Sam Nunn

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Sam Nunn is a former United States Senator from Georgia known for his influential work on national security, defense policy, and nuclear nonproliferation.

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instanceOf American politician
United States senator
human
afterLeavingOffice co-founded the Nuclear Threat Initiative
awardReceived Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service
birthName Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr.
boardMemberOf Nuclear Threat Initiative
chairpersonOf United States Senate Committee on Armed Services
surface form: Senate Armed Services Committee
coAuthored Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program
coFounded Nuclear Threat Initiative
coFounderWith Ted Turner
coSponsored Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program
surface form: Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1991
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1938-09-08
describedBySource Office of the Historian of the United States Senate
surface form: United States Senate historical records
educatedAt Emory University
Emory University School of Law
Georgia Institute of Technology
electedIn 1972 United States Senate election in Georgia
endTime 1997-01-03
familyName Nunn
givenName Samuel
hasChild Michelle Nunn
knownFor defense policy
national security policy
nuclear nonproliferation
memberOf United States Senate
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
militaryBranch United States Coast Guard Reserve
militaryRank Lieutenant
name Sam Nunn self-link
notableRelative Michelle Nunn
occupation businessperson
lawyer
politician
placeOfBirth Macon, Georgia, United States
positionHeld Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee
Co-chair of the Nuclear Threat Initiative
United States Senator
reElectedIn 1978 United States Senate election in Georgia
1984 United States Senate election in Georgia
1990 United States Senate election in Georgia
religion Methodism
represented Georgia
residence Georgia
surface form: Georgia, United States
startTime 1972-11-08
workedOn NATO policy
arms control
military reform

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