Fred Meets with Congress

Today, Fred Thompson met with 53 Republican congressmen on Capital Hill. Rep. Zach Wamp,R-Chattanooga, says that they had expected 40 members and were pleased with the turn out. Also five of the top members of the Republican leadership were in attendance.

Sen. Thompson answered questions for the members including ones about his first marriage and subsequent divorce. Thompson told them he had married young — at age 17 — and loved his wife, and they had three children. While they divorced, they remained friends and still are friends. Thompson was divorced for a more than fifteen years, and eventually married, Jeri Kehn. They married in 2002 and now have two small children. This meeting is considered by many to be the final steps, before he announces his candidacy for the presidency.

Those in the meeting said, Thompson spoke for about a half hour about his personal and political background and then answered questions on a variety of policy issues including national security and immigration.

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