Fred Thompson - Revision history

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 == External links ==
-*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000669/bio Fred Dalton Thompson]
+*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000669/bio Fred Dalton Thompson]
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 *[http://www.imwithfred.com/ I'm with Fred!] - Exploratory committee site

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 Thompson was an assistant U.S. attorney from 1969 to 1972; minority counsel, then to the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities ("Watergate Committee") from 1973 to 1974. He became special counsel to Tennessee Governor [[Lamar Alexander]] in 1980, special counsel, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations 1980-1981, Special counsel to the Senate Intelligence Committee 1982. He became a member of the Tennessee Appellate Court Nominating Commission 1985-1987.
-From 1975 to 1992 Thompson worked as a corporate lobbyist in Washington, D.C. He represented firms such as General Electric, Westinghouse and the Tennessee Savings and Loan League. In 1982, Thompson lobbied the U.S. Congress for passage of the Savings and Loan deregulation legislation. Thompson contributed to the the Garn - St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982. In 1991, he worked with the Washington, D.C. firm of Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin, & Kahn, representing overseas business entities as a registered foreign agent.
+From 1975 to 1992 Thompson worked as a corporate lobbyist in Washington, D.C. He represented firms such as General Electric, Westinghouse and the Tennessee Savings and Loan League. In 1982, Thompson lobbied the U.S. Congress for passage of the Savings and Loan deregulation legislation. Thompson contributed to the Garn - St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982. In 1991, he worked with the Washington, D.C. firm of Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin, & Kahn, representing overseas business entities as a registered foreign agent.
 ==U.S. Senate==
-Thompson was elected as a Republican to the [[United States Senate]] in the November 8, 1994, special election to fill the unexpired term (Ending January 3, 1997) of [[Al Gore|Albert Gore, Jr.]] vacant by resignation upon Gore's election as [[Vice President of the United States of America|Vice President]].  Thompson was re-elected in 1996 for a full 6 year term,  ending January 3, 2003. He decided not to be a candidate for reelection in 2002,  resuming his acting career.
+Thompson was elected as a Republican to the [[United States Senate]] in the November 8, 1994, special election to fill the unexpired term (Ending January 3, 1997) of [[Al Gore|Albert Gore, Jr.]] vacant by resignation upon Gore's election as [[Vice President of the United States of America|Vice President]].  Thompson was re-elected in 1996 for a full 6-year term,  ending January 3, 2003. He decided not to be a candidate for reelection in 2002,  resuming his acting career.
 ==Political Views==

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 == See also ==
-[[Image:FredThompson.jpg|200px|right|]]
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 *[[2008 Presidential Election]]
 *[[President of the United States of America]]
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 *[http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008-presidential-candidates/fred-thompson/ Fred Thompson] ''The Washington Post''.
 *[http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertDNovak/2007/05/31/why_fred_thompson Why Fred Thompson?], By Robert D. Novak, May 31, 2007.
-*[http://vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=22003 Fred Thompson Interest Group Ratings], Project Vote Smart.  Retrieved June 4 2007.</small>
+*[http://vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=22003 Fred Thompson Interest Group Ratings], Project Vote Smart.  Retrieved June 4, 2007.</small>
 ==References==
-<small><references/></small>
+{{Reflist}}
-{{DEFAULTSORT: Thompson, Fred}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Fred}}
 [[Category:Former United States Senators]]
 [[Category:Actors]]

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 Thompson described himself as [[pro-life]]. During an interview in 2007 on Fox News' ''Hannity and Colmes'', he said the following:
-:I've always thought that [[Roe v. Wade]] was a wrong decision, that they usurped what had been the law in this country for 200 years, that it was a matter that should go back to the states. When you get back to the states, I think the states should have some leeway. I might vote against one approach, but I think the state ought to have it. And I would not be and never have been for a law that says, on the state level, if I were back in Tennessee voting on this...to criminalize a young woman....
+:I've always thought that ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' was a wrong decision, that they usurped what had been the law in this country for 200 years, that it was a matter that should go back to the states. When you get back to the states, I think the states should have some leeway. I might vote against one approach, but I think the state ought to have it. And I would not be and never have been for a law that says, on the state level, if I were back in Tennessee voting on this...to criminalize a young woman....
 However, when Fred Thompson first ran for the Senate in 1994, he said on the abortion issue,

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 ==Quotes==
-"This country has shed more blood for the freedom of other people than all the other nations in the history of the world combined, and I'm tired of people feeling like they've got to apologize for America."
+"This country has shed more blood for the freedom of other people than all the other nations in the history of the world combined, and I'm tired of people feeling like they've got to apologize for America." (August 2007)
 "Report: Russian bombers have penetrated US airspace 16 times in 10 days. I'm just surprised Obama didn't grant the pilots citizenship." (August 12, 2014)

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 Fred Thompson's name had been mentioned as a possible candidate for President since early 2007. In response, a grassroots political movement began on the [[internet]], trying to draft Thompson to run. He formed a presidential exploratory committee on June 1, 2007. On September 5, 2007, Thompson made his candidacy official, announcing on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'': "I'm running for president of the United States."   He dropped out of the race on Jan 22nd, 2008, after coming in third in the South Carolina Primary.  He endorsed his former rival, Senator [[John McCain]] of [[Arizona]].
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+==Quotes==
 "This country has shed more blood for the freedom of other people than all the other nations in the history of the world combined, and I'm tired of people feeling like they've got to apologize for America."