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Daschle became majority leader for 17 days, from january 3 to january 20, because the new congress took office before a new presidential administration. In october 2002, he was voted for the authorization for use of military force against iraq. Nathan is the ceo of and former executive director of the democratic governors association. Tom daschle on his new role as lobbyist tom daschle, the former democratic leader in the u. Why we mustand how we canovercome our broken politics in washington and across america.