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    Rep . John Tanner Announces He Will Retire Next Year

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Rep. John Tanner , a Tennessee Democrat and co-founder of the conservative Blue Dog coalition, announced Tuesday he will retire next year after 11 terms in Congress.Tanner, 63, said in a statement that he and wife Betty Ann had considered his retirement in 2007. He was persuaded to seek one more term because of the chance he could be elected president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly at what he called "this critical moment in the war in Afghanistan .""We believed we owed it to our country to stay and fulfill this term of office as NATO PA President," he said in a statement. "This mandate expires in November 2010, and therefore, we have made the decision not to seek re-election to Congress."Tanner, a Union City attorney and former state lawmaker, was first elected to the 8th Congressional District representing rural northwestern Tennessee in 1988.In 1994, he co-founded the conservative Democrats' Blue Dog coalition -- fiscal hawks who said they were "choked blu...

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