Kit Bond

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1. Official Site: Kit Bond
2. Official Campaign Site: Kit Bond for U.S. Senate
3. Wikipedia: Kit Bond
4. On The Issues: Kit Bond
5. KansasCity.com: Bond: Obama-Biden "most liberal ticket EVER" (August 25, 2008)
6. Boston Globe: "Some defend independence of CIA's...investigator" (Oct. 13, 2007)  
7. Google News: Kit Bond

Kit Bond Recent News

• The New York Times: Christopher S. Bond
• Dallas Morning News: Bond co-sponsors bill to extend airline... (November 15, 2007)  
• The Seattle Times: "Giuliani pins hopes on delegates" (November 13, 2007)
• News Leader: "$55 million in defense spending for Missouri, Bond says" (November 9, 2007)
• The Philadelphia Inquirer: "U.S. intelligence tab: $43.5 billion in 2007" (October 31, 2007)

Kit Bond Background and Profiles

• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress: Bond, Christopher Samuel (Kit)
• Washington Post: Members of Congress/ Kit Bond  

Political Background

• On The Issues: Kit Bond
• Open Secrets: Christopher S. 'Kit' Bond
• Project Vote Smart: Christopher S. 'Kit' Bond
• GovTrack: Christopher (Kit) Bond's Bill Sponsorship

Committees

• U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations: Christopher S. Bond
• U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee members
• Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Christoper S. Bond
• U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: Vice-Chairman, Christopher S. Bond

Floor Statements

• Official Site:
  • "Introduction of the Trails Act Technical Correction Act" (September 24, 2007)
  • "Iraq War and FISA Modernization (September 19, 2007)
  • "Cross-Border Trucking Project" (September 11, 2007)
  • "Transportation-Housing & Urban Development Appropriations Bill" (Sep. 10, 2007)
  • "Intelligence on al-Qaida"(September 10, 2007)
  • "Iraq and Upcoming Petreaus Report" (September 6, 2007)
  • "Bond Iraq Floor Speech on DOD Reauthorization" (July 11, 2007)

Kit Bond Blogs and Commentaries

• Politico: Remainders: Bond, Kit Bond
• Salon.com: Kit Bond and the credibility of war supporters  
• Columbia Tribune: Kit Bond: Indestructible senatorial machine?
• Arena of Ideas: Kit Bond endorses Giuliani
• PubDef.net: VIDEO: Kit Bond Likes Soul Food

Kit Bond Photos

• Google Image Search: Kit Bond
• Yahoo! Image Search: Kit Bond
• Flickr: Kit Bond Images

Kit Bond Videos

• YouTube and Google Video Search: Kit Bond
• YouTube: Pork for Bicycle Paths (Time: 1:12)
• YouTube: Sen. Kit Bond endorses Rudy Giuliani (Time: 9:43)
• YouTube: Kit Bond Rallies the Troops (Time: 7:43)
• YouTube: Senator Kit Bond Says Stay in Iraq (Time: 19:11)
• YouTube: Kit Bond On Medicare (Time: 1:56)
• YouTube: Kit Bond (Time 1:00)

Kit Bond Criticism and Controversy

• Tree Hugger: Senator Bond Slams Global Warming Bill
• sacbee.com: Ballot fraud furor fades
• Columbia Tribune: Bond looking forward to fresh start
• PrimeBuzz: Prime Buzz Special: Bond enters the U.S. attorney mystery
• Environment News Service: "Dollars Key to Mississippi...Lock Controversy" (2004)
• American Chemical Society: "...controversy over EPA's proposed standards..." (1997)

Kit Bond Timeline

• 1939, March 6: Born
• 1956: Graduated Deerfield Academy
• 1960: Graduated Princeton University
• 1963: Graduated University of Virginia School of Law
• 1963-1964: Served as a law clerk
• 1964-1967: Practiced law at Covington & Burling LLP
• 1968: Ran for Congress
• 1969: Assistant Attorney General to Attorney General John Danforth
• 1970: Missouri State Auditor
• 1972: Elected Governor of Missouri
• 1976: Rescended the Extermination Order against "Mormons"
• 1980: Re-elected Governor of Missouri
• 1987: Assumed U.S. Senate office
• 1992: Re-elected to the U.S. Senate
• 1998: Re-elected to the U.S. Senate
• 2004: Re-elected to the U.S. Senate