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He moved to Yuma, Arizona and got a job as a police and fire reporter.
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Lou Dobbs is against illegal immigration.
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He is a supporter of gay civil rights.
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Lou Dobbs is the founder of CNNfn (CNN financial news).
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On March 27th, 2008, Lou was ranked number 5 in the Boston Phoenix list of "The 100 unsexiest men in the world".
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He attended Minico High School and became the student body president in 1963.
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Lou Dobbs lives on a 300-acre horse farm in Sussex County, New Jersey.
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Lou Dobbs joined the CNN staff in 1980.
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Lou has six children.
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He is 6 feet 2 inches tall.
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Lou is a journalist, television host, businessman, and author.
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He has almost won every major award for television journalism.
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Lou Dobbs graduated from Harvard University in 1967 and received his bachelors degree in economics.
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After Lou graduated, he got a job at Union Bank in Los Angeles.
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When Lou was only 12 years old, his family moved to Rupert, Idaho. This is because his father's business failed.
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Lou is the son of Frank Dobbs and Lydia Mae Hensley.
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He is married to Debi Lee Segura de Dobbs.
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Lou wrote a book called Independence Day.
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Lou considered himself a Republican, but after what President Bush did with the country, he switched to Independent.
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Lou Dobbs was going to run for president in an independent party, but later rejected the idea.
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For his television journalism work he's been awarded an Lifetime Achievement Emmy and a Cable Ace award.
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Lou Dobbs has been, at some time, a member of the following boards: The Horatio Alger Association, the National Space Foundation, the Society of Professional Journalists Foundation, and the Imaginova Corporation.
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Author of the books Exporting America : Why Corporate Greed Is Shipping American Jobs Overseas and Space: The Next Business Frontier, which he co-wrote with HP Newquist.
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Dobbs is a supporter of immigration reduction and often takes the side of private "Minuteman" groups that patrol the U.S. Border.
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Lou is a regular columnist in U.S News & World Report, The New York Daily News, and Money Magazine.
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Dobbs also hosts "The Lou Dobbs Financial Report," a syndicated radio show.
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In recent years, Lou Dobbs has become known for his protectionist stance on the American economy. He is particularly opposed to outsourcing and offshoring.