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DrDan

(20,411 posts) Fri Oct 18, 2013, 12:36 PM Oct 2013

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RIP Tom Foley

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/10/18/tom-foley-house-speaker-obituary/2823003/

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RIP Tom Foley (Original Post) DrDan Oct 2013 OP

Very sad news. He was my neighbor in DC. displacedtexan Oct 2013 #1

Ditto. Ranchemp. Oct 2013 #2

displacedtexan

(15,696 posts)

1. Very sad news. He was my neighbor in DC.

Reply to DrDan (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 12:38 PM

Oct 2013

His house was just around the corner from me, and I left flowers at his entry gate every 4th of July.

A remarkable man!

Ranchemp.

(1,991 posts)

2. Ditto.

Reply to DrDan (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 12:39 PM

Oct 2013

RIP Tom Foley, you were a good and effective congressman and House Speaker, you will be missed.

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