After graduating from South Dakota State University, Tom Daschle joined the U.S. Air Force’s Strategic Air Command. Pursuing a career in politics, he became an aide to Senator James Abourezk before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1978. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986, and two years later, became the first co-chairman of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee. In 1994, he was elected as the Democratic Leader. Daschle is the only Senate Democratic Leader to have served twice as both majority and minority leader. During his tenure, he co-managed a presidential impeachment trial, led the Senate’s response to the September 11 attacks and anthrax attack on his office. Originally tapped to head President Obama’s healthcare reform policy before he withdrew from consideration, Daschle now advises a Washington, D.C. law firm on public policy issues, in addition to co-leading the Bipartisan Policy Center, which recently released framework for comprehensive health reform to ensure affordable, quality coverage for each American. The author of numerous articles and periodicals, he published the 2008 book, Critical: What We Can Do about the Healthcare Crisis. Tickets for the Senator Tom Daschle event will be available while they last, beginning on Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 at 9 a.m.
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