Bob Graham
- Category : 1936-births
- Type : MGE
- Profile : 4/6 - Opportunistic / Role Model
- Definition : Split - Small (37,48,50,57)
- Incarnation Cross : RAX The Sphinx 4
Biography
American politician, Senator from Florida beginning in 1987, who made an unsuccessful bids to gain his Democratic Party's nomination for President in 2003.
Graham entered politics in 1966 when he was elected a Florida State Representative. Four years later, in 1970, he won a seat in the state Senate. In 1978, he successfully ran for the office of Governor and was re-elected in 1982.
A 1962 graduate of Harvard Law School, he earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Florida in 1959. His dad, the late Ernest "Cap" Graham, was also a Florida state senator. The youngest of four children, one of his brothers is the now-deceased Philip Graham, former publisher of The Washington Post and Newsweek.
Graham has been married to Adele Khoury since 1959 and they have four daughters. In January 2003 he underwent open-heart surgery.
In August 2004, he published his book, "Intelligence Matters" alleging that the administration of President George W. Bush engaged in a cover-up of information about the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 to protect their ties with the Saudi Royal Family. Graham alleged that the 2003 Iraq War was designed to distract from other administration dealings.