Thompson Will Take On Outsider Role After Playing Access Man
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By all accounts, Fred D. Thompson will soon be running for president, portraying himself as a Washington outsider on the campaign trail. But over the past three years he showed up every two weeks or so at a lobbying and law firm in downtown D.C. to plot how best to persuade Congress to help a...
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Fred Thompson, a former Tennessee senator and "Law &amp; Order" actor, will take a step toward a formal presidential candidacy next week, several officials with knowledge of the plans said Wednesday.
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa  - For Republican Fred Thompson, the former actor turned reluctant politician, the first few months of his floundering bid to be U.S. president were just a warm-up act. Now it is showtime.
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Fred Thompson thinks there isn't enough "star" power in the GOP presidential field, so the professional actor and former Tennessee senator is considering getting into the 2008 race.
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Celtic have confirmed they expect midfielder Alan Thompson to be out for between four and six weeks. The player was carried off during Wednesday night&#39;s defeat by AC Milan in the San Siro with a hamstring injury.
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After resigning as head of the US Health and Human Services Department, former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson is not completely rejecting the idea of returning to state politics.
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GREENVILLE, NC - Donnie Thompson has been named assistant head coach and defensive line coach at East Carolina University according to an announcement from newly-appointed head football coach Skip Holtz Tuesday.
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Soon-to-be Republican presidential candidate Fred D. Thompson faces his share of challenges as he prepares to officially jump into the race.
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Fred Thompson, a former Tennessee senator and "Law &amp; Order" actor, will take a step toward a formal presidential candidacy next week, several officials with knowledge of the plans said
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After spending months testing the waters for a presidential run, Sen. Fred Thompson made his candidacy official Wednesday evening.
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As former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson edges closer to officially entering the crowded Republican presidential race, his GOP rivals will have to recalibrate their campaigns to prepare for a new opponent who will seriously compete for the votes of mainstream conservatives.
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After months of not-so-coy will-he-or-won't-he political flirtation, Fred Thompson has finally and officially announced that he is a candidate for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.
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Republican Fred Thompson, hoping to solidify his ever-changing inner circle for a Republican presidential bid, has named strategist Todd Harris to head his communications department.
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East Carolina football coach John Thompson will step down at the end of the season, a school source told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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If Republican Fred Thompson enters  the presidential race next month as expected, the actor and  former senator will be aiming to add another title to a crowded  resume -- blogger-in-chief.
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Fred Thompson Ã¢ÂÂ the former Tennessee senator better known to many Americans from his acting role as District Attorney Arthur Branch on the hit NBC show Ã¢ÂÂLaw and OrderÃ¢ÂÂ Ã¢ÂÂ on Friday took his first step toward a widely expected bid for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.
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A few things you might not know about Fred Thompson: