Bob Kerrey's Intelligence Reform

Bob Kerrey

Medal of Honor recipient and former Senator Bob Kerrey used his deep intelligence background on the 9/11 Commission to challenge inter-agency rivalry. He strongly advocated for consolidating intelligence operations, driving key reforms such as creating the Director of National Intelligence.

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Year	Bob Kerrey
1943	Birth of Bob Kerrey (Period: August 27, 1943, Location: Lincoln, Nebraska, United States)
1955	Vietnam War (Age: 11 years old, Period: 1955–1975 (U.S. full-scale military intervention from early 1960s to 1973), Location: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia)
1960	University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Age: 16 years old, Period: Early 1960s – 1965 or 1966, Location: Lincoln, Nebraska, United States)
1961	Lincoln Northeast High School (Age: 17 years old, Period: Graduated in 1961, Location: Lincoln, Nebraska, United States)
1966	Enlistment in the United States Navy (Age: 22 years old, Period: 1966, Location: United States)
1969	Thạnh Phước village raid (Age: 25 years old, Period: February 25, 1969, Location: Thạnh Phước village, Mekong Delta region, South Vietnam)
1970	Wounds in Vietnam and receipt of the Medal of Honor (Age: 26 years old, Period: March 14, 1969 (wounded), May 14, 1970 (Medal of Honor awarded), Location: Near Nhaang Bay (wounded), United States (award))
1972	Management of restaurant and fitness businesses (Age: 28 years old, Period: 1972–1982, Location: Nebraska, Iowa, and Kansas, United States)
1974	Marriage (Bob Kerrey, Beverly Defnal, Age: 30 years old, Period: 1974, Location: Unknown)
1978	Affiliation and Registration with the Republican Party (Age: 34 years old, Period: Prior to 1978, Location: Nebraska, United States) Affiliation and Registration with the Democratic Party (Age: 34 years old, Period: 1978–present, Location: United States)
1982	Victory in the Nebraska gubernatorial election (Age: 39 years old, Period: November 1982, Location: Nebraska, United States)
1983	Activities as Governor of Nebraska (Age: 39 years old, Period: January 1983 – January 1987, Location: Nebraska, United States)
1988	Victory in the United States Senate election (Age: 45 years old, Period: November 1988, Location: Nebraska, United States)
1991	Run for the Democratic presidential nomination (Age: 48 years old, Period: September 1991 – March 1992, Location: United States)
1995	Assumption of office as Chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (Age: 51 years old, Period: 1995–1999, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
2001	Retirement from the United States Senate (Age: 57 years old, Period: January 2001, Location: Washington, D.C., United States) Assumption of office as President of The New School (Age: 57 years old, Period: 2001–2010, Location: New York City, New York, United States) Issues surrounding reporting of wartime operations (Age: 57 years old, Period: 1969, issue reported in 2001, Location: Thạnh Phước village, South Vietnam) Marriage (Bob Kerrey, Sarah Paley, Age: 57 years old, Period: 2001, Location: Unknown) Civilian killings issue in the Thạnh Phước village raid (Age: 57 years old, Period: February 25, 1969, issue widely reported in 2001, Location: Thạnh Phước village, Mekong Delta region, South Vietnam)
2003	Participation in the 9/11 Commission (Age: 59 years old, Period: 2003–2004, Location: United States)
2012	Re-run for the United States Senate election in 2012 (Age: 68 years old, Period: 2012, Location: Nebraska, United States)
2013	Joining a lobbying firm (Age: 69 years old, Period: 2013 onwards, Location: United States)

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