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Our Thoughts Are With Carol

Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun (pictured), a long-time advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender service members (and a former SLDN national dinner keynote speaker) was mugged outside of her home in Chicago on Friday. From the Associated Press: Former U.S. senator and presidential candidate Carol Moseley Braun suffered a broken wrist when a mugger tried to steal her purse, authorities said Saturday. Braun, 59, was standing at her front door late Friday when an assailant came out of the bushes and tried to take her purse, said her spokesman, Kevin Lampe. When Braun resisted, the man pulled a knife and cut the strap of the purse. During the struggle, Braun fell, fracturing her left wrist. She was later treated and a released from a hospital. Braun, a Democrat, became the first black woman elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992, serving one term. She lost her re-election bid to Peter Fitzgerald in 1998. After her defeat, President Clinton appointed her ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. She made a run for the presidency in 2004. All of us at SLDN wish Ambassador Braun a speedy recovery. - Steve Ralls

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05-02-07