Sen. Joe Lieberman Announces Retirement

1/19/2011 3:37PM

Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman announced his retirement Wednesday in the face of a difficult fight for re-election in 2012. He will have served 24 years in the Senate when his term ends in 2012. Video courtesy of Fox News.

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I ... thx ... the ... Yuichi TDs EU ... silly ... heydays ... I have decided that it's time to turn the page to a new chapter ... and so I will not be a candidate for reelection to a fifth term in the United States entered in twenty twelve ... that was not an easy decision for me to make because I've loved serving in the Senate ... and I feel good about what I've accomplished ... but I know that it is the right decision ... and I must say ... having native I'm excited about beginning a new chapter of life ... with new opportunities ... one thing that has not changed all read the years is my love for America ... we are a unique nation ... with the unique mission to secure the rights to life liberty and pursuit of happiness to our guides and down ... to every person ... Toro marketable degrees succeeding generations of Americans of advance that mission ... at home and abroad ...