Biographies: Tom Daschle - Actor

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An American politician, he served as the United States Senator from South Dakota from 1987 to 2005. After leaving the United States Air Force, he was elected to the House of Representatives American in 1978 and served four terms. In 1986, he was elected to the US Senate, became minority leader in 1995 and majority leader in 2001, became the highest-ranking elected official in South Dakota history. He served as a policy advisor with a lobbying firm, became a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and participated in writing a book calling for universal health care. He was one of the first supporters of Barack Obama's presidential nomination, and Obama nominated him for the position of Secretary of Health and Human Services after the 2008 elections. He participated in the 2004 movie Fahrenheit 9/11.

• 14 November 2021
• farah ashraf