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The Honorable Bob Kerrey
Co-Chairman
The Concord Coalition
Bob Kerrey is
Co-Chairman of The Concord Coalition. He is currently the President of
The New
School, in New York City. He previously served his home state of
Nebraska as Governor from 1983-87 and as U.S. Senator for two terms, from 1989
to 2001.
Senator Kerrey served on the Finance Committee,
the Agricultural Committee and the Appropriations Committee, and was Vice
Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. He was also on several
congressionally chartered commissions, including the Kerrey-Danforth Bipartisan
Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform, and the Breaux-Thomas National
Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare. The findings and final report
of the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform, released in January
1995, are often cited by economic experts and national leaders as the definitive
analysis of the nation's entitlement system and a turning point in the debate on
entitlement reform.
Senator Kerrey volunteered for service in the U.S.
Navy as a Navy Seal and was wounded in action in
Vietnam. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1970. Prior to his
entering public service, Senator Kerrey built a chain of highly successful
restaurants and health clubs that now employ more than 900 people. He joined
the Concord Coalition Board of Directors in January 2001 upon his retirement
from the Senate.
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