Max Cleland

Max Cleland is a decorated Vietnam War veteran and former one-term Democratic U.S. Senator representing the state of Georgia.U.S. Congress: Joseph Maxwell Cleland Biographical Information While serving as Captain in the U.S. Army, Cleland endured combat wounds that made it necessary to amputate both of his legs and his right forearm.Esquire: Being Max Cleland (August 1999) During Cleland's second Senate campaign in 2004, his war heroism was called into question by the conservative pundit Ann Coulter.Washington Monthly: Coulter v. Cleland (April 2004)

Cleland is rumored to be under consideration for the position of Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Barack Obama's Presidential administration.Newsmax: An Obama Cabinet? Here's a Picture (September 29, 2008)