T Boone Pickens, once known as a corporate raider, is now a billionaire hedge fund investor -- and one of the funders of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth campaign that attacked Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) in 2004. Currently, Pickens is trying to build a reputation [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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