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	<description>Many of you visited our United States Senate website and I am using this to stay connected. This conversation will focus on my currrent activities and will be regularly updated. I very much want this to be a two way conservation, and encourage your comments or suggestions. For those with whom I have visited in the past, welcome home. For the new acquaintances, I look forward to sharing the adventure of life with you.</description>
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		<title>The Eco-Warrior</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SunPost, January 26, 2012 Bob Graham Admonishes Tallahassee: No More Harm Florida’s 38th governor (1979-87) isn’t pleased with what the Legislature did during last year’s session. He’s not optimistic about this year’s. But it won’t stop him from going to bat for what he regards as the state’s fundamental economic asset – and a key [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bobgrahamnow.com&amp;blog=8870803&amp;post=625&amp;subd=thespiralnotebook&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An ill-advised toss of the dice</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 29, 2011 An ill-advised toss of the dice By Bob Graham, Special to the Times Yogi Berra said &#8220;if you come to a fork in the road, take it.&#8221; There are those who feel we can follow Yogi&#8217;s advice on the casinos proposal for Florida. We can have casinos and expand our economy beyond [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bobgrahamnow.com&amp;blog=8870803&amp;post=619&amp;subd=thespiralnotebook&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Everglades restoration: Can this marriage be saved?</title>
		<link>http://bobgrahamnow.com/2011/11/28/everglades-restoration-can-this-marriage-be-saved/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted in The Miami Herald Sun, Nov 27, 2011 The Everglades is in danger again. This time it is not from a drought, hurricane or other act of nature. It is not from some imminent encroaching development. It is from the 2011 Florida Legislature and its cascade of damaging legislation which threatens to bring the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bobgrahamnow.com&amp;blog=8870803&amp;post=616&amp;subd=thespiralnotebook&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Column: Jobs and civics go hand in hand</title>
		<link>http://bobgrahamnow.com/2011/11/07/column-jobs-and-civics-go-hand-in-hand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sandra Day O&#8217;Connor and Bob Graham America&#8217;s Founding Fathers understood that the success of our republic would depend on our citizens&#8217; civic knowledge and participation. Indeed, the original impetus for public schooling was to teach young people about their rights, responsibilities and competencies as citizens. Now comes news that more than our democratic system [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bobgrahamnow.com&amp;blog=8870803&amp;post=612&amp;subd=thespiralnotebook&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Want a Job? Start your search by helping your neighbors.</title>
		<link>http://bobgrahamnow.com/2011/10/04/want-a-job-start-your-search-by-helping-your-neighbors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Miami Herald Posted on Sun, Oct. 02, 2011 Want a Job? Start your search by helping your neighbors. BY BOB GRAHAM AND MICHAEL WEISER MCT / MCT Want a Job? You might just start your search by helping your neighbors. Striking new research suggests that there’s an unmistakable connection between the civic health of a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bobgrahamnow.com&amp;blog=8870803&amp;post=607&amp;subd=thespiralnotebook&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Word: Take charge before disaster strikes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OrlandoSentinel.com By Bob Graham and Jim Talent 12:00 AM EDT, October 3, 2011When the tornado sirens sounded in Joplin, Mo., Ella Smith and her husband grabbed their two dogs and ran to their basement. There, sheltered from the shrieking wind by sturdy walls, they weathered the storm that flattened their house. &#160; Many people think [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bobgrahamnow.com&amp;blog=8870803&amp;post=603&amp;subd=thespiralnotebook&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Saudi Arabia: Friend or Foe?</title>
		<link>http://bobgrahamnow.com/2011/07/13/saudi-arabia-friend-or-foe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[thedailybeast.com Jul 11, 2011 by Senator Bob Graham Senator Bob Graham asks why hard questions about Saudi Arabia have gone unanswered since 9/11. He explains why he’s finally taken to fiction to explore this controversial topic about what the U.S. is covering up. On September 12, 2001, Americans learned that 15 of the 19 commercial-airplane [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bobgrahamnow.com&amp;blog=8870803&amp;post=527&amp;subd=thespiralnotebook&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Article posted in Washington Post</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted at 01:55 PM ET, 06/27/2011 Former Sen. Bob Graham speaks his mind in thriller By Stephen Lowman Senator Bob Graham chats with fans while signing copies of his book &#8220;Intelligence Matters&#8221; in 2004. In his recently released thriller, “Keys to the Kingdom,” Graham gets to say things he couldn’t in his nonfiction books. (Bill [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bobgrahamnow.com&amp;blog=8870803&amp;post=489&amp;subd=thespiralnotebook&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bob Graham weaves real-life experiences into racy thriller</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Book review printed at Tallahassee.com Written by: By Bill Cotterell Ian Fleming really was a British intelligence officer in World War II, but we knew James Bond didn&#8217;t really have a license to kill. Fletcher Knebel was a famous political reporter and Washington insider, but readers knew &#8220;Seven Days in May&#8221; was not about a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bobgrahamnow.com&amp;blog=8870803&amp;post=429&amp;subd=thespiralnotebook&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Graham Center&#8217;s mission: civic engagement through education</title>
		<link>http://bobgrahamnow.com/2011/06/16/graham-centers-mission-civic-engagement-through-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Published: Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 6:39 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 10:54 p.m. By Kayla Robins Correspondent Gainesville.com Retired Florida Senator and Governor Bob Graham speaks during the dedication of the Graham Center for Public Service at Pugh Hall on the University of Florida campus Wednesday, March 5, 2008. Doug Finger/Staff [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bobgrahamnow.com&amp;blog=8870803&amp;post=408&amp;subd=thespiralnotebook&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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