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Senator Specter has been a moderate [[Republican]], disagreeing with the Bush Administration on numerous issues. He was one of three Republicans who supported Obama's stimulus bill in 2009.  Threatened with a [[conservative]] [[primary]] challenger for his seat in 2010, on April 28, 2009, he announced he will switch to the Democratic party.  Now that [[Al Franken]] has been declared the victor in the Minnesota Senate race, Specter's vote provides the crucial 60th vote needed for Democrats if both left-leaning independents decide to stop GOP [[filibusters]].

Senator Specter has been a moderate [[Republican]], disagreeing with the Bush Administration on numerous issues. He was one of three Republicans who supported Obama's stimulus bill in 2009.  Threatened with a [[conservative]] [[primary]] challenger for his seat in 2010, on April 28, 2009, he announced he will switch to the Democratic party.  Now that [[Al Franken]] has been declared the victor in the Minnesota Senate race, Specter's vote provides the crucial 60th vote needed for Democrats if both left-leaning independents decide to stop GOP [[filibusters]].

He is a US Air Force veteran, serving during the [[Korean War]].

He is a [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]] veteran, serving within the U.S. as an officer within the Air Force Office of Special Investigations during the [[Korean War]].

==Political Career==  

==Political Career==