Frank Keating
Former Governor of Oklahoma -- Jan. 20, 2004

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Former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating

Former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating spoke to the Press Club about the "imminent financial danger facing Baby Boomers nearing retirement." Keating is president and CEO of the world’s largest life insurance trade group, the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI).

Keating became the second governor -- and the first Republican -- to win two consecutive terms in 1998, when he rolled to victory in his re-election bid. Keating faced an often hostile Democratic majority in both houses of the legislature as he led the drive to reform his state's welfare system and other social programs. The welfare law passed in 1995 was one of the first of its kind in the nation and reduced the state welfare rolls by more than 70 percent by 2001. He also went to war on crime with tough parole policies and truth-in-sentencing laws in a campaign he credits with turning the corner on rising crime rates.

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