Through nearly four decades of public service and at every level of government, Daniel Robert “Bob” Graham became one of the most accomplished and popular figures in Florida’s history. When he left the governorship, he measured an 83% approval rating and remained beloved by Floridians regardless of political party. Through these photo galleries, follow the journey that endeared him to the people of Florida, the U.S. and the world. For additions or changes, we invite you to email Dorothy Zimmerman at dozimmer@ufl.edu.
Sen. Bob Graham chairs the joint congressional investigation into the September 11 attacks. —Source: Daily Kos
Sen. Bob Graham chairs the joint congressional investigation into the September 11 attacks. 2002. —Source: Tampa Bay Times
In 2002, Rep. Porter Goss (left) and Sen. Bob Graham begin a hearing on intelligence failures leading up to the September 11 attacks. —Source: The Gainesville Sun
Sen. Bob Graham points to a report card of the performance of National Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge as he speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill, May 2, 2002. Members of the House and Senate where there to introduce bicameral homeland security legislation that would establish a cabinet-level Department of National Homeland Security and for the White House to develop and coordinate a national strategy to combat terrorism. —Source: Chris Corder/UPI
Sen. Bob Graham during workday as counterterrorism agent with FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, May 17, 2002. —Source: Florida Memory
Leaders of the Joint Intelligence Committee investigating the September 11 attacks meet reporters in the Crypt of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on May 21, 2002. L-R: Senate Chairman Bob Graham, Senate Vice Chairman Richard Shelby, House Chairman Porter J. Goss, Ranking House Democrat on Intelligence Nancy Pelosi. —Source: Ron Sachs/CNP
Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL) discuss various topics including the Middle East, National Security and the war on terrorism on NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ July 7, 2002 during a taping at the NBC studios in Washington, DC. —Source: Alex Wong/Getty Images
On Sept. 19, 2002, Sen. Bob Graham talks to former National Security Adviser Brent Scrowcroft as Sen. Richard Shelby looks on prior to a hearing on the events surrounding September 11, 2001 before the House and Senate Intelligence Committees on Capitol Hill. —Source: Alex Wong/Getty Images
In December 2002, the Miami Herald commends Graham for his work as chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and chairman of the joint congressional investigation into the September 11 attacks. —Source: University of Florida Libraries
Sen. Bob Graham talks to Sen. Dianne Feinstein after a news conference about their introduction of the 9/11 Memorial Intelligence Reform Actwhich aimed at overhauling the intelligence community to prevent another successful terrorist attack like the September 11 tragedy. July 31, 2003. —Source: Alex Wong/Getty Images
Thomas Kean, appointed by President George W. Bush as September 11 Commission Chairman, greets Sen. Bob Graham after Bush signed the intelligence reform bill at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium Dec. 17, 2004 in Washington, DC. —Source: Shaun Heasley/Getty Images
L-R: Bob Graham (Chairman, Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism), Tim Roemer (President, Center for National Policy) and Commissioner Robin Cleveland discuss the commission’s report. Dec. 11, 2008. —Source: Alex Wong/Getty Images
Sen. Rand Paul and Bob Graham arrive to a news conference on the Transparency for the Families of 9/11 Victims and Survivors Act. Capitol Hill, June 2, 2015. —Source: Kevin Dietsch/UPI
Former Sen. Bob Graham displays 28 pages that are still classified, and blacked out, of a U.S. government report on who financed the September 11 attacks, at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington to unveil “The Transparency for the Families of 9/11 Victims Act” on June 2, 2015. —Source: Gary Cameron/Reuters
Sen. Rand Paul and former Sen. Bob Graham take questions from the audience during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 2, 2015, to call for the 28 classified pages of the 9-11 report to be declassified. —Source: Andrew Harnik/AP
On Aug. 31, 2016 at the National Press Club, Bob Graham speaks about Saudi links to the September 11 attacks after the Administration and Congress released a redacted version of the missing 28 pages from the Congressional Joint Inquiry into the 9/11 attacks. —Source: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
Bob Graham signs copies of “Intelligence Matters” at the Graham Center. —Source: Bob Graham Center
“Intelligence Matters: The CIA, the FBI, Saudi Arabia, and the Failure of America’s War on Terror” by Bob Graham with Jeff Nussbaum. Published 2004. —Source: Bob Graham Center
“World at Risk: The Report of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism” by Bob Graham and commission. Published 2008. —Source: Bob Graham Center
“Keys to the Kingdom” thriller by Bob Graham. Published 2011. According to Graham, it’s fiction with “some slightly closeted real information.” —Source: Bob Graham Center
