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Fred Thompson
Fred Dalton Thompson was born in Sheffield, Alabama on August 19, 1942. He got married to Sarah Elizabeth Lindsey from 1959, they had three children together, in 1985 they divorced and he is currently married to Jeri Kehn with whom he has two children. So all together he has five kids. He entered Florence State College, now the University of North Alabama, becoming the first member of his family to go to college. He recieved his education in J.D. at Vanderbilt University in 1967, and BS in Philosophy/Political Science from Memphis State in 1964. He had tons of professional experience, from Practicing Attorney, Acting, Author, Factory Worker, Shoe Salesman, to being a truck driver. 1994 he became the senator of Tennessee, that lasted until 2002. He served as chairman of the International Security Advisory Board at the United States Department of State, he is a member of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and is a Visiting Fellow with the American Enterprise Institute. specializing in national security and intelligence. In 1973, Thompson was appointed minority counsel for the Senate Watergate Committee, covened by the U.S. Senate to investigate the Watergate Scandal.