History From Our Files Aug 9, 2009
Gov. Bob Graham has named Harvey Kornstein to the county court judgeship seat which was recently vacated when Susan Roberts was named to the circuit court. Investigators say arson is indicated in a Tuesday fire that destroyed a mobile home in Bartow. (Bartow Polk County Democrat, FL)
Facilities, coaches impress Graham Aug 7, 2009
offensive lineman Bob Graham has come out and named a top three based on several recent unofficial visits. To continue reading this article you must be a member. (Iowa State Sports -- Rivals.com)
Is the stimulus working for your family? Aug 7, 2009
" More details are leaking out almost daily. A Democratic Presidential contender, Senator Bob Graham of Florida, says Bush knows much more than he is telling and is demanding that the administration come clean about what really took place. Before that happens, however, Bush will claim Executive Privilege and the truth will be covered up once again. 383 posts by on Aug 1 at 08:00 AM Anyone a teacher or someone who has kept a job because of this of received unemployment compensation?: Florida's... (Florida Today)
Graham says three schools top his list Aug 6, 2009
Bob Graham just completed his second visit to Lawrence and that could wrap up his summer visit schedule. The offensive tackle from Jenks High in Oklahoma talks about his latest trip to Kansas and what the next step is in his recruiting process. (Kansas Sports -- Rivals.com)
Graham Names His Top Three Aug 6, 2009
Date: Aug 5, 2009 After taking some recent unofficial visits, Jenks (OK) High School's Bob Graham has chosen to narrow his list of favorites down to three. to read the rest of this story. (CycloneNation.com)
Why funding heart research is a sound social investment Aug 1, 2009
In response, Professor Bob Graham, the president of the Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes, has already suggested some ideas. These include: adopting the six-days target; support for blue-sky research, the real driver of innovation; and investing in biotechnology so important for translating research discoveries into preventions and cures. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
This week I salute our neighbor to the south Jul 30, 2009
My favorites were Sammy McHoul and Bob Graham, two of the funniest guys I ve ever met. We would go to the China Pavilion lounge after work and dance like it was the 60 s; one night we did the stroll and believe me, the place was so tiny it was more of a sway than a stroll. (Braintree Forum, MA)
Bob Graham appointed to financial crisis panel Jul 16, 2009
Former Florida senator and governor Bob Graham will be one of six Democratic appointees to a commission set up to investigate the causes of the nation s financial collapse. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced their six appointments to the 10-member Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission today, including former California Treasurer Phil Angelides as chairman. (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- News)
Paulson on defense Jul 16, 2009
Democrats chose Brooksley Born, a former financial regulator who warned against lax rules for derivatives; Bob Graham, the former Democratic senator from Florida; John Thompson, board chairman of the Symantec Corporation; Heather Murren, a retired Merrill Lynch director; and Byron Georgiou, a Las Vegas businessman. Also in msnbc. (MSNBC -- Business)
Paulson defends response to financial crisis Jul 16, 2009
Democrats chose Brooksley Born, a former financial regulator who warned against lax rules for derivatives; Bob Graham, the former Democratic senator from Florida; John Thompson, board chairman of the Symantec Corporation; Heather Murren, a retired Merrill Lynch director; and Byron Georgiou, a Las Vegas businessman. Comments. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Illness doesn't stop Oklahoma lineman Jul 16, 2009
Fortunately for Jenks (OK) offensive tackle Bob Graham, the illness struck during May, not leaving him absent from any season playing time. To continue reading this article you must be a member. (Wyoming Sports -- Rivals.com)
News, photos, special reports Jul 14, 2009
U.S. Sugar deal - Missing link in Everglades restoration. U.S. Sugar deal Missing link in Everglades restoration. (The Palm Beach Post)
Study: WMD Attack In U.S. Likely By 2013 Jun 18, 2009
Bob Graham of Florida and Jim Talent of Missouri, acknowledges that terrorist groups still lack the needed scientific and technical ability to make weapons out of pathogens or nuclear bombs. It warns that gap can be overcome easily if terrorists should find scientists willing to share or sell their expertise. (CBS News -- Sci/Tech)
Exact account of Pelosi briefings elusive May 23, 2009
Even more deeply divergent are the recollections of Bob Graham (D-Fla. the former senator who chaired the Senate intelligence committee in 2002, and Sen. (MSNBC -- Race)
CIA must work with Congress May 22, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009. Since President Obama released the torture memos the legal analysis of the Bush Justice Department on which the CIA predicated its enhanced interrogation techniques a familiar pattern regarding U.S. intelligence has recurred: We have become fixated on the rear-view mirror to the exclusion of what is coming toward us. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Rep. Obey, CIA Dispute Briefing List Accuracy May 20, 2009
Bob Graham, the former Senate Intelligence Committee chairman, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he learned last month that internal CIA records erroneously showed that he had been briefed twice in April 2002 and twice in September 2002 on harsh interrogations. Graham disputed three of those meetings based on his meticulous daily journals. (Newsmax)
Put Up or Apologize? May 20, 2009
VAN SUSTEREN 00003DF0 : What do you make of former senator Bob Graham of Florida, who says -- who's known for keeping diaries, and apparently, according to the CIA notes, he was present at a certain number of briefings, yet his notes -- he keeps these diaries -- don't reflect the same thing ... HOEKSTRA: Well, I think what happened in this case -- and I'm not sure, but it appears that the CIA may have gone to Bob Graham and said, We may have records of you being at these certain meetings, and he... (Fox News)
Your views: Torture debate rages May 20, 2009
Bob Graham of Florida, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee during that period, has corroborated the CIAs omission of details concerning waterboarding. Does that make him a traitor too. (Florida Today)
The 13 people who made torture possible (154) May 19, 2009
Oh, and Reid and Pelosi were with Sen Bob Graham, being told just enough by those responsible to get them involved without know the whole story. Sort of like the way the war was pushed on us. (Salon)
Letters to the editor May 19, 2009
Bob Graham of having been briefed, but since he kept copious notes of his daily duties throughout his career, he challenged these liars, and they backed down. Interestingly, the Republican noise machine is silent on this aspect of CIA malfeasance. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
GOP could use Pelosi torture woes against Obama May 17, 2009
Bob Graham, a Florida Democrat who was the ranking member on the Senate Intelligence Committee, received an identical briefing, according to the CIA timeline, three weeks after Pelosi's. Graham backed Pelosi's recollections. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Torture is torture May 17, 2009
skooter wrote on May 15, 2009 10:37 AM:" Good points JRuby - another former senator, Bob Graham, has also emerged to back Pelosi's account of the content and tenor of the meetings. and a briefing in which you are told if a single nugget is released from the meeting you'll be prosecuted is not a sign-off by any stretch of the imagination.Cheney is taking the grand tour of all of the news agencies that will have him to take credit and pounding his chest over the program and the decision that... (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Who You Calling Debriefed? May 16, 2009
Bob Graham, who was then chairman of the Senate intelligence committee, has backed up Pelosi's criticism of the CIA in with the Huffington Post. Former Rep. (Slate)
Nobody's a Hero May 16, 2009
Bob Graham backs Pelosi, saying that the CIA did not adequately inform members of the Intelligence Committees of what techniques were being used on detainees at Guantanamo, while former CIA director and former Rep. Porter Goss said they were. (Slate)
Pelosi Tries to Get Past Torture May 16, 2009
Dispute Drowns Out Agenda. By Roll Call Staff May 18, 2009, 12 a.m.. (Roll Call)
Some Friday travelin’ home music, courtesy of Dad May 16, 2009
As the world turns Former Senator Bob Graham the ranking democrat on the intelligence committee at that time backs up Nancy Pelosi and her recollections on what was heard from the CIA. Nothing about waterboarding. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
How Waterboarding Is Drowning Pelosi May 15, 2009
Senator Bob Graham, a Florida Democrat who, according to the chart, was briefed later that same month, says he has no recollection of such a meeting. And Senator Jay Rockefeller, who was briefed in September 2003, says critical information was withheld from him about the legality of the practices to such an extent that by 2005 he had launched a "full-scale effort to investigate," according to his office. (Time.com)
Pelosi: Bush team misled her on waterboarding May 15, 2009
Bob Graham of Florida, have challenged the accuracy of some of the CIA's chart. Surprising decisionPelosi's decision to respond to her critics was something of a surprise, since most polls show Obama and his policies are popular, and Republicans have exhibited virtually nonstop political disarray in the six months since last fall's elections. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
Nancy Pelosi's war May 15, 2009
and Bob Graham (D-Fla. have backed Pelosi, saying the CIA chart was full of inaccuracies and mischaracterizations. (Yahoo News)
Sink enters race for governor May 14, 2009
Bob Graham immediately offered their support to Sink. "Now more than ever, we need Alex Sink's leadership to guide Florida through the difficult challenges ahead and protect everyday Floridians from the special interests in Tallahassee," Thurman said. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Florida Governor Charlie Crist May 14, 2009
In 1998, Crist tried to climb into the U.S. Senate but lost to Democratic incumbent Bob Graham. After the election, Governor Jeb Bush appointed Crist as deputy secretary of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation. (Time.com)
Hoekstra Wants Pelosi Briefings Declassified May 13, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009. SIGN UP FOR FREE NEWS ALERTS. (Newsmax)
Crist to run for Senate seat in Florida May 13, 2009
Crist left the state Senate to seek the same U.S. Senate seat in 1998, losing to Democratic incumbent Bob Graham. That race helped Crist build his name recognition and a network that helped him win the next three statewide races he entered education commissioner in 2000, attorney general in 2002 and governor in 2006. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Fast-moving Charlie Cristexpected to make Senate bid May 12, 2009
1998: U.S. Senate, lost to Bob Graham, 63 percent to 37 percent ... Former Gov. Bob Graham, who defeated Crist in a 1998 race for the U.S. Senate, said Crist will face a whole new set of questions in a federal race, including international relations and national security. (The Palm Beach Post)
Fla. Gov. Crist to announce 2010 political plans May 11, 2009
Crist, elected in 2006, sought the same Senate seat in 1998, losing to Democratic incumbent Bob Graham. ADVERTISEMENT. (Anchorage Daily News)
Crist To Announce 2010 Political Plans May 11, 2009
Crist ran for the same Senate seat in 1998, losing to popular Democratic incumbent Bob Graham in a race that gave Crist statewide name recognition and a grassroots network. That helped him win the education commissioner's race in 2000 and the attorney general seat in 2002 before beating Democrat Jim Davis in 2006 to take his current position. (News4Jax.com, FL)
Chronicle movie critics look back May 9, 2009
Interview actors or directors or screenwriters who have been around for a while, and if they're not asking questions about the Little Man, they're asking for the whereabouts of Bob Graham, John Stanley or Ruthe Stein. I don't always know the answer to those questions, so I sought to find out. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Hoekstra Wants Hearings on Pelosi CIA Claims May 9, 2009
The Senate Intelligence Committees chairman and ranking member, Bob Graham and Richard Shelby, were given a briefing similar to the one with Pelosi and Goss on Sept. 27, 2002, according to the report. Pelosi spokesman Brendan Daly told The Hill Pelosi stands by her account of when she learned about waterboarding. (Newsmax)
Pelosi Lied, Briefed on Torture Memos in 2002 May 8, 2009
The Senate intelligence committees chairman and ranking member, Bob Graham and Richard Shelby, were given a briefing similar to the one with Pelosi and Goss on Sept. 27, 2002, according to the report. On Feb. 4, 2003, a briefing on enhanced interrogation techniques for Sen. (Newsmax)
Report: Pelosi Briefed on Interrogation Tactics in 2002 May 8, 2009
By Roll Call Staff May 8, 2009, 12:50 a.m.. A declassified report submitted to Congress on Wednesday states that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif. (Roll Call)
DRIP, DRIP, DRIP May 8, 2009
"Well lets take a long look at that Briefing list of Dems that were briefed and to this day keep lying about it: Nancy Pelosi Bob Graham John Rockefeller Jane Harman Harry Reid *Full Committee John Murtha Evan Bayh Russ Feingold Diane Feinstein Carl Levin Barbara Mikulski And this is just the list being briefed prior to 11/16/06 **** They have known for a very long time well before the election.". Nitepost. (The Drudge Report)
To be knave or brave? The choice tortures Hannity Apr 30, 2009
As far as how that state was run, I got to watch it go from a period of great economic growth under Bob Graham and Lawton Chiles to the current economic catastrophe under Jeb Bush and his Charlie Crist. One of the first things college grads do upon graduation in Florida is to get out of the state. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Fla. House passes bill to allow offshore drilling Apr 28, 2009
Former Gov. Bob Graham, a Democrat who also served in the U.S. Senate for three terms, said the state action could hurt Florida's efforts on the federal level. "This will undermine them like a tsunami hitting off the Gulf coast," Graham said. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Students learn civic duty Apr 28, 2009
Bob Graham posed Monday to a class of seventh-graders at Deland Middle School, one of Volusia's 13 middle schools that -- beginning in August -- will mandate all its students at that grade level take a yearlong civics course. The requirement is just one way to boost students' knowledge about the Bill of Rights, the electoral system and other foundations of the federal government, school officials say. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Is Pelosi a War Criminal? Apr 28, 2009
And neither did any of the other Democrats who were briefed at the time: then-SSCI Chairman Bob Graham (D-Fl), Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev), and Sen. (Human Events Online)
Watchdog has beef with pork Apr 28, 2009
The Bob Graham Center does precisely that, and that s why we requested these resources for them. The single biggest item on CAGW s list of South Florida projects is the $20 million to extend Metrorail in Miami. (South Florida Business Journal, FL)
Nancy 'Scooter' Pelosi Apr 28, 2009
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Obama taps Frank Snchez for trade post Apr 20, 2009
Before practicing law, he served in the administration of Florida Gov. Bob Graham, as the first director of the state s Caribbean Basin Initiative Program. For the last 15 years, S;nchez has worked with several consulting companies on projects involving complex transactions, labor-management negotiations, litigation settlement, negotiation strategy, alliance management, facilitation and training, recently as a partner with. (Tampa Bay Business Journal, FL)
Is Florida the Sunset State? Apr 10, 2009
"This may be our tipping point," says former Senator Bob Graham. Florida was once a swampy rural backwater, the poorest and emptiest state in the South. (Time.com)
Your views: Saving the schools Mar 13, 2009
Throughout most of this period since 1968, other than during the period when Gov. Bob Graham fought so hard to improve educational funding, Florida has ranked near the bottom in the nation. Educators in Florida have always been expected to do more with less. (Florida Today)
Photos • Booth Western Art Museum Mar 10, 2009
John Nieto, Geronimo/Apache, 1990, oil on canvas, 60 x 48 January 13, 2009 - April 5, 2009: Borderlands Gallery Fresh Perspectives from Saltwater Climes: Renderings by Bob Graham. Robert Graham (1968-), Bull Dogged Baffled, 2008, Watercolor on paper, 20 x 24" Collection of the Artist Sign up for one of our many We Invite You To Explore The West Without Leaving The South. - Exciting plans underway!Please park in the Tabernacle Baptist Church parking lot on Gilmer Street during the construction.... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
History From Our Files Mar 8, 2009
An advisory committee recently recommended Gov. Bob Graham that all DOT district headquarters be moved to big cities. Circuit Judge William K. Love today announced his intentions to retire at the end of his current term on Dec. 31, thus allowing his successor to be chosen by election, rather than by appointment. (Bartow Polk County Democrat, FL)
UPDATE: Tax Hike Will Be for 2011... Feb 26, 2009
" Letter to President Bush, Signed by: -- Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), and others, Dec 5, 2001 "We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region ... " -- Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), Dec. 8, 2002 "Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. (The Drudge Report)
