Topic: Phil Bredesen
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I am very supportive of the stimulus package, as it will create jobs and lessen the impacts that proposed budget cuts would have created
Democratic gov criticizes stimulus plan Feb 25, 2009
We are evaluating this piece of money, whether it makes sense for us to take it
Democratic gov criticizes stimulus plan Feb 25, 2009
Andrea and I were very saddened by the news of Steve McNair's death
McNair death ruled homicide Jul 05, 2009
When I was touring west Tennessee earlier this week, I said 'God help us if one of these things comes through a suburban neighborhood,
Tornadoes kill at least 12 in Tennessee Apr 08, 2006
It's forcing states to choose between quality health care on one hand and a quality education for our children on the other
Democrats call for Medicaid 2.0 Jun 11, 2005
Phil Bredesen (born Philip Norman Bredesen, Jr. on November 21, 1943) is the 48th Governor of Tennessee. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected Governor in 2002, and was re-elected in 2006. He previously served as the fourth mayor of Nashville and Davidson County from 1991 to 1999.
Bredesen was born in Oceanport, New Jersey. His parents were Norma Lucille (née Walborn) and Philip Norman Bredesen. His father, a captain in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, was stationed at Fort Monmouth in New Jersey at the time of Bredesen's birth. The family lived in various locations during Bredesen's early childhood, including Canandaigua, New York and Arlington, Massachusetts.
When his parents separated in 1951, Norma moved with her two sons, Phil and his younger brother Dean (1947–2006), to her family home in Shortsville, New York, where they lived with Bredesen's maternal grandmother, a widow. Shortsville is the community Bredesen considers to be his hometown, and he lived there until he left for college. He attended the Red Jacket Central Elementary and Secondary School, located in the adjoining village of Manchester.
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