What is Sam Nunn?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Sam Nunn |image = Senator Nunn headshot 2010 cropped.jpg |office = Chair of the [[United States Senate Committee on Armed Services|Senate Armed Services Committee]] |term_start = January 3, 1987 |term_end = January 3, 1995 |predecessor = [[Barry Goldwater]] |successor = [[Strom Thurmond]] |jr/sr1 = United States Senator |state1 = [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] |term_start1 = November 8, 1972 |term_end1 = January 3, 1997 |predecessor1 = [[David H. Gambrell|David Gambrell]] |successor1 = [[Max Cleland]] |state_house2 = Georgia |district2 = 41st |term_start2 = January 1969 |term_end2 = November 8, 1972 |preceded2 = Glenn Phillips |succeeded2 = Guy Hill |birth_name = Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr. |birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1938|9|8}}}} |birth_place = [[Macon, Georgia]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = Colleen O'Brien |children = 2, including [[Michelle Nunn|Michelle]] |education = {{nowrap|[[Georgia Institute of Technology]]}}<br>[[Emory University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])}} |allegiance = {{flag|United States}} |branch = {{flag|United States Coast Guard}} |serviceyears = 1959–1968 }} '''Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr.''' (born September 8, 1938) is an American [[politician]]. He was a [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] (1972 &ndash; 1997) as a member of the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party]]. When he left the United States Senate, he made the [[Nuclear Threat Initiative]] with [[Ted Turner]]. It is a group that works to stop [[Nuclear war|Nuclear War]]. His experience made [[Barack Obama]] and [[John Kerry]] think about making him their [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12652.html|title=Nader predicts Obama to pick Clinton|last=H