Birth place: Stamford, Connecticut
Birth name: Joseph Isadore Lieberman
Father: Henry Lieberman, package-store owner
Mother: Marcia (Manger) Lieberman
Marriages: Hadassah (Freilich) Lieberman (1983-present); Betty Haas (1965-1981, divorced)
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November 18, 2008 – After a 42 to 13 vote by the Senate Democratic caucus, Lieberman is allowed to keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
January 19, 2011 – Announces that he will not run for re-election to his Senate seat in 2012.
January 2013 – Retires from the U.S. Senate.
January 2, 2014 – Announces he will serve as executive board chairman of Victory Park Capital, a $1.3 billion equity firm.
January 12, 2015 – After the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris, Lieberman writes an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal and states that a global alliance is necessary to combat Islamic terrorists because they will only stop when “they are destroyed.”
