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'''Albert Arnold Gore, Jr.''' is the son of veteran ] Senator ] of Tennessee. Gore, Sr. grew up in rural Tennessee, but his son was raised in a hotel in ] and spent summers in Carthage ]. '''Albert Arnold Gore, Jr.''' is the son of veteran ] Senator ] of Tennessee. Gore, Sr. grew up in rural Tennessee, but his son was raised in a hotel in ] and spent summers in Carthage ].


Gore, Jr. could have used his father's connections to avoid serving in Vietnam. He did avoid combat, probably in deference to his famous father. He worked in Vietnam as a war reporter. Gore, Jr. could have used his father's connections to avoid serving in Vietnam. He did avoid combat, which resulted in allegations that his famous father's influence had kept him away from the front lines. He worked in Vietnam as a war reporter.


He was a ] from Tennessee before he became Vice President. He was a ] from Tennessee before he became Vice President.

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Vice President of the United States 1993-2001 during Bill Clinton's presidency.

Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. is the son of veteran Democratic Senator Albert Gore, Sr. of Tennessee. Gore, Sr. grew up in rural Tennessee, but his son was raised in a hotel in Washington, D.C. and spent summers in Carthage Tennessee.

Gore, Jr. could have used his father's connections to avoid serving in Vietnam. He did avoid combat, which resulted in allegations that his famous father's influence had kept him away from the front lines. He worked in Vietnam as a war reporter.

He was a Senator from Tennessee before he became Vice President.

He wrote an environmental conservation book called Earth in the Balance.

He ran for president and was defeated by George W. Bush in 2000. See also:

He never claimed to have invented the Internet. The exact quote from a CNN interview: "During my service in the United States Congress I took the initiative in creating the Internet." This referred to his introduction around 1990 of a bill designed to fund the creation of an "information systems highway" for education.

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