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 Phil
Kent
Company president Philip A. "Phil" Kent is a former president
of Southeastern Legal Foundation, an Atlanta-based public interest
law firm and policy center. As an author, columnist and media commentator,
Phil regularly appears on Fox News Network, CNN, MSNBC, and syndicated
talk radio programs across the nation. He is also a panelist on
Atlanta Fox 5 WAGA-TV’s “The Georgia Gang.”
A veteran award-winning journalist, Phil was an
editorial writer, editorial page editor, and political columnist
for The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle for 25 years. He was also a co-founder
and chairman of the board of advisors from 1997-2000 of the Washington,
DC-based Editorial Information Network, and is a former member
of the Georgia Press Association.
In 1981-82, Phil served in Washington, D.C., as
press secretary and public affairs advisor to the late U.S. Sen.
Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.).
A native of Auburn, N.Y., Phil is a 1973 graduate
of the Henry W. Grady School of Journalism at the University of
Georgia. He was a member of the Young Americans for Freedom in
college and served as Georgia's state YAF chairman.
Phil was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army as a first lieutenant,
military police, and served on active duty at Fort Gordon, Ga. |
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