Who is Arlen Specter
Arlen Specter (February 12, 1930 – October 14, 2012) was an American lawyer, author and politician who served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican from 1965 until 2009, when he switched back to the Democratic Party. First elected in 1980, he is the longest-serving senator from Pennsylvania, having represented the state for 30 years.Specter was born in Wichita, Kansas, to immigrant Russian/Ukrainian Jewish parents. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and served with the United States Air Force during the Korean War. Specter later graduated from Yale Law School and opened a law firm with Marvin Katz, who would later become a federal judge. Specter served as assistant counsel for th...
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- When the students are occupied, they're not juvenile delinquents. I believe that education is a capital investment.
- Strong advocacy for education, health care and worker safety will be indispensable if they are to get their fair share of President Bush's austere budget for the next fiscal year.
- I do come from a strong family.
- The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written.
- The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens.
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Andreackelly: why wouldn't sen. arlen specter switch to independent? party money?Moisturevapor8r: kavanaugh worked at administrative conference to the us (acus), where trump placed mcgahn (lawyer for the mafia & alfabank). acus led by man who worked for arlen specter (who blocked anita hill's testimony v clarence thomas), and dominated by pro-oil & gambling federalistsociety.
Stewartverdery: rick santorum and arlen specter have entered the chat….
Dw_subbed: i completely forgot arlen specter is dead
Advincensorship: random archive find: 1963 panel discussion in philly where arlen specter led off as a 33 year old assistant district attorney.
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