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Frederick Dalton Thompson is an American politician and actor. He represented Tennessee as a Republican in the U.S. Senate from 1994 through 2003. On June 1, 2007 Thompson formed a presidential exploratory committee regarding his possible 2008 campaign for President.

In the final months of his U.S. Senate term in 2002, Thompson joined the cast of the NBC television series Law & Order, playing New York City District Attorney Arthur Branch. On May 30, 2007, he requested he be released from the show, possibly in preparation for a presidential bid.

In early 2007, Thompson embarked on what he calls a “dialogue” with the American people, through his various venues, to determine whether there was a desire among American voters for him to enter Republican Presidential race. Along the way, sites such as “Draft Fred Thompson,” “Fred Head” and “Fred Facts” proliferated online. In June, Thompson filed papers that would allow him to raise funds to further explore a presidential run.

One can’t help but see that Thompson might again be hearing the call to serve. As he discussed less than six months ago, a door is opening and this time Fred Dalton Thompson may lead all of America through it.

[from his http://www.imwithfred.com and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Dalton_Thompson 8/21/2007]