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DEATH OF A PATRIOT: BOB STUMP Nov . 11, 1999: "This is Bob Stump," snapped the crisp voice on the other end of the line, the chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee and veteran Arizona congressman was telephoning me, as he always did, without using a secretary to place the call or having a press secretary handle my request (Stump never even had a press secretary or a congressional web page, never issued a press release nor did media "events"—dismissing all that as "self-promotion crap."). He was calling me to talk about the Veterans Day breakfast Bill Clinton had...

<p>Bob Stump served four terms from 1959-1967 in the Arizona House and five terms from 1967-1976 in the state Senate, serving as senate president for the last two years. He was elected to Congress in 1976.</p> <p>WASHINGTON - Thirteen-term Arizona Republican Rep. Bob Stump, the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, is expected to announce Friday that he will retire at the end of the year, according to aides to Republican House leadership.</p>