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'''Maurice Robert "Mike" Gravel''' (b 1930)

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Mike Gravel was born in Springfield, Hampden County, [[Massachusetts]] on [[May 13]], 1930. He is a former US Senator from [[Alaska]]. He was in the Alaska house of representatives 1962-66 and elected speaker in 1965. Democrat to the US Senate from Alaska 1969-81.<blockquote>Back in 1971, when President Nixon's Justice Department blocked the New York Times from reporting on a classified study about government deception in the Vietnam War, then-Sen. Gravel put the study on public record by reading aloud about 4,000 pages of what came to be known as "The Pentagon Papers." </blockquote>

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Mike Gravel was born in Springfield, Hampden County, [[Massachusetts]] on [[May 13]], 1930 "to French-Canadian immigrants". He is a former US Senator from [[Alaska]]. He was in the Alaska house of representatives 1962-66 and elected speaker in 1965. Democrat to the US Senate from Alaska 1969-81.<blockquote>Back in 1971, when President Nixon's Justice Department blocked the New York Times from reporting on a classified study about government deception in the Vietnam War, then-Sen. Gravel put the study on public record by reading aloud about 4,000 pages of what came to be known as "The Pentagon Papers." </blockquote>

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He ran again for Senate in 1980 but was defeated. He married Whitney ~~Unknown~~ in 1983/4. He is running on the Democratic ticket for the US Presidential Election of 2008. His Democratic challengers are: [[Hillary Diane Rodham|Hillary Clinton]], [[Christopher Dodd]], [[John Edwards]], [[Dennis Kucinich]], [[Barack Obama]], [[Joseph Biden|Joe Biden]], and [[William Richardson|Bill Richardson]].

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He ran again for Senate in 1980 but was defeated. He married Whitney Stewart in 1983/4 and has two children: Martin Gravel of Colorado and Lynne Gravel Mosier of California. He also has four grandchildren.

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He is running on the Democratic ticket for the US Presidential Election of 2008. His Democratic challengers are: [[Hillary Diane Rodham|Hillary Clinton]], [[Christopher Dodd]], [[John Edwards]], [[Dennis Kucinich]], [[Barack Obama]], [[Joseph Biden|Joe Biden]], and [[William Richardson|Bill Richardson]].

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 '''Maurice Robert "Mike" Gravel''' (b 1930)
-Mike Gravel was born in Springfield, Hampden County, [[Massachusetts]] on [[May 13]], 1930.  He is a former US Senator from [[Alaska]].  He was in the Alaska house of representatives 1962-66 and elected speaker in 1965.  Democrat to the US Senate from Alaska 1969-81.<blockquote>Back in 1971, when President Nixon's Justice Department blocked the New York Times from reporting on a classified study about government deception in the Vietnam War, then-Sen. Gravel put the study on public record by reading aloud about 4,000 pages of what came to be known as "The Pentagon Papers." </blockquote>
+Mike Gravel was born in Springfield, Hampden County, [[Massachusetts]] on [[May 13]], 1930 "to French-Canadian immigrants".  He is a former US Senator from [[Alaska]].  He was in the Alaska house of representatives 1962-66 and elected speaker in 1965.  Democrat to the US Senate from Alaska 1969-81.<blockquote>Back in 1971, when President Nixon's Justice Department blocked the New York Times from reporting on a classified study about government deception in the Vietnam War, then-Sen. Gravel put the study on public record by reading aloud about 4,000 pages of what came to be known as "The Pentagon Papers." </blockquote>
-He ran again for Senate in 1980 but was defeated.  He married Whitney Unknown in 1983/4.  He is running on the Democratic ticket for the US Presidential Election of 2008.  His Democratic challengers are: [[Hillary Diane Rodham|Hillary Clinton]], [[Christopher Dodd]], [[John Edwards]], [[Dennis Kucinich]], [[Barack Obama]], [[Joseph Biden|Joe Biden]], and [[William Richardson|Bill Richardson]].
+He ran again for Senate in 1980 but was defeated.  He married Whitney Stewart in 1983/4 and has two children: Martin Gravel of Colorado and Lynne Gravel Mosier of California.  He also has four grandchildren.
+He is running on the Democratic ticket for the US Presidential Election of 2008.  His Democratic challengers are: [[Hillary Diane Rodham|Hillary Clinton]], [[Christopher Dodd]], [[John Edwards]], [[Dennis Kucinich]], [[Barack Obama]], [[Joseph Biden|Joe Biden]], and [[William Richardson|Bill Richardson]].
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