Tom Daschle

Richard von Weizsäcker Distinguished Visitor - Class of Spring 2008

Former US Senator and Senate Majority Leader (D-South Dakota)

Current Location: Washington, DC

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Published in Politics

Shared Solutions to Our Global Energy Challenges

Thomas A. Daschle, former Democratic Senator from South Dakota and current co-chair of the Obama presidential campaign, has long pushed for sensible energy policy during his three decades in the US Senate, one of the longest serving in US history. And he’s long been inspired by those who overcome things thought impossible. “Nelson Mandela once said,” Daschle recalled on April 3 at the Hans Arnhold Center, “So many things seem impossible. »