Tom Daschle
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Tom Daschle is the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Obama Administration. A leading Democrat an d a liberal, he served as Senator from South Dakota from 1987 to 2005, and as Senate Majority Leader from 2001 to 2003. In 2004, he was defeated for re-election by Republican John Thune.
Daschle served in the US Air Force from 1969 to 1972.
In October 2001, Daschle's office was the recipient of a letter containing anthrax. This was a part of an anthrax scare involving several politicians and media personalities.