
Mike Gravel
Maurice Robert "Mike" Gravel was an American politician and writer who represented Alaska in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1981 as a member of the Democratic Party. He ran for president twice: in 2008 and 2020. He was the fourth U.S. Senator in Alaska's history.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Springfield
- Educated at
- Assumption UniversityAmerican International CollegeAssumption Preparatory SchoolColumbia University School of General Studies
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"“We're making a mountain out of a mole hill. We're creating laws. We're trying to deal with this. Deal with the obvious: We do not seem as a nation to be able to solve this problem the way we've been …"
"“What we’ve got to have is a law! A law, not a resolution, a law.. A law that says that if you don’t get out of Iraq, what you’ve got to do is prosecute the President criminally for disobeying the law…"
"“I am embarrassed at the thought of building a wall on the southern border. Embarrassed. And I want to tell you, you don't know the fence that's in Canada. You don't -- I just recently went to Canada.…"
"George Bush communicated over a year ago that we would not leave there until he left office. What, do we not believe him? … How do you get out? You pass a law. Not a resolution, a law, making it a fel…"
"“I don’t know why we’re dancing around. The Congress is not getting us out of Iraq.” — On the Iraq War. Interview."
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Timeline
1930
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Birth2021
Died
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