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Carole and Len Levine with United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. She was a United States Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009. As the wife of President Bill Clinton, she was the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001. In the 2008 election she was a leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. |
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Len Levine is seen between Chris Gregoire, Governor of Washington and Janet Napolitano, United States Secretary of Homeland Security, at a reception honoring Governor Gregoire in Seattle, Washington. |
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Gary Locke is the United States Secretary of Commerce and has been nominated by President Obama to become the next United States Ambassador to China. Secretary Locke was Governor of Washington from 1997 to 2005. He was the first and only Chinese American to serve as governor of a state in United States history. |
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U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Services Kathleen Sebelius was Governor of Kansas, served as Kansas Insurance Commissioner and was a member of the Kansas Legislature. She is the first daughter of a Governor (John Gilligan, Ohio, 1971-1975) in U.S. history to be elected to that same position. |
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In 2006 Amy Klobuchar became the first woman elected to represent the State of Minnesota in the United States Senate. Prior to becoming a Senator, she was a partner in one of the leading law firms in Minnesota and for eight years was the elected prosecutor for Hennepin County (Minneapolis and 45 suburbs). The Washington Post has described her as a “rising star.” |
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U.S. Senator Al Franken, the junior United States Senator from Minnesota, was well known as a writer and performer for the television show Saturday Night Live which he did from its inception in 1975. He was also a political commentator, author of five books and host of a nationally syndicated radio show. In 2008 he won election to the U.S. Senate by 312 votes. |
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Martin O’Malley was elected Governor of Maryland in 2006 after a prominent career in Baltimore city government, first as a two term city councilman and then six years as Mayor. |
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Susana Martinez was elected Governor of New Mexico in 2010. She is the first female Hispanic to be a governor in the history of the United States as well as the first female governor of New Mexico. Prior to her election as governor, she was the U.S. District Attorney for the 3rd Judicial District in New Mexico (which encompasses Dona Ana County). |
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Dan Malloy was elected Governor of Connecticut in 2010. Before that he was the longest serving mayor (14 years) of the City of Stamford. As a child he suffered from learning disabilities and difficulties with motor coordination. He went on to graduate magna cum laude and later earned a law degree, both from Boston College. He was also an Assistant District Attorney in Brooklyn, New York. |
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Terry Branstad was Iowa’s longest-serving governor from 1983 to 1999. Following his four terms as governor, Branstad went on to serve for six years as President of Des Moines University during which time the university grew into a world-class facility. On November 2, 2010 he was elected again as Iowa’s governor. |
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Neil Abercrombie is the 7th Governor of Hawaii. Prior to being elected governor in 2010, he was a Congressman representing Hawaii ‘s 1st District, a Honolulu City Councilman, Hawaii State Senator and a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives. He has a bachelor’s degree in sociology and a doctorate in American Studies. |
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Tom Corbett, Pennsylvania Governor, has had an extensive career in government service. He’s been the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, was a member of President Reagan’s National Drug Task Force, held many positions in Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge’s administration and was Attorney General of Pennsylvania. Before getting his law degree, Governor Corbett taught high school Civics and History in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. |
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Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber has had a truly noteworthy record of accomplishment. He was an emergency room doctor, a member of the Oregon Legislature, state senate president, and elected three times as Governor of Oregon (in 1994, 1998 and again in 2010). |
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Jack Markell has been Governor of Delaware since 2009. Markell, the state’s first Jewish governor, was State Treasurer of Delaware from 1999 to 2009. He began his career in the private sector helping lead the wireless technology revolution as the 13th employee at Nextel (a name he coined), where he served as Senior Vice President for Corporate Development. He also held other top management positions in well-known businesses. |
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Congressman Jim Oberstar was a member of Congress for 36 years and Chairman of the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee. He distinguished himself as one of the most knowledgeable members of Congress on transportation/infrastructure issues. Congressman Oberstar often referred to Len Levine as “Mr. Transportation.” That’s a real compliment coming from the person who for more than a quarter century was known throughout America as “Mr. Transportation.” Congressman Oberstar is seen here with long-time friends, Len and Carole Levine. |
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Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is remembered for developing a reading and math program for students in kindergarten through eighth grade and passage of the largest road construction program in the state’s history. |
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Michele Bachman represents Minnesota’s 6th District in the U.S. Congress. She is the first Republican woman to be elected to Congress from Minnesota. Prior to serving in Congress, Bachman, who has a degree in tax law, served in the Minnesota State Senate. |
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A dramatic reduction in the city’s crime rate, an aggressive stance towards absentee landlords and a strong business/management style has brought national attention and recognition to St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay. |
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Mayor Jean Quan is Oakland’s first female mayor as well as its first Asian-American mayor and the first Asian American woman to head a major city in the United States. She was on the school board for 12 years before being elected to the City Council in 2002. |
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U.S. Senator Joe Manchin III has been called the pride of all West Virginians, regardless of political party. He was born and raised in a small West Virginia coal town, was a star football player at West Virginia University, a successful businessman, president of the Marion County Rescue Squad, a member of the legislature and Secretary of State. Senator Manchin, seen here with Carole and Len Levine, won the special election in November 2010 to fill the seat of Robert Byrd, who had died in office. |
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Patrick Leahy, now serving his sixth term in the United States Senate, was elected in 1974 and remains the only Democrat elected to this office from the State of Vermont. He is Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. |
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The Associated General Contractors of the State of Washington named Judy Clibborn Legislator of the Year in 2010. She has quite a record of service. As a member of the Washington State House since 2002, she is the Chair of the Transportation Committee and a leading voice on all transportation matters affecting the State of Washington. Clibborn, a registered nurse by training, was a member of the Mercer Island City Council, Mayor of Mercer Island and Executive Director of the Mercer Island Chamber of Commerce. |
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Shimon Peres, Israel’s 8th and 12th Prime Minister and its 9th President, has served in a variety of governmental positions spanning many years. As Minister of Foreign Affairs, he initiated and conducted the negotiations that led to the signing of the Declaration of Principles with the PLO in September 1993 - which won him the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize, together with Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat. Mr. Peres, who has authored ten books, has been President since June 13, 2007. |
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Russian President Dmitri Medvedev appointed Sergey Kislyak Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United States in July 2008. Mr. Kislayk, a member of the Russian Foreign Service since 1977, has held many prominent posts such as Russia’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Director of the Department of Security Affairs and Disarmament of the Foreign Ministry of Russia and as the lead on arms control and nonproliferation issues. |
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Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan, Mexico’s Ambassador to the United States, is active in various organizations such as the Mexican Council on Foreign Affairs, the Foreign Policy Association and the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London; He has taught in various universities and published articles on issues related to foreign policy in a variety of journals and magazines. Ambassador Sarukhan, a Fulbright Scholar and Ford Foundation Fellow, has been decorated by the governments of Spain and Sweden. |
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Dr. Julio Semeghini, Representative, Brazilian Chamber of Deputies (National Congress of Brazil) is known as one of the foremost voices of high tech issues in the country of Brazil. Dr. Semeghini, an electronic engineer and IT professional with over 20 years experience, is the founder and President of the Brazilian Congress Technology Group. He was the main sponsor of Brazil's new Information Technology Law. |
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Dr. Dino Patti Djalal, the longest serving Presidential spokesperson in Indonesia’s modern history, is the Indonesian Ambassador to the United States. He has written many articles for domestic and international media and has also written five books. His favorite phrase: “Today, Indonesia is a different country in a different place in a different world.” Indonesia, a nation of islands (17,508 islands) stretches around the equator for 3,200 miles, roughly the distance between Los Angeles and New York. |
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