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Jim Sasser, three-term U.S. Senator from Tennessee and former ambassador, has died at 87
11 Sep 2024 16:46 GMT
… until 1972.
A long-time Democratic activist, Sasser's political … won his the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in 1976, defeating … the retirement of then-Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, had Sasser won a …
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How Five Presidents Failed to Bring Peace
17 Sep 2024 12:02 GMT
… . And he brought in George Mitchell, a negotiator from the … Israel-Hamas war, the Obama administration completely overlooked the need … influences within his coalition. Obama ignored all that for … supporter of a peaceful, democratic Israel existing side-by-side …
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Superdelegate and former South Dakota U.S. Senator Tom Daschle once again attending Democratic National Convention
19 Aug 2024 13:56 GMT
… become the leader of the Senate Democratic Caucus.
He said Biden … 2008, President-elect Barack Obama, who has listened and learned … s loss in 2004.
Obama nominated him to serve … with former Majority Leaders George Mitchell, a Democrat, and Republicans Bob Dole …
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Steve Symms, senator who was voice of conservative ire, dies at 86
11 Aug 2024 17:38 GMT
… before knocking off a popular Democratic incumbent, Senator Frank Church, in a … not corroborate the accusation. Some Democrats linked the comment to smear … working relationship with Democratic Senator George Mitchell of Maine on various Senate committees.
“I …
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Future of George Mitchell scholarships in doubt as programme paused over funding shortages
13 Mar 2024 14:42 GMT
… future classes of the prestigious George Mitchell Scholarship programme in order to … programme is named after US senator George Mitchell, who played a central role …
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George Mitchell scholarship ‘paused’ over lack of funding as US-Ireland Alliance criticises ‘no reply’ from Irish Government
13 Mar 2024 18:57 GMT
The organisation said it had decided to pause the prestigious scheme named after the US senator who was one of the architects of the Northern Ireland peace process and the Good Friday Agreement, as it considers the long-term sustainability of the …
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The Maine Idea: Golden marches to different drummer
12 Sep 2024 09:55 GMT
… politics that Golden stumbled.
Most Democrats were conflicted after President Biden … , but whether a Democratic representative supports other Democrats is a legitimate inquiry … the future U.S. Sen. George Mitchell.
But with partisan allegiances as …
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Epstein victim accused New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, MIT scientist Marvin Minsky, Victoria Secret's chief Les Wexner and Senator George Mitchell of sex trafficking her in latest bombshell document dump
10 Jan 2024 00:25 GMT
… Bill Richardson and former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, both Democrats who have been … .
Mitchell served as a US Senator from Maine and was the … Senate Majority Leader from 1989 to …
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Epstein Victim Says She Was Forced to Have Sex With Top Diplomat George Mitchell as Teenager: Court Docs
09 Jan 2024 23:51 GMT
… diplomat and U.S. Sen. George Mitchell when she was about 17 … Getty ImagesMitchell served as a senator from Maine and as the … Senate majority leader from 1989-1995. …
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Acadia visitor center would be renamed in honor of U.S. Sen. George Mitchell under proposal
15 Dec 2023 20:40 GMT
… in the U.S. Senate from 1980–95 and was … special envoy to the Middle East under President Barack Obama (2009 … career in public service, George Mitchell was a peacemaker, a … said King. “Throughout his career, George Mitchell has largely embodied the character …