*Mr. Graham was chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee during and after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, which killed some 3,000 people.

After the attacks, he became a national spokesman on intelligence and security issues, and he was a severe critic of President George W. Bush and his administration’s response to terrorism and the long and costly U.S. involvement in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Mr. Graham and 22 other Senators voted against the invasion of Iraq by an American-led coalition in 2003 — an attack rationalized by Mr. Bush’s claims that Iraq’s president, Saddam Hussein, had supported Al Qaeda and had possessed weapons of mass destruction. Mr. Graham led the joint congressional investigation into 9/11, which in 2004 found no evidence of any ties between Hussein and Al Qaeda. Weapons of mass destruction were not found in Iraq.

Throughout Mr. Graham’s Senate years, his name was raised in vice-presidential politics. He was called a possible running mate to Michael Dukakis in 1988, to Bill Clinton in 1992, to Al Gore in 2000 and to John Kerry in 2004. Mr. Graham disclosed his own candidacy for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination in December 2002. . .

After leaving the Senate, Mr. Graham taught for a year at Harvard, then created the Bob Graham Center for Public Service at the University of Florida as a forum for policymakers and scholars to train students for leadership roles. He also wrote “America, The Owner’s Manual: Making Government Work for You” (2009, with Chris Hand), a primer on effective participation in democracy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/16/us/bob-graham-dead.html

RIP to a classy man who led Florida to a prosperous and wonderful place for all to live. He and Lawton Chiles were two great leaders in this state. RIP, Governor/Senator. You are dearly loved and I hope your passing was easy and surrounded by your loving family.

Very establishment but it’s the inside that counts.

Probably trying to preemptively undermine his credibility because he knew too much.

Gore into the White House, and wiped the slate clean of all the atrocious republican nightmares of the 21st Century.

Of course, Gore did win FL.

of an old-school Democrat.

R.I.P. and thank you for your service.

Would have been an environmental friendly ticket that even attracted some Naderites, but also alarmed Wall Street. Might he have carried Florida?

it was a sane state back then....well...mostly. Much respect for him.

He died of, "old age."

A good man of long and distinguished service.