University of Minnesota: Senator Al Franken to Serve as 2013 Commencement Speaker

United States Senator Al Franken will serve as the 2013 Commencement speaker at the University of Minnesota, Morris on Saturday, May 11. This year marks the University’s 50th Commencement exercise.

Senator Franken was elected to the United States Senate in 2008 as a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party from Minnesota. He currently sits on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pension Committee, the Judiciary Committee, the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and the Committee on Indian Affairs. Senator Franken is a long-time advocate for affordable, accessible health care, an economy that works for the middle class, the protection of a secure retirement, the promise of a twenty-first century education for children, and the creation of a green economy that creates jobs and improves the environment.

Prior to his election, Senator Franken spent 37 years as a comedy writer, author, and radio talk show host. He has taken part in seven United Service Organizations (USO) tours, visiting American troops overseas in Germany, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Uzbekistan—in addition to visiting Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait four times.

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