became impregnated by his father, and the twomoved away together.

1969-71 Appointed by Jesse Jackson as Youth director of OperationBreadbasket, an organization that demonstrated againstbusinesses that did not hire blacks.

1971-86 Founder of National Youth Movement

Late 70s Youth organizer for boxing promoter Don King- Early 80s

1981 Records “God Has Smiled On Me” with James Brown.

1987 Tawana Brawley Case: Sharpton accuses Dutchess CountyProsecutor Steven Pagones of kidnapping a 15-year-old blackteenage girl, abusing, and raping her. A grand jurydeclares insufficient evidence and clears Pagones, wholater wins a $65,000 defamation suit against Sharpton. Tothis day, he refuses to apologize for the slander directedat Pagones. In Jan. 2003, Sharpton appeared on NBC's "Meetthe Press," where the moderator asked if he would apologizefor his role in the affair. Sharpton replied: "I think allof us need to take women's claims more seriously." Themoderator pressed: "No apology for Tawana Brawley?" towhich Sharpton replied: "No apology for standing up forcivil rights." Asked again by a reporter in Oct. 2003whether he had any regrets about his involvement inBrawley's allegations, Sharpton said: I think I was righton that case then and I think I'm right today. Somethinghappened to Tawana Brawley. She should have been given dueprocess but was not. Any case where you go in, there's arisk that a jury, or the public, won't believe you. You goby the information you have ... In the Brawley case a jurydidn't agree with me, but I still believe I was right."

1990 Acquitted of charges he stole from the National YouthMovement, which he founded.

1991 Founder of National Action Network

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1/1991 Leads a protest in the Bensonhurst section of New York Cityfollowing the 1989 shooting death of Yusuf Hawkins, a blackyouth who was attacked by a white mob. Sharpton is stabbedin the chest.

1992 Failed campaign for U.S. Senate: The U.S. Senate primary inNew York is Sharpton’s first political campaign. He came inthird among four Democrats with 14.5 percent of the vote,trailing behind former Democratic vice presidential nomineeGeraldine Ferraro.

1993 Pleads guilty to not filing state income tax return in1986.

1993 Serves a 45-day jail sentence for leading a protest marchin 1987 that resulted in the Brooklyn Bridge shutting down.

1994 Another failed campaign for U.S. Senate: Sharptonchallenges three term incumbent Sen. Patrick Moynihan.Despite losing, Sharpton’s numbers improve since 1992. Hereceives 26% of the vote.

1997 Failed campaign for New York City Mayor: Sharpton garners32% of the vote, almost resulting in a run off election.

1997 NYPD allegedly tortures Haitian immigrant Abner Louima.Sharpton leads mass demonstration against police brutality.

1999 Continues to lead demonstrations against police brutalityin the Amadou Diallo case.

2000 Organizes a debate between Al Gore and Bill Bradley atHarlem’s Apollo Theater during the 2000 pPresidentialcampaign.

2002 Jailed for protesting U.S. bombing exercises on PuertoRico's Vieques Islands. Sharpton receives a 90-daysentence. During his incarceration at the MetropolitanDetention Center in Brooklyn, Sharpton engages in a hungerstrike under the guidance of Dick Gregory.

7/2002 A 19-year-old video surveillance tape is released showingSharpton discussing a drug deal with an undercover FBIagent.

8/2002 Sharpton announces that he will establish a presidentialexploratory committee by November 2002.

1/12/03 MEET THE PRESS: A guest on Meet The Press, Sharptondeclares his intentions on running for president. “OnJanuary 21, I will be filing the exploratory committee andI intend, early spring, to make a formal announcement torun.” He wants to be president “because the United Statestoday sits in a global village. The world, because oftechnology and communication, is one village. And I, morethan anyone talking about running, understands the village


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and I feel represents the priorities that the village mustdeal with in order to survive as a planet.”

1/21/03 Creates presidential exploratory committee.

4/28/03 Files the financial disclosure documents with the FEC andis an official candidate.

7/6/03 FACE THE NATION: A guest on Face The Nation, Sharptoncriticizes the Iraq War. “The only way that I would commitUS forces unilaterally if I were president is if we wereunder direct attack. And we had no choice but to do that todefend American lives, which was suggested to us in Iraq,and I think has been proven to be totally unfounded.”

7/20/03 Sharpton heads Liberia in an attempt to bring stability toa ceasefire between two warring factions. While in Ghanaon 7/21, he canceled his trip after the U.S. embassy inLiberia could not guarantee his safety.

9/4/03 Sharpton is a no show at the first Democratic debate heldin Albuquerque, NM. The following night he explains hisabsence to Chris Mathews on CNBC’s Hardball. “I sat on arunway in La Guardia airport in New York, for three hours.And when we got to Atlanta, the connection was gone. Wetried to get a private plane over in Mercury Aviation, andbecause of the weather, we just could not get out. So wemissed that debate.”

9/23/03 Sharpton participates in a forum with the Dalai Lama atTown Hall in New York.

9/24/03 Sharpton meets with Robert Johnson, the CEO of BlackEntertainment Television in New York City. Soon after themeeting, the two announced BET would join Sharpton’sNational Action Network to help encourage young people toregister to vote. Their goal is to register a million newvoters by spring 2004. Johnson did not endorse Sharpton.

10/1/03 Sharpton announces a new campaign manager, CharlesHalloran, after two top aides, Frank Watkins and KevinGray, resign. Watkins said he was leaving for personalreasons and will vote for Sharpton. Watkins now works as aspokesman for Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. who has indicated hewill endorse Dean.

10/14/03 Sharpton attends a birthday party thrown by Rap moguls,Russell Simmons, P. Diddy, and Jay-Z in New York. Proceedsfrom the party will go towards Sharpton’s presidentialcampaign.

10/16/03 Financial reports as of this date had not yet been filedwith the FEC.


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10/29/03 Sharpton criticizes fellow black leader, RepresentativeJesse L. Jackson, Jr., for his plans to endorse Dean. Healso accused Dean of having an “anti-black” agenda andattacked his record on affirmative action and gun rights.Jackson announced that his decision to endorse Dean wouldnot change despite Sharpton’s complaints.

12/6/03 Sharpton is scheduled to guest host Saturday Night Live.

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