Gravel2008.us offers the opinions and commentary of Senator Mike Gravel
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Bio
Education: B.S. in Economics from Columbia University
Military: U.S. Army 1951-1954
Politics: Alaska House of Representatives 1963-1966, Alaska Senate 1969-1981
Other Work: Cab driver in New York City, clerk on Wall Street, brakeman on the Alaska Railroad.
Family: Married to Whitney Stewart Gravel and has two grown children.
As an Alaska Senator Gravel served on the Finance, Interior, and Environmental and Public Works committees, chairing the Energy, Water Resources, Buildings and Grounds, and Environmental Pollution subcommittees.
Gravel was instrumental in securing the 1971 release of a large collection of Pentagon Papers on the Vietnam War. His bold 5 month one-man filibuster forced the Nixon administration to end the draft in the United States. Gravel was resolute that citizens had a right to know the truth behind the war and read 4,100 pages of the 7,000 page document into the senate record. Ultimately, The Supreme Court ruled that Senator Gravel did not have the right and to share official documents.
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On the Issues
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Debate Transcripts
- Transcript of October 30, 2007 debate held in Philadelphia
- Transcript of Monday, July 23, 2007 debate held at the The Citadel in Charleston, S.C.
- Transcript June 3, 2007 deabte held in New Hampshire
- Transcript of April 26, 2007 debate held in South Carolina
Quotes
"Given our current military fatality rates in Iraq, the issue now is whether in the next two years we will send another 2,000 to 3,000 of our service personnel to their deaths. I support these troops and I am determined to save their lives. I have proposed legislation and a legislative strategy to accomplish an immediate and orderly withdrawal from Iraq."
"If I'm president, I'll do away with the war on drugs, which does nothing but savage our inner cities and endanger our children."
Mike Gravel former Alaska Senator June 28, 2007 Democratic Debate held at Howard University
