- Gephardt Backs Force Against Iraq (June 5, 2002)
...i leader Saddam Hussein, he will have the backing of House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt. "Saddam Hussein survives by repressing his people and feeding on a... - Lawmakers Seek Hijack Threat Papers (May 16, 2002)
...and, most importantly, what was done about it," said House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo. Republican Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, vice chairman of the... - White House Defends Threat Response (May 16, 2002)
...and, most importantly, what was done about it," said House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo. Republican Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, vice chairman of the... - Lawmakers Push for Hearings on Warning Given to Bush (May 16, 2002)
...seem to suggest what was coming. "Was there a failure of intelligence?" Richard Gephardt, the House Democratic leader from Missouri, said in a news conference toda... - Paying for Oil with Blood? (October 14, 2002)
...cians made the connection between oil and terrorism. House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt (D., Mo.) called for a new Manhattan Project to develop fuel-cell energy i... - A New Questioning of the War (June 30, 2002)
...he president in the war on terrorism." Some, such as House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, have virtually given Bush a green light to go after Saddam Hussein. Bu... - The New Politics of Sept. 11 (May 16, 2002)
..."for transparency and a thorough investigation." House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Missouri, said Wednesday that Congress needs to hold public hearings th... - NION: McDermott Accuses Bush of Plotting to Be Emperor (October 7, 2002)
..." "If President Bush is engaged in a coup then his co-conspirators are Richard Gephardt and Joseph Lieberman," he said, referring to Democratic leaders. About... - Councils of War (January 1, 2002)
...o get a number of important things done with almost a summitlike process," Dick Gephardt, the House minority leader, told me recently. "I think everybody performed... - It's the War, Stupid (October 12, 2002)
...to be the same as that for Iraq — call for a debate and pray. Here is what Richard Gephardt had to say last week: "I have asked the president for nine months to have... - Unilateralism Revisited (July 12, 2002)
...l conviction, although some would-be presidential candidates, such as Rep. Dick Gephardt and Sen. John Kerry, have actually endorsed key parts of Bush's foreign po... - The Peace Movement Lives (September 27, 2002)
...thout that pressure, Congressional Democratic leaders like Tom Daschle amd Richard Gephardt — who two weeks ago sneered at Iraq's offer to allow "unconditional" acces... - "I never felt it was inevitable that we had to go to war." — on the invasion of Iraq.
- "It’s a great day for our troops, for this administration, for the people of Iraq. My hope is that this will decrease the violence our troops will have to face." — on the capture of Saddam Hussein.
- "I want to say a special thank you to every member of every labor union in this country who has stood by my side ... throughout my career. Your fight is my fight, and it will always be that way." — conceding defeat after winning no delegates in the Iowa Democratic caucus of 2004.
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Dick Gephardt
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Richard Andrew Gephardt (born January 31, 1941) is a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Gephardt was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated from South West High School in 1958. He earned his B.S. at Northwestern University in 1962 and earned his J.D. at the University of Michigan Law School in 1965.
In 1965, he was admitted to the Missouri bar. He then entered the Missouri Air National Guard, where he served until 1971. He was Democratic committeeman in St. Louis between 1968-1971, moving up to alderman 1971-1976. He was elected as a Democrat to the 95th succeeding Congress, and repeated re-electing until he choose to give up his seat in 2003.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988. He was majority leader from 1989-1994 (101st through 103rd Congresses) and minority leader from 1995-2003 (104th through 107th Congresses).
He announced his second run for President on January 5, 2003, dropping out a year later after his fourth-place finish in the Iowa caucus.
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