PATRICK J. "PAT" BUCHANAN (Reform - Virginia)

BIOGRAPHICAL FACTS: Founder & Chair, The American Cause, 1993-99. White House Director of Communications, 1985-87. Nominated by President Ford to be US Ambassador to South Africa, 1974 (nomination withdrawn). Speechwriter & Senior Advisor to President Richard Nixon, 1969-74. Executive Assistant to former Vice President Richard Nixon, 1966-69. Unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for President, 1992 and 1996. Quit the Republican Party and joined the Reform Party, October 1999.

EDUCATION: B.A. (English & Philosophy), Georgetown University, 1961. M.S. (Journalism), Columbia School of Journalism, 1962.

PERSONAL: Born November 2, 1938 in Washington, DC. Married to Shelley Ann Scarney Buchanan. No children. Roman Catholic. Buchanan's sister is conservative commentator and former US Treasurer Angela "Bay" Buchanan.

PROFESSIONAL: Co-Host of CNN's Crossfire talk show, 1987-91, 1992-95, 1996-99. Syndicated Newspaper Columnist, 1975-85, 1987-99. Editorial Writer, St. Louis Globe-Dispatch, 1962-66.