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• Pictures from Brando Quin and RavenPheat Music Video Concert in Phoenix November 2007 also featuring Solomon AZ football team and fans!

  2008 Apr 17

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• November 1, 2008 at Safford Arizona Center for the Arts: Brando Quin and RavenPheat - "The Story Behind The Song" concert information!

  2008 Apr 17

  Brando Quin and RavenPheat are making a Music Video in Safford Arizona and they want you to be in it!!! (subject to editing) There will be lots of Audience Participation sequences...November 1st, 2008 at 3PM and 7PM at the Safford Arizona "Center for the Arts" located on 14th avenue...Tickets will be on sale ($10.00 Students, $15.00 General Admission) starting October 1, 2008 at Richards Music, Trophies N Tees and The Chamber of Commerce. This is your chance to be in a Music Video Don't Miss it!, Title: "Brando Quin and RavenPheat - The Story Behind The Song" This Show will be opened by Legendary Phoenix Band Element 115 with their 12' tall Alien Drummer "AL". Brando Quin and RavenPheat will also be accompanied by Safford local band "Second Chance", Safford Ensemble group led by Conductor Kevin DeRusha and dancers from the Gila Valley. This Concert will be filmed LIVE by award winning director Robert Reid for a Glaxicon Music Video due out in stores in February 2009. DON'T MISS THIS CONCERT!!!! This is your chance to be in a Live Music Video!
  Year Released: © 2008
  Keywords: Brando Quin, RavenPheat, LIVE, Concert, Safford Arizona, November 1st, Safford Center Arts, John Mahoney, Ted Hale, Dan King, Todd Larsen, Tim Sadow, Michele Sarrett, Daphne Adato, Sule Greg Wilson, Element 115, tickets
  

• Brando Quin's Biography and proposed Wikipedia Page...

  2008 Apr 07

  Brando Rasmus Quin (born September 18, 1962) is an American Musician and Author and a disabled veteran. According to the Department of Veteran Affairs, he is one of the highest-paid disabled veterans in the world and also one of the 257,100th richest men in the veteran gone entertainer world, having earned the maximum amount one can earn in 2007 alone, adding to his growing fortune. He is listed in the Garageband Record Books as, “"Brando Quin’'s music has changed the way we look at our world and is acknowledged by fans and musicians as original, unique and powerfully expressive. His vivid portrayal of an American working/struggling class life conveys the dashed hopes, loss, and heartbreak implicit in living the American Dream."” Quin's music is available for distribution in more than 80 countries internationally.
  
  Contents
  • 1 Biography
  o 1.1 Family and early life
  o 1.2 Music career
  o 1.3 Writing Career
  o 1.4 Endorsements and earnings
  o 1.5 Brando Quin Stock Index
  o 1.6 Social activism
  o 1.7 Tribute to Giselle from Brando (song)
  o 1.8 Brando Quin’s rugged exterior and why he won’t do plastic surgeries
  • 2 Filmography
  • 3 Controversy
  o 3.1 Change of Talent Agencies
  o 3.2 Solomon School anti-Brando target
  o 3.3 Use of the logo for the NFL
  o 3.4 The Brando prefers France to America rumor
  o 3.5 Politics
  • 4 References
  • 5 External links
  
  Biography
  
  Family and early life
  Quin was born in the border town of El Paso, Texas and grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada to Diana Sudberry, a house wife, and Jerry Quinn a state prison guard. He has one sister;– Tambra and four brothers – David, William, Michael and Joseph. Quin was raised a Mormon, however, in 2008 he was baptized a Roman Catholic at St. Rose of Lima, Safford, AZ. He has five children Chelsea, Brittany, John (deceased), Tessarah, and Justin. He speaks English as his native language. He is from North America, a region whose population is largely composed of Americans of Irish/English descent. Quin is of distant Irish/English ancestry in both sides of his family; his great-great-grandparents immigrated to America from Ireland and England.
  
  In regards to his ethnic background, Quin was quoted: "I was born in El Paso, Texas, a border town in America. The town was mainly colonized by Anglo Saxons and Mexicans. I moved to Las Vegas Nevada to begin school at 5 years of age, I learned the English language and the customs and traditions of a true native of Las Vegas. I belong to the sixth generation of my family in America.” There’s no better country in the world than America. Its people, the varied cultures, the diversity (...) I am proud of being American."
  
  Musical career
  
  Originally, Quin wanted to be a professional actor and considered acting for the theatre. While in school, Quin was so short and scrawny that his friends used to call him “shrimp” and “shorty”. In 1972, a then-10-year-old Quin performed his first acting role on stage with his father, mother and sister in a play called "The Bus Stop" written by his mother. Quin continued to perform on stage throughout his youth, but decided to join the U.S. Air Force after his graduation from High School. Patriotism was instilled in him that one of the highest honors one can achieve is to serve one'’s country. He comes from a long line of military volunteers since the civil war. During his U.S. Air Force tour in Alaska, Quin auditioned for and won base talent competitions for singers interested in touring with “The Tops in Blue” an Air Force sponsored talent group, taking first place at Eielson AFB, AK in 1982. However, it wasn’'t until 2006 that Quin began his professional musician career.
  
  After earning several awards from the International Society of Poets for his poetry books, Quin decided to put guitar chords to his poetic lyrics and then teamed up with Producer John Mahoney of RavenPheat recording studios in Phoenix, Arizona, debuting his award winning album “in 2006, "Brando Quin My Life"” Music and Production by RavenPheat and Friends, which included "The Story of My Life" a song written by Neil Diamond and licensed through his company at Stonebridge Entertainment. Diamond was a successful pop music performer, scoring a number of hits in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. As critic William Ruhlmann writes, "as of 2001, he claimed worldwide record sales of 115 million copies, and as of 2002 he was ranked third, behind only Elton John and Barbra Streisand, on the list of the most successful adult contemporary artists in the history of the Billboard chart." As of May 2005 he had sold 120 million records worldwide, including 48 million records in the U.S.
  
  Quin is a member of BMI and currently has over 30 song writing credits listed with them. BMI led by Del R. Bryant, President & CEO is an American performing right organization that represents more than 375,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in all genres of music. BMI will distribute more than $732 million in royalties for its 2006-2007 fiscal year to the songwriters, composers and copyright owners it represents, an eight percent increase over the prior fiscal year.
  
  His debut album of September 2006 earned Brando the distinction of being nominated for and winning awards for Best Male Vocals, Track of the Day in Experimental Rock, Best Drums in Experimental Rock, Best Lyrics in Experimental, Best Beat in Experimental Rock, Best Mood in Experimental Rock, and Most Original in Experimental Rock at GarageBand records run by CEO Ali Partovi. Ali established himself as an entrepreneur by co-founding LinkExchange, which was acquired by Microsoft for $265 million in 1998. In 2002 Ali led the effort to save GarageBand.com from being shut down and has been with the company since. In 2006 Ali recruited his twin brother Hadi to help start iLike, and today they run iLike (which owns GarageBand) together. Ali is an avid music lover and wannabe guitarist.
  
  An accompanying review by Those Damn Twins, of Seattle Washington stated, "Brando Quin's vocal performances are strong! Something about him reminds me of some kind of Bob Dylan meets Johnny Cash hybrid..."
  
  In 2007 he released a second album titled, “"Brando Quin The Journey"” which included Bonnie Raitt’'s classic tune, “"I Can’t Make You Love Me"” written by Allen Shamblin and Mike Reid, licensed through BMI, ICG and Almo Music Corp..Bonnie Lynn Raitt (born November 8, 1949) is a nine-time Grammy award-winning American blues singer-songwriter who was born in Burbank, California, the daughter of Broadway musical star John Raitt. Once again Quin was winning multiple awards especially for the #6 song of the album, "Livin a Hard Life" which won Track of the Day on 24Aug2007 in Blues Rock, Best Male Vocals in Blues Rock, week of 8Oct2007 Best Male Vocals in Blues Rock, week of 25Feb2008 Best Male Vocals in Blues Rock, week of 3Mar2008 Best Production in Blues Rock, week of 3Mar2008 Best Lyrics in Blues Rock, week of 8Oct2007 Best Lyrics in Blues Rock, week of 26Nov2007 Best Lyrics in Blues Rock, week of 3Mar2008 Best Melody in Blues Rock, week of 8Oct2007 Best Mood overall, week of 1Oct2007 Best Mood in Blues Rock, week of 1Oct2007 Best Mood in Blues Rock, week of 3Mar2008 Most Original overall, week of 8Oct2007 Most Original overall, week of 26Nov2007 Most Original overall, week of 3Mar2008 Most Original in Blues Rock, week of 20Aug2007 Most Original in Blues Rock, week of 3Sep2007 Most Original in Blues Rock, week of 17Sep2007 Most Original in Blues Rock, week of 1Oct2007 Most Original in Blues Rock, week of 8Oct2007 Most Original in Blues Rock, week of 26Nov2007 Most Original in Blues Rock, week of 3Mar2008 and Potential Soundtrack in Blues Rock, week of 26Nov2007.
  
  Also in 2007, Quin was filmed in his debut Music Video, “"The (nfl’s) Sofa League of Heroes”" from his album "Brando Quin The Journey". A comical pop song about fans of NFL Football by award winning director Robert Reid of, “"The Reid Effect" based in Phoenix, AZ” which included the band members of RavenPheat –Brando Quin lead vocals, John Mahoney on rhythm guitars, MIDI sounds, native flute and percussion, Todd Larsen on lead guitar, Tim Sadow on lead violin, Michele Sarrett and HumanJones backup vocalists, Dan King lead saxophone, Ted Hale lead trombonist, and Tom Krummenacker keyboards/pianist and the Solomon Arizona Football Team and Fans.
  
  His third album, “"Brando Quin - Crossings"”, 10 original songs written by Quin also included "Wonderful Tonight"” written by Eric Clapton and licensed through HFA. Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945), nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award-winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. He is one of the most successful musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries, garnering an unprecedented three inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (The Yardbirds, Cream, and solo). Often viewed by critics and fans alike as one of the greatest guitarists of all time, Clapton was ranked fourth in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #53 on their list of the Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Quin's CD "Crossings" was released in April 2008. "Brando Quin and RavenPheat LIVE!" A live concert music video is in the pre-production stages set to be filmed in November 1st, 2008 in Safford, Arizona at "The Center for the Arts".
  
  According to Capitol Basement of Seattle WA, "Brando’s music is distinct and different...As he begins his song you are reminded of Neil Young and Willie Nelson telling a simple but credible tale. You know immediately that the songwriting is original and intelligent. As soon as you get used to his voice, a female voice enters the mix. The surprising duet’s with contrasting but blended vocals of a male and female duo make his songs distinct and different. (Michele Sarrett’s) voice creates an eerie feeling of an individual journey in an uncomfortable situation. She reminds you of Lucinda Williams or the female singer in Cowboy Junkies. People traveling from town to town as ordinary life goes by is real, sad and keeps the listener an interested audience. These songs are an unusual mix and the skilled bass player assists in creating a specific mood."
  
  Quin has also worked with many acclaimed Hollywood film directors from 1993-1997 studying film while as a background artist, such as Robert Zemeckis, David Carson, Rick Kolbe, Chuck Russell, Tony Scott, Kathryn Bigelow, Russell Mulcahy, Tim Burton, Stewart Orme, John Murlowski and David L. Stanton among others.
  
  Writing Career
  
  In 2005 Brando Quin self published through LuLu Publishing Company a series of poetry books titled “My Poetry Books by a Frightened Man” which gained some notoriety from The International Society of Poets and The Fellow Poets of London Society who awarded him several prestigious awards from each of their organizations stating, “I am delighted to inform you that your poem, "Upon Waking" has been awarded our prestigious Editor’s Choice Award 2007 because it displays an original perspective and unique creativity — judged to be the qualities found most in exceptional poetry. Congratulations on your achievement!”—"--Howard Ely, President of the International Society of Poets.
  
  Also in 2005 Quin self published his first novel, “"The Master Painter"” which became notable with several other writers and publishing company’s including Susan Giffin from, "The AuthorHouse" who has personally written and/or edited during the past 4 years an impressive list of books; "Citizen Power: A Mandate for Change" by 2008 presidential candidate and a true American hero, former U.S. Senator Mike Gravel, "A New Beginning" by Lee Tiru, whose life was transformed at the age of 18 by gastric bypass surgery; at the time he weighed almost 350
  pounds, "The Crime of Punishment" by Dr. Karl Menninger, who first published this book in the late 1960s; its core message about how to improve our criminal justice system is every bit as relevant today as it was then, "Just Do It!" by Eray Honeycutt, the remarkable and inspirational life story of a retired California businessman who always believed he would succeed, despite difficulties along the way, and he did!, "American Gulag" by Lawrence Bruckner, a close-up look at the problems in today’s criminal justice system, largely focusing on the waste of both man and money, "Outstanding Justice" by Michelle Bowers, whose first novel (more than 700 pages in length) delivers great characters in interwoven plots of drama and romance spanning three continents, "Pathways to Peace" by Dr. Jan Cooper (the Renaissance Man), a truly delightful tale about how we can achieve peace in our troubled world , "The Adventures of El Torito & El Palomino" by Luis Abarca, a colorful children’s book enhanced by the author’s stunning original artwork, and, "Dining by the Stars" by Maija Collins, who combines astrology and cooking into a fascinating Latvian cookbook.
  
  Susan Giffin had gotten hold of a copy of Quin’'s novel, "“The Master Painter"” and found it to be, "A fascinating and magical story!"” Quin and Giffin were introduced and collaborated on his novel and the screenplay he had written based on the book. Quin said, "“Susan, if you could edit and combine the novel I have written with the screenplay I’'ve written based upon the novel, I think we would have a hell of a story to tell."” Giffin agreed, and together they indeed have woven a magical book called, “"The Master Painter”" now also published by The AuthorHouse which has helped more than 30,000 authors put their voice in print. AuthorHouse Vice President Terry Dwyer who directs U.S. Author Services and coordinates North American Sales and Business Development at AuthorHouse agreed Quin’s novel was fitting for their services. Dwyer previously served in a variety of executive positions with publishing, consumer and technology companies including Chief Operating Officer with Columbia House and Macmillan Publishing. While at MacMillan, Dwyer helped the company grow from $60 to $500 million in just 8 years including a 20% annual growth in international sales. He was instrumental in the significant expansion of the computer book category including imprints such as Que, The Complete Idiot’s Guide series, and Sams Publishing. In January 2007 AuthorHouse celebrated ten years in the
  publishing business; Bertram Capital, a private equity firm based in Palo Alto, CA acquired Author Solutions, the holding company for AuthorHouse now led by Kevin Weiss, President and CEO.
  
  Endorsements and earnings
  
  Since his debut, Quin has been involved in a variety of campaigns including a project known as "The Casa Children"” where Brando among a list of donors, donated items to the CASA program which assists children who have been taken out of their homes for a variety of reasons.
  
  He also donates a portion of sales from his award winning single “He’s Just 18” to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division the U.S. Marine Corps Unit he served with during Operations Desert Shield/Storm.
  
  He has appeared as a principal actor in a movie as an NSA agent, directed by David L. Stanton called “Visions” which also starred Robert Vaughn and Eric Estrada. He has also appeared behind the scenes in several block-buster movies such as Forest Gump, Star Trek Generations, The Mask, Crimson Tide, The Shadow, Mars Attacks, The Puppet Masters, Ed Wood, Automatic and Strange Days while studying a behind the scenes acting/film course.
  
  In September 2007, Quin signed up with several multi-million dollar companies designed to assist independent artists in the development and distribution of their music including CDBaby run by President/CEO Derek Sivers who lists his companies latest statistics as 219,458 artists sell their music at CD Baby, 4,068,358 CDs sold online to customers, $67,561,833 paid directly to the artists, Quin also signed with Indie911 led by Justin Goldberg, Founder & CEO and SongVault.FM founded by Paul John Ahlefeld where Brando’s version of Bonnie Raitt’s tune “"I Can’t Make You Love Me"” has reached the top 40 Pop finals. He also signed with 59 digital distribution companies which now distribute his music to over 100 countries around the world. (3Guppies.com, Apple iTunes, Arvato, AudioLunchbox, Bitmunk, BuyMusic, Charity Tunes, Choice Records, Daiki, DestraMusic, DigitalKiosk, Emusic, GreatIndieMusic, HearMusic, Inprodicon, Interia, Last.fm, Liquid Digital Media, LoudEye, Monstar.fm, Mouzika, MP3tunes, MSN Music, MusicIsHere, MusicMatch, MusicNet, Muze, Napster, NextRadio, Nifty, NTT, PassAlong, PayPlay, PlayIndies, Puretracks, QTRnote, Rhapsody, Ruckus, RuleRadio, Sonific, Sony Connect, Starzik, Theta Music, Tradebit, TreeTunes, USEN Corporation, Verizon V CAST, Voeveo, Wippit, YooPeDoo, ZuKool, AudiolunchboxSubscription, DigiPie, Flip, Intent Media Works, iSound, Nareos, PeerImpact, TastyAudio (1776))
  
  Quin has his own line of T-shirts supplied by VistaPrint Partners whose recent NASDAQ was quoted as Recent Market Price (12/31/07) $42.85, 52-Week Range $29.60-$48.60, Shares Outstanding 43.5 million, Enterprise Value $1.76 billion, Market Capitalization $1.86 billion.
  
  Quin has also partnered with LuLu Publishing Company who distributes his books and CD’s via the world-wide-web. Lulu is guided by founder and CEO Bob Young – a true technology entrepreneur and open-source visionary with four successful multi-million dollar start-up companies on his resume. In 1993, Young co-founded Red Hat (NYSE: RHT).
  
  On March 25, 2008, it was announced that Quin and Mahoney of RavenPheat Recording Studios had begun another CD project titled, “Brando Quin – Confessions” containing 12 original Rock/R&B/Pop songs written by Brando. Placing him on the prized list of musician’s who have completed one album per year since their initial CD debut.
  
  Brando Quin Stock Index
  
  An American economist developed a stock index to measure the profit performance
  improvement of companies representing Quin compared to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Quin Stock Index was up 15% during the interval of time between May and July of 2007, substantially surpassing the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which was up just 8.2%.
  
  Social activism
  
  Quin has long been a social activist, lending his support and image for a number of charities and humanitarian causes like The Veterans of Foreign Wars who support our troops at home and abroad providing special services as well as burial details for disabled and deceased veterans without payment. He was recently seen in Safford, AZ at, "The Vietnam Moving Wall Memorial" handing out free copies of his CD's to Vietnam Veterans and their families. "The Moving Wall" is the half-size replica of the Washington, DC Vietnam Veterans Memorial and has been touring the country for more than twenty years. When John Devitt attended the 1982 dedication in Washington, he felt the positive power of "The Wall." He vowed to share that experience with those who did not have the opportunity to go to Washington.
  
  He has raised money to donate to the CASA project a humanitarian aid project for abused and neglected children and has served as a spokesperson for The Gila Valley Leadership Group who actively chairs community efforts in Arizona.
  
  Quin has also been a Hospital Volunteer at the West Los Angeles Veterans Memorial Hospital donating over 500 hours of his time to assist hospitalized veterans and their families, he is one of the original founders of “The Veterans Theater Group” a non-profit organization which assist wounded veterans with rehabilitation through the arts.
  
  Tribute to Giselle from Brando (song)
  
  As a tribute to Brazilian Supermodel and actress Giselle Bundchen for her humanitarian efforts in causes such as the, I am African campaign responding to AIDS awareness in Africa, the St. Jude Children’s Hospital specializing in cancer treatment, and her social activism to protect the Amazon Rain Forest, Brando wrote the award winning song, “Beautiful Giselle” and following her lead donates a portion of the proceeds from the sale of his CD to worthwhile charities.
  
  Brando Quin’'s handsome yet rugged appeal and why he doesn't do plastic surgeries
  
  A result of research was publicized in February 2008 by The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) to reveal how world celebrity images, that overwhelm popular media, influence people’s choices and decisions to undergo plastic surgeries. The question asked was: What influences do celebrities have on the decisions patients make? The survey was sent to over 20,000 plastic surgeons in 84 countries.
  
  Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Pamela Anderson, Sophia Loren, Brad Pitt and George Clooney were the most mentioned. Brando Quin has never undergone plastic surgery and is a strong advocate of a person’s natural look and appeal however he does advocate freedom of choice when it comes to matters of the heart which he admits sometimes includes plastic surgery.
  
  Filmography
  
  Visions - directed by David L. Stanton, Role - NSA Agent #2, Year - 1994
  The Love Connection - hosted by Pat Bullard, Role - Jerry, Year - 1996
  The Sofa League of Heroes - directed by Robert Reid, Role - President of The Sofa League of Heroes, Year - 2008
  
  Controversy
  
  Quin’s rise to fame has not come without controversy. Like many musician/actors he moved from his original Talent Agency, The Victor Kruglov Talent Agency to Goldman and Associates then back to The Victor Kruglov Talent Agency. He stated the only reason he changed agencies was due to location and that both agencies handled his affairs with uncompromising integrity. The Kruglov Talent agency is located in Hollywood CA the Goldman and Associates agency is located in Las Vegas, NV.
  
  Solomon School "anti-Brando" target
  
  In 2007, during the taping of “The (nfl’s) Sofa League of Heroes” Quin had invited an elementary school football team and their fans to the shoot to be part of the crowd scenes. After the editing process had been completed the students were basically edited out of the video, this sparked a Citizens of Solomon YouTube protest against Brando for not including them in the final cut version of the music video. He was also contacted by the National Football League who stated he could not use their logo design or the capitalized initials NFL to promote this music video. Quin responded by making a behind the scenes music video which included the Solomon Elementary students and placed the initials (nfl) as lower case also placing them inside parentheses.
  
  “"I am the biggest NFL football fan in the world, I named my firstborn son (who tragically died young) after John Elway of the Denver Broncos!” he said after hearing the controversial news. I was just doing my job as a performer and a football fan. I invited those students after hearing the story about their team, who had not won a football game for years but played every game with heart. In the final game of the 2007 season they won their home game. I wanted to reward
  their team the only way I know how to by inviting them to my music video shoot. I didn’'t do the editing for this music video, I’m not sure the kids understand that process isn’t always left up to the entertainer. As far as the use of the NFL letters go I feel we reached a professional compromise and as far as I’m concerned the matter is behind us. I’'ll still enjoy watching the NFL football season during 2008-2009 and beyond.”
  
  Reaction to Pope Benedict XVI speech regarding the violence in Iraq
  
  Although Quin wasn’'t baptized a Roman Catholic until 2008 at St. Rose of Lima in Safford, Arizona he was not new to serving a member of the Catholic Church. While a member of the U.S. Marine Corps serving on the front lines of combat in Kuwait during Operations Desert Shield/Storm Quin was assigned as the body guard to his units Catholic Priest Chaplain Dubois. During a recent speech in St. Peter’s Square Pope Benedict cried, "Stop the massacres! Stop the violence! Stop the hatred in Iraq!" That was the fervent appeal of Pope Benedict XVI, speaking to the faithful in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday. “I agree with Pope Benedict XVI with regards to our current situation in Iraq. If governments like people could settle their differences in a peaceful manner instead of hostility we'’d all be living in a beautiful never ending garden.”
  
  The Brando prefers France over America rumor
  
  When Quin toured Europe during a year long excursion during the millennium (1999-2000) he fell in love with France. He was quoted as saying, “France and her people are the most beautiful culture I have ever seen. Her cities, and bay’s are magnificent, the people and their language of love is everywhere…and if I ever settle down and find a place to call my own, it will be somewhere in France.” Quin has since then stated, “"My comments toward France were never meant to demean America or Americans, here in America we represent so many facets of the
  world, and her diversity has never diminished in my opinion, America is the great melting pot and always will be in my heart, regardless of where I am touring or living."
  
  Politics
  
  In 2008 Quin joined Senator John McCain's campaign as a volunteer for his nomination as President of The United States of America. Quin was one of the supporters at McCain's campaign headquarters in Concord, NH during the 2007 primaries making telephone calls, waving vote for John McCain signs and shaking voters hands. Quin was quoted, "I am a true believer in John McCain (R), I served under President Reagan while in the U.S. Air Force and we are both admirers of that great man. There was a time when my family needed the support of Senator McCain and he and his office came to our aid, I will never forget that. I know for a fact he is a man of honor and integrity and this country would benefit greatly from his experiences as our nations President".
  ”
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  bled_veterans_are_there_in_U.S._today
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  e=Columbia Stonebridge Neil Diamond
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  Gump directed by Robert Zemeckis
  28. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111280 Star Trek
  Generations directed by David Carson
  29. http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/VO
  Y Star Trek Voyager directed by Rick Kolbe
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  directed by Chuck Russell
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  e&x=0&y=0 Crimson Tide directed by Tony
  Scott
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  Days directed by Kathryn Bigelow
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  Shadow directed by Russell Mulcahy
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  Masters directed by Stewart Orme
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  directed by John Murlowski
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  directed by David L. Stanton, principal actor
  NSA agent #2 Brando Quin used professional
  actor name Jerry L. Quinn
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  Publishing Company
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