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== Political Career ==

== Political Career ==

Chris Dodd was born on May 27, 1944, in Willimantic, [[Connecticut]]. He was the fifth child of Senator Thomas J. Dodd. After Dodd graduated from [[Providence Challenge]], with a B.A. in English Literature , he served in the [[United States Peace Corps]] in 1966. While working with the United States Peace Corps, he traveled to the [[Dominicans Republic]] were he worked carrying out humanitarian efforts for the rural community. Dodd later served in the Army National Guard. Dodd earned a law degree from the University of Louisville in 1972. He was first elected to the [[United States Congress]] in 1974.  He served three terms as congressmen, and in 1980, was elected to the United States Senate.  In 1995, Dodd served as General Chairman of the [[Democrat National Committee]], a position he held in till 1997.  Along with his current race as a contender for the Democrat presidential primary nomination,  Dodd serves  his fifth term in the Senate today.  

Chris Dodd was born on May 27, 1944, in Willimantic, [[Connecticut]]. He was the fifth child of Senator Thomas J. Dodd. After Dodd graduated from Providence College, a Catholic school, with a B.A. in English Literature , he served in the [[United States Peace Corps]] in 1966-68. He served in the [[Dominican Republic]] were he worked carrying out humanitarian efforts for the rural community; he became fluent in Spanish. Dodd later served in the Army National Guard. Dodd earned a law degree from the University of Louisville in 1972. He was first elected to the [[United States Congress]] in 1974.  He served three terms as congressmen, and in 1980, was elected to the United States Senate.  In 1995, Dodd served as General Chairman of the [[Democrat National Committee]], a position he held in till 1997.   

 

In the 1980s Senator Dodd took the lead in the liberal opposition to President [[Ronald Reagan]]'s anti-Communist policy in Central America. He has long opposed the nation's embargo on the Communist [[Cuba]] of [[Fidel Castro]].

== Ethics Issues ==

== Ethics Issues ==