Fred Thompson quits presidential race
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Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson quit the Republican presidential race on Tuesday, after a string of poor finishes in early primary and caucus states.
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Tommy G. Thompson resigned today as secretary of health and human services, becoming the eighth member of President Bush's Cabinet to quit.
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A Tennessee state inspector had cited a coal company repeatedly for environmental violations. Fred Thompson, the inspector says, got him removed from the case. It was one episode, early in the legal career of the man who would go on to become an actor, a senator and now a Republican presidential candidate. It still resonates in his home state.
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Health and Human Services secretary Tommy Thompson resigned Friday, broadening an exodus that has emptied more than half of President Bush&#39;s cabinet before he takes the oath of office for a second term.
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Health and Human services Secretary Tommy Thompson has announced his resignation, sparking talk in Arkansas that Governor Huckabee could be tapped to fill the spot.
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Fred Thompson &#151; veteran actor, former Republican senator &#151; launched his bid for the presidency Hollywood style. "I'm running for president of the United States," Thompson told Jay Leno in a taped appearance on NBC's "Tonight Show" airing Wednesday.
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Former Senator Fred D. Thompson has taken steps that make it clear that he is likely to run for the White House.
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Actor and former senator Fred D. Thompson confirmed yesterday that he is running for president, ending a political flirtation he has been conducting since March and thrusting himself into the thick of the battle for the Republican nomination.
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Thompson played down a staff member's departure and a New Hampshire supporter's defection Wednesday
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Bloomberg - Aug. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Former Senator Fred Thompson, after months of flirting with a possible presidential run, will enter the 2008 Republican nomination contest next week with a Sept. 6 Internet announcement and five-day campaign tour through Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, his organization said today.
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Former senator Fred D. Thompson of Tennessee, whose candidacy fizzled after a summer of expectations, pulled out of the Republican presidential race yesterday after disappointing finishes in all of the primary contests held so far.
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Hollywood actor and former senator  Fred Thompson declared his long expected candidacy for U.S.  president on Wednesday, formally entering the 2008 White House  race with a TV interview as his Republican rivals gathered for  a debate.
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Tommy Thompson said it&#39;s time for him and his family to &quot;move on to the next chapter.&quot;. The Health and Human Services secretary is resigning after four years he calls &quot;challenging but greatly rewarding.
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After spending months testing the waters for a presidential run, Sen. Fred Thompson made his candidacy official Wednesday evening.
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Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson announces his resignation at HSS headquarters in Washington Friday, Dec. 3, 2004.
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Mitt Romney is today expected to withdraw from the Republican race for president