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DECEMBER 04, 2008

On Graham, in case you were wondering...

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham of Florida is back in the news as co-chairman of a congressionally mandated commission on weapons of mass destruction and terrorism, which released its report on threats and recommendations this week.

Graham, 72, a Democrat, is past chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee and is serving as a senior adviser on intelligence matters to President-elect Barack Obama. But he says he has had no discussions about taking a job in the administration, such as CIA director or the White House director of national intelligence.

Asked if he'd consider such a post, Graham tells Buzz, "Well, I never say never, but I'm enjoying what I'm doing, and right now I'm going to be busy (into the next year) shopping this WMD report."

You can find a copy of the bipartisan WMD commission's report here.

For a St. Petersburg Times Q&A with Graham after he and the commission's other co-chairman, former Sen. Jim Talent, R-Mo., briefed President Bush and Vice President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday, go here.

And, FYI, Graham says he has no interest in running for that Senate seat being vacated in 2010 by Republican Mel Martinez.

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