Records of the Office of Speechwriting (Clinton Administration), 1993 - 2001. Lowell Weiss' Files, 1998 - 2001
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Meeks, Gregory, 1953-
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Gregory Weldon Meeks (born September 25, 1953) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative from New York since 1998. He is a member of the Democratic Party. His district is made up largely of working, middle, and upper middle-class African-American and West Indian American communities, but also includes a small part of Ozone Park and part of Howard Beach known as Old Howard Beach, both of which are predominantly middle-class Italian-American communities. In addition, he represen...
Jones, Stephanie Tubbs, 1949-2008
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Christensen, Donna Marie, 1945-
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Fattah, Chaka, 1956-
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Chaka Fattah (born Arthur Davenport; November 21, 1956) is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 2016, and he was succeeded by fellow Democrat Dwight Evans. He previously served in the Pennsylvania Senate and the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Fattah grew up in Philadelphia, attending Overbrook High School and the Community College of Philadelphia. He i...
Clyburn, James, 1940-
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James Enos Clyburn (born July 21, 1940) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina. He has served as House Majority Whip since 2019. He is a two-time Majority Whip, having previously served in the post from 2007 to 2011, and served as House Assistant Minority Leader from 2011 to 2019. Currently in his 15th term as a congressman, Clyburn has served as U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 6th congressional district since 1993. ...
Collins, Cardiss, 1931-2013
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Cardiss Hortense Collins (née Robertson; September 24, 1931 – February 3, 2013) was an American politician from Illinois who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the fourth African-American woman in Congress and the first to represent the Midwest. Collins was elected to Congress in the June 5, 1973 special election to replace her husband, George, who had died in the December 8, 1972 United Airlines Flight 553 plane cras...
Collins, George Washington, 1925-1972
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George Washington Collins (March 5, 1925 – December 8, 1972) was an American politician. Collins was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois. Collins served from November 1970 until he was killed in a plane crash on December 8, 1972 in Chicago, Illinois at age 47. Collins was born in Chicago, grew up on the near-north side, and attended Waller High School (now known as Lincoln Park High School). After high school, Collins served with the Army engineers in the So...
Lomellin, Carmen L., 1950-
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Ambassador Carmen Lomellin is a former U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) and the National Coordinator for the Presidential-level Summit of the Americas. Appointed by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the United States Senate in November 2009, Ambassador Lomellin was responsible for advancing U.S. interests at the OAS and the Inter-American system as well as fostering regional cooperation and partnerships among OAS member states. In addition to ana...
Yzaguirre, Raul Humberto, 1939-
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Raul Humberto Yzaguirre (born July 22, 1939) is an American civil rights activist and diplomat. He served as the president and CEO of the National Council of La Raza from 1974 to 2004 and as U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic from November 2010 to May 2013. A native of San Juan, Texas, Yzaguirre served four years in the U.S. Air Force’s Medical Corps after graduating from high school in 1958. In 1963, he enrolled at the University of Maryland on the G.I. Bill and planned to study medi...
Martínez, Vilma Socorro, 1943-
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Vilma Socorro Martínez (born October 17, 1943) is an American lawyer, civil rights activist and diplomat who formerly served as the U.S. Ambassador to Argentina (2009-2013). Vilma Socorro Martínez was born to Marina and Salvador Martínez, a Mexican American couple living in San Antonio, Texas. She studied at the University of Texas at Austin. After receiving her bachelor's degree, Martínez went on to Columbia Law School and graduated in 1967. Vilma Socorro Martínez then joined the NAACP Le...
Gutman, Howard William, 1956-
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Howard Gutman was nominated by President Barack Obama to be U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 24, 2009. His ambassadorship ended July 23, 2013. Before being named Ambassador, Mr. Gutman was a partner with the Washington D.C. law firm of Williams & Connolly LLP. In his over twenty-six years with the firm, Mr. Gutman handled the full gamut of litigation, investigation, and counseling matters. Identified as one of "Washington's Top Lawyers"...
Midwestern State University (Wichita Falls, Tex.)
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Since its founding in 1922, Midwestern State University has grown from a local junior college to a regional state university serving a wide and varied public. Created in 1922 as Wichita Falls Junior College, the second municipal junior college in Texas, its earliest home was in Wichita Falls High School with which it shared both the building and faculty. Later, a legislative act and a vote of the people of Wichita Falls set up a separate tax district to support the junior college. In 1937,...
Bleich, Jeffrey Laurence, 1961-
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Jeffrey Laurence Bleich (born 1961) is an American lawyer and diplomat from California, currently the chair of Pacific Gas and Electric Company and of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. A longtime friend of President Barack Obama, Bleich joined the White House staff in March 2009 as Special Counsel to the President and was nominated later that year to become United States Ambassador to Australia. Bleich served as ambassador from 2009 to 2013. After stepping down from his post...
Rush, Bobby L. (Bobby Lee), 1946-
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United States Representative Bobby L. Rush is a transcendent and influential American leader who keeps his legislative and policy interests focused on the needs of his constituents in the 1st Congressional District of Illinois, with an emphasis on the most vulnerable and the communities that feel left behind. He believes deeply in the redemptive power of the human spirit and in human ingenuity and tenacity. In office since 1993, Rush stands on the shoulders of a long line of patriots and public ...
