Mike Gravel

Washington, 27 July 2007 (By Jim Malone) -- Chances are you have never heard of Mike Gravel. Gravel was a U.S. senator from Alaska in the 1970s and gained national attention when he read aloud portions of a secret defense department report on the Vietnam War known as the Pentagon Papers on the Senate floor.

Gravel is one of eight Democrats running for president. He tries to make up for his lack of campaign funding and name recognition by emphasizing his passionate opposition to the war in Iraq.    » read more »

July 2, 2007 -- In Thursday's All American Presidential Forum moderated by PBS' Tavis Smiley, Democratic presidential candidate Mike Gravel repeatedly shared his belief that the "war on drugs" is a failure and should end immediately.

Held at Howard University, the primetime Democratic forum was the first to feature a panel consisting entirely of African-American journalists. The forum focused mainly on issues relating to the African-American community. Topics discussed included immigration, healthcare, as well as inequities in education and income between the races.    » read more »

June 11, 2007 -- On June 5, Presidential candidate and former U.S. Senator Mike Gravel had the opportunity to detail his proposal for withdrawing American forces from Iraq and ending the bloodshed before the Center on Politics and Foreign Relations at the Johns Hopkins Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.    » read more »

May 8, 2007 -- Following his remarkable performance at the first debate in South Carolina on April 26th, web-surfers flocked to Presidential hopeful and former Alaskan Senator Gravel's website (www.gravel2008.us) causing it to briefly shut down due to overwhelming traffic. "Bless our web team, they haven't slept in a week." said Gravel spokesperson Shawn Alexander Colvin.    » read more »