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William Henry Harrison

2007-04-06T20:31:43Z

Juanga: mistake

'''William Henry Harrison''' (1773-1841) was the 9th [[president]] of the [[United States]]. He served as the president for one month in 1841 before dying of pneumonia. At
68, he was the oldest person elected president before [[Ronald Reagan]], and he also served the shortest term of any president. Harrison was also the first president to die in office.

=Early Life=
Harrison was born February 9, 1773 in Charles City, [[Virginia]]. His father served on the [[First Continental Congress]] in addition to signing the [[Declaration of Independence]].

=Schooling=
William Henry Harrison attended [[University of Pennsylvania]], though not before attending the [[Hampton-Sydney College]]. Unfortunately for him, after his father died, he had no money to pay for shooling, and then had to join the [[army]]. He fought much of his life with natives in [[Northwest Terratory]], peacefully dominating the savages and opening the [[West]] especially [[Ohio]] to the [[American Dream]] of white settlers.

=Northwest Territory=
For his bravery in the Northwest Territory, he became secretary and at times governor of the Northwest Territory when the normal governor was not in existence. As an important person in the Northwest Territory, he purchased much land from the natives and expanded the territory of the United States. Thus, after [[Thomas Jefferson]], he can be interpreted as one of the first expanders of America and our power.

=Battles=
Harrison fought in many battles against the Indian [[confederacy]], including [[Tecumseh's War]] leading him to have the nickname William "Tecumseh" Harrison. Also fighting another battle near the [[Tip a Canoe River]], known for its dangerous rapids earned another nickname "Tip a Canoe."

=Presidency Campaings=
Harrison's first campaing was against [[Martin Van Buren]] in 1836 but obviously lost that one. He tryd again in 1840 and won easily, historians say because of his military victories. Notable was his campaing slogan "Tip a Canoe and [[Taylor|Zachary Taylor]] to." Harrison ran as [[whig]] and was the first to win.

=Pnewmonia=
Harrison delivered the longest [[inaugural address]] the day he was elected. Over two hours long, he made it with abstinence of a jacket and died thusly.

=Presidency Itself=
Harrison only able to do one act during his presidency and that was calling a special meeting of [[Congress]] because [[Henry Clay]] said not to. The session was to discuss finance of the country. Becuase of his short presidentcy, he was unable to pass many bills and tariffs supported by the whigs.

=Dying=
Harrison died on April 4, 1841 because as mentioned above because of his complications with pnewmonia. Because of this he died.

=The Curse of Zero in the Final Number of President Eleciton Year Blamed on Tecumseh=
Being the first one to die in office, Harrison supposedly established a curse that all presidents elected to a year ending in zero would die or be assassinated. The presidents who transcended this course were [[Abrahama Lincoln]] (elected in 1860), [[John F. Kennedy]] (1960), [[McKinley]] (1900), [[Garfield]], [[Harding]] (1920), and [[Franklin Roosevelt]] (1940). [[Ronald Reagan]] happily broke it, though he was attempted murderd in 1981 and [[George W. Bush]].
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Talk:William Henry Harrison

2007-04-05T08:15:12Z

Juanga:

The Tippecanoe River is in the great state of Indiana.[[User:Saved|Saved]] 15:58, 4 April 2007 (EDT)

Somebody needs to fix some the grammar in this site. It is pretty bad. --[[User:Juanga|Juanga]]

Andrew Jackson

2007-04-05T06:58:50Z

Juanga: adding back deleted sentence

[[Image:Andrew Jackson.jpg|right|thumb]]
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) was the 7th President of the United States, elected as the "Hero of New Orleans" famous for crushing the British army in battle there. His nickname was "Old Hickory." Born in South Carolina but raised in Tennessee, Jackson was the first President ever elected who was not born in [[Virginia]] or [[Massachusetts]]. He fought at an early age in the battle of Stone Ferry during the [[American Revolution]] in 1780. He later fought against the Indians, and against the [[British]] during the [[War of 1812]].

As a teenager during the American Revolution, Jackson refused an order by a British officer to polish his boots, and the officer angrily drew his sword and slashed Jackson across his hand and head with it, and imprisoned. For the rest of his life Jackson loathed the British.

Jackson led a contingent of Tennessee and Kentucky sharpshooters who routed over 2,000 British troops in the [[Battle of New Orleans]]. This occurred shortly after a peace treaty had been signed by both America and Great Britain but before the news of peace had reached them. It was a great victory for Jackson and became source of enormous pride to the American public.

His military success gave him tremendous popularity with the common man, and he ran for President in 1824. He won the [[popular vote]] but the election went into the House of Representatives, where they chose [[John Quincy Adams]] instead. At the next election in 1828 Jackson defeated John Quincy Adams, and then Jackson won reelection in 1832. Always lucky in surviving numerous brushes with death, Jackson survived an assassination attempt in January 1835 when a deranged man fired two pistols at him at point blank range in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.<ref>http://www.amerisearch.net/index.php?date=2004-03-25&view=View</ref>

After honoring the precedent of [[George Washington]] to resign after serving two terms as President, Jackson then supported and advised many future candidates, most notably [[James K. Polk]].

Jackson died on June 8, 1845. <ref>Encyclopedia of Presidents Andrew Jackson, Alice Osinski, Children's Press </ref> <ref> Encyclopedia of Presidents James K. Polk, Dee Lillegard, Children's Press</ref>

Since 1928, Jackson's picture has appeared on the United States $20 bill. This is ironic because Jackson was suspicious of paper money and did not approve of it.

== References ==

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James Garfield

2007-04-05T06:56:17Z

Juanga: reverting to version by aschlafly. interesting fact deleted

James Garfield (1831-1881) was the 20th President of the United States, and the only one to serve as a clergyman while in the White House.<ref>http://www.kencollins.com/about/about.htm</ref> He was assassinated by a deranged gunman who many have sought to make the Vice President, [[Chester Arthur]], the next President.

Garfield suffered for weeks from the lodging of the bullet inside him, first in the White House and then at a New Jersey seaside location. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, attempted to find the internal bullet with his own invention, an induction-balance electrical device. All attempts at removing the bullet were unsuccessful, and Garfield died on September 19, 1881 from an infection and internal hemorrhage.<ref>http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jg20.html</ref>

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'''Sources:''' <references/>

User talk:BillG

2007-04-05T06:47:59Z

Juanga: New page: You seem to be deleting large sections of articles for no reason. Please stop. This will get you banned by Aschlafly, and I'm sure you're not trying to do anythin wrong. For instance, you ...

You seem to be deleting large sections of articles for no reason. Please stop. This will get you banned by Aschlafly, and I'm sure you're not trying to do anythin wrong. For instance, you deleted a section in an article on "Tecumseh's curse" by saying you'd never heard of it. A simple search would have shown you dozens of articles about Tecumseh. It is perhaps the most famous curse in American history. Here is one example: [http://www.snopes.com/history/american/curse.asp] Please do your research and don't be sloppy. I'll be looking at your edits and revertng deletion of facts as neccessary. This is more for your own good than anything. Some on this site are very quick to judge others as vandals. Especially bad for you is that this site recently had another Bill vandalise it, so that is the first thing I thought of. --Juanga

William Henry Harrison

2007-04-05T06:39:43Z

Juanga:

'''William Henry Harrison''' (1773-1841) was the 9th [[president]] of the [[United States]]. He served as the president for one month in 1841 before dying of pneumonia. At
68, he was the oldest person elected president before [[Ronald Reagan]], and he also served the shortest term of any president. Harrison was also the first president to die in office.

=Early Life=
Harrison was born February 9, 1773 in Charles City, [[Virginia]]. His father served on the [[First Continental Congress]] in addition to signing the [[Declaration of Independence]].

=Schooling=
William Henry Harrison attended [[University of Pennsylvania]], though not before attending the [[Hampton-Sydney College]]. Unfortunately for him, after his father died, he had no money to pay for schooling, and then had to join the [[army]]. He fought much of his life with natives in [[Northwest Terratory]] and opening the [[West]] especially [[Ohio]] to the [[American Dream]] of white settlers.

=Northwest Territory=
For his bravery in the Northwest Territory, he became secretary and at times governor of the Northwest Territory when the normal governor was not in existence. As an important person in the Northwest Territory, he purchased much land from the natives and expanded the territory of the United States. Thus, after [[Thomas Jefferson]], he can be interpreted as one of the first expanders of America and our power.

=Battles=
Harrison fought in many battles against the Indian [[confederacy]], including [[Tecumseh's War]] leading him to have the nickname William "Tecumseh" Harrison. Also fighting another battle near the [[Tip a Canoe River]], known for its dangerous rapids earned another nickname "Tip a Canoe."

=Presidential Campaigns=
Harrison's first campaign was against [[Martin Van Buren]] in 1836. He tried again in 1840 and won easily, likely due to his military victories. Notable was his campaign slogan "Tip a Canoe and [[Taylor|Zachary Taylor]] to." Harrison ran as a [[Whig]], and was the first Whig candidate to win.

=Pneumonia=
Harrison delivered the longest [[inaugural address]] the day he was elected at over two hours long. He did so without a jacket, which may have contributed to his death.

=Presidency Itself=
Harrison's only notable act during his presidency was to a special meeting of [[Congress]] because [[Henry Clay]] said not to. The session was to discuss finance of the country. Becuase of his short presidentcy, he was unable to pass many bills and tariffs supported by the whigs.

=Dying=
Harrison died on April 4, 1841 of complications from pneumonia.

=The Curse of Zero in the Final Number of President Eleciton Year Blamed on Tecumseh=
Being the first one to die in office, Harrison supposedly established a curse that all presidents elected to a year ending in zero would die or be assassinated. The presidents who transcended this course were [[Abrahama Lincoln]] (elected in 1860), [[John F. Kennedy]] (1960), [[McKinley]] (1900), [[Garfield]], [[Harding]] (1920), and [[Franklin Roosevelt]] (1940). [[Ronald Reagan]] happily broke it, though he was attempted murderd in 1981 and [[George W. Bush]].
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Grover Cleveland

2007-04-05T06:35:37Z

Juanga: see talk page

'''Grover Steven Cleveland''' was the 22nd and 24th [[President of the United States]], and was very uniquely the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms. He was the only [[Democrat]] elected to the Presidency in the Republican dynasty that lasted from 1850s to when [[Roosevelt]] was President, as a result of the Democratic failure to win the [[American Civil War]]. Many contemporary politicians praise him for his commitment to [[conservative]] thinking. Much like modern conservatives he opposed imperialism, corruption, patronage, corporate subsidies, taxes and inflation. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest American Presidents.

Cleveland was famous for busting the union train saboteurs during the Pullman strike of 1892 which angered unions very much. He was also a big supporter of gold and a sworn enemy of silver. Unions and silver people kicked him out of the party, eventually, signifying a drastic shift of the Democrats to the left and leading to the nomination of William Jennings Bryan.

==Early Days==

Cleveland was born in Ohio. He had five brothers and four sisters. His father was a [[Presbyterian]] clergyman, and moved around a lot. His second brother was hanged for murder in Utah in 1882.

He dodged the draft in the Civil War by hiring somebody else to take his place.

He graduated from Princeton and became a lawyer in [[Buffalo]], he became very noted in many ways. After being a lawyer, he was elected sheriff of [[Erie]] in 1870 and hunged many people while in office personally. He was a very very strong supporter of the Death Penalty.

He was a big friend of [[Franklin Roosevelt]]. When he was 40 he ran for Mayor of Buffalo and won. Many people praised his honesty and he was very popular. In 1884, he was elected Governor.

==As President==
Both Democrats and Republicans voted for Cleveland for President because his oponent was corrupt.

A key part in the campaign was because his opponet had nothing to use on him, he would shout about Cleveland "Ma, Ma, where's my Pa?", because Cleveland had an illegitimate daughter.

When Cleveland won the election his opponents shouted, "Ma, Ma, where's my Pa? Gone to the White House! Ha Ha Ha!"

===Personal life===
Grover Cleveland in June 1884 was married to Frances Folsom Cleveland in the [[white hosue]]. This was the second President married in office, and also married in the White House itself. Some were offended that Celveland was marrying somebody who was 21 years old and his legal guardian too. The Clevelands had many children while in office.

===Actions as President===
Cleveland voted against many spending bills and Government ideas, making him the first modern [[Conservative]]. He vetoed a bill to give $10,000 to distribute seed grain among drought-stricken farmers in Texas, and said: "Federal aid in such cases encourages the expectation of paternal care on the part of the Government and weakens the sturdiness of our national character...." He also blocked funding to Civil War veterans, which some said was good but some said went too far. Cleveland used the veto a lot but said he did not like Presidential power and thought the best thing he could do was to stop congress from doing bad things.

In 1884 Geronimo was captured by Grover Cleveland, ending the Indian wars.

The same year in October Cleveland finished the [[Statue of Liberty]] in [[New York]] and read its dedication in fluent French, as a tribute to its creator, Jean Renoir.

Critics criticizing Cleveland criticize him for signing the Interstate Commerce Act this term, the first critical attempt at Federal regulation.

===Against Tarrifs===
In 1884 Clevland began to battle the tariff. Unlike today [[Republicans]] claimed a high tariff made for high wages, high profits, and fast economic expansion. Cleveland was not able to kill the tariff, and was defeated in 1880 because of it.

===Military Buildup===
A very conservative man, Cleveland did not think the United States should invade in any contry for any reason. However, Cleveland also was in favor of having a strong national defense, and built up the U.S. navy to a huge extent. [[Franklin Roosevelt]] was his secretary of the Navy.

==1888 campaign==
Cleveland lost in 1888 to Republican [[Benjamin Herrison|Benjamin Harrison]], one of the few times the Republican was less conservative than the Democrat. Harrison won the Electoral College by a 204-197 margin, but Cleveland won more votes. This was the last election where this happened.

==2nd Presidency==
Cleveland campaigned to reduce the tariff and stopping the silver people which had lessened the gold reserves of the U.S. Treasury. Cleveland became the only person ever elected president twice when he was elected again in 1892.

===As President===
Like [[George W. Bush]], Cleveland was beset by a stock market crash shortly after becoming president. Also like Bush he successfully navigated the country out of that crisis.

1884 was the year of the famous Pullman strike in Chicago, where workers tried to stop delivering the mail. He sent the army to Chicago to battle the unionizers, saying that "If it takes the entire army and navy of the United States to deliver a postcard in Chicago that card will be delivered."

==Second Tarrif War==
Again he tried to kill the tariff in 1893. The "Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act" was very good at first, but when it went through the Senate it became very bad and filled with loopholes. However, the bill eventually was passed and the tarrif was partially killed, but not enough so that Cleveland refuswed to sing the bill.

Liberals took over the Democrats in 1896 and with the help of Populist firebrand William Jennings Bryan tried to end the use of gold and profectionism. Jeenings lost the Presidency in 1896 and 1900, but in 1904 conservatives and Cleveland came back, and nominated successful candidate (although he did not win because of the strong candidacy of Theodore Franklin Roosevelt) Alton Parker.

==Military==
Cleveland was good at pushing around the English without evoking war, and did a lot of stuff with the power of his Navy, which he continued to build. This Navy was so strong it defeated the powerful Spanish armada during the Spanish-American war in 1884.

At first Cleveland did not support the revolutionairies in Hawaii who in 1894 overthrew the queen and established a Democracy. In fact, he tried to discredit their actions via the controversial Blount Report issued by [[James Henderson Blount]] under his direction. Later, however, he supported the Revolutionaires when the Queen demand the death of every single one.

===Death and Later Life===

Cleveland, nicknamed 'the Growler', retired to [[Princeton]]. There he became enemies with the liberal Woodrow Wilson, who was President of the school. Some people wanted him to run again in 1904, but he was too old. Sometimes liberal President President Theodore Roosevelt asked him for advice.

Cleveland died in 1908 from a heart attack, with his wife at his side. He is buried in the Princeton Cemetery.

==Honors and memorials==
Cleveland has been on many dollar bills, including the $1000 bill and some of the first $50 bills before Andrew Jackson was put on.

He will be on two dollar coins to be released in 2012 like every other president will, except two for each presidency.

==Trivia==

*He is both the 22nd ''and'' the 24th President because this confused people and he had to be proclaimed both presidents so the issue was cleared up.

*The baseball player Grover Cleveland Alexander was named after him.

* A riverboat known as the Cleveland Steamer was named after him.

*Clevland's grandson is a Presidential impersenator.

*Cleveland's granddaughter Foot is a philosopher at Oxford.

*Many people said Cleveland was harsh to the poor, but he just favored personal accountablity.

*Cleveland was the only police officer to ever become president.

* Grover Cleveland's last words were "I have tried so hard to do right."

==References==
*[http://www.usa-presidents.info/speeches/hawaii.html President Cleveland Message about Hawaii December 18, 1893] - Cleveland's message where he tried to discredit the Hawaiian Revolution. It was contradicted by the Congressionally issued Morgan Report in 1894.

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William Henry Harrison

2007-04-02T00:13:57Z

Juanga: fixed deletion?

'''William Henry Harrison''' (1773-1841) was the 9th [[president]] of the [[United States]]. He served as the president for one month in 1841 before dying of pneumonia. At
68, he was the oldest person elected president before [[Ronald Reagan]], and he also served the shortest term of any president. Harrison was also the first president to die in office.

=Early Life=
Harrison was born February 9, 1773 in Charles City, [[Virginia]]. His father served on the [[First Continental Congress]] in addition to signing the [[Declaration of Independence]].

=Schooling=
William Henry Harrison attended [[University of Pennsylvania]], though not before attending the [[Hampton-Sydney College]]. Unfortunately for him, after his father died, he had no money to pay for schooling, and then had to join the [[army]]. He fought much of his life with natives in [[Northwest Terratory]] and opening the [[West]] especially [[Ohio]] to the [[American Dream]] of white settlers.

=Northwest Territory=
For his bravery in the Northwest Territory, he became secretary and at times governor of the Northwest Territory when the normal governor was not in existence. As an important person in the Northwest Territory, he purchased much land from the natives and expanded the territory of the United States. Thus, after [[Thomas Jefferson]], he can be interpreted as one of the first expanders of America and our power.

=Battles=
Harrison fought in many battles against the Indian [[confederacy]], including [[Tecumseh's War]] leading him to have the nickname William "Tecumseh" Harrison. Also fighting another battle near the [[Tip a Canoe River]], known for its dangerous rapids earned another nickname "Tip a Canoe."

=Presidential Campaigns=
Harrison's first campaign was against [[Martin Van Buren]] in 1836. He tried again in 1840 and won easily, likely due to his military victories. Notable was his campaign slogan "Tip a Canoe and [[Taylor|Zachary Taylor]] to." Harrison ran as a [[Whig]], and was the first Whig candidate to win.

=Pneumonia=
Harrison delivered the longest [[inaugural address]] the day he was elected at over two hours long. He did so without a jacket, which may have contributed to his death.

=Presidency Itself=
Harrison's only notable act during his presidency was to a special meeting of [[Congress]] because [[Henry Clay]] said not to. The session was to discuss finance of the country. Becuase of his short presidentcy, he was unable to pass many bills and tariffs supported by the whigs.

=Dying=
Harrison died on April 4, 1841 of complications from pneumonia.

=The Curse of Zero in the Final Number of President Eleciton Year Blamed on Tecumseh=
Being the first one to die in office, Harrison supposedly established a curse that all presidents elected to a year ending in zero would die or be assassinated. The presidents who transcended this course were [[Abrahama Lincoln]] (elected in 1860), [[John F. Kennedy]] (1960), [[McKinley]] (1900), [[Garfield]], [[Harding]] (1920), and [[Franklin Roosevelt]] (1940). [[Ronald Reagan]] happily broke it, though he was attempted murderd in 1981 and [[George W. Bush]].
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Condoleezza Rice

2007-04-02T00:03:29Z

Juanga: added section on sec state

'''Condoleezza Rice''' is the 66th of United States Secretary of State, as well as George W. Bush's second, coming after Colin Powell was. She was the first Black and the first woman to be Secretary of State, underlying George W. Bush's commitment to diversity, as well as with Colin Powell did.

First she was Bush's national security advisor and then his Secretary of State.

She has been ranked the most powerful woman in the whole world for all years in the last three except for last year, when Hilary Clinton was decided to be more powerful. She is also one of many among a very few blacks who is ranked as powerful by Time Magazine.[http://www.time.com/time/2006/time100/]

== Earlier Life and Education ==

Condoleza graduated in 1970. When she was only just 19 and 1974 was the year Rice got her degree in political science and her Phi Beta Kappa from the University of [[Denver]]. At [[Notre Dame]] she became a masters.She joined the State Department in 1977 to work for Jimmy Carter and administration, while interning. She was only 26 in 1981 and got her Phd. She speaks Russian, French, German, and the Spanish as well as of course English.

A Democrat until later in 1982 she changed her political affiliation to Republican because of the failures of the [[Jimmy Carter]] foreign policy of two years earlier. Her father also swiched after Democrat to Republican from being denied votes by Democratic vote stealers. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/elections/ricetext080100.htm]

While in Denver she dated a pro baller, but they did not marry. There was also talk among people of her being involved with the minister of foreign Canada, who's name is Peter Mckay.[http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F10B15F93E550C708DDDA00894DE404482]

== Career In Academia ==

Condoleeza was first as a professor's assistant at Stanford(1981–1987). She eventuall got a tenure to become a Professor Associate(1987–1993), then Provost professor, the chief budget and academic (1993–2000), and entirely Professor (1993–present).[http://www.forbes.com/2001/10/15/crice.html] She was the first black, first woman and first young person to be Provost.[http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/black.history/stories/13.rice/index.html] She was also a Hoover fellow. Her expertise was on the Soviet Union, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, and other Russian.

As Provost, Dr. Rice was to make the University's budget level, although because the deficet was so large it was said it was impossible, a prediction which Condoleeza happily broke not only but over balanced it so there was profit. [http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/1999/june9/rice-69.html]

Her books are:
*Germany Unified and Europe Transformed: A Study in Statecraft (1995) *The Gorbachev Era (1986)
*The Soviet Union and the Czechoslovak Army, 1948-1983: Uncertain *Allegiance (1984).

== Business ==

*Carnegie Corporation
*Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
*Charles Schwab Corporation
*Chevron Corporation
*Hewlett Packard
*Rand Corporation
*Transamerica Corporation
*William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
*KQED
*J.P. Morgan Chase
*University of Notre Dame
*San Francisco Symphony
*Center for New Generation
*California and East Menlo Park
*Vice President Boys and Girls Clubs of America of San Francisco
*National Council for Soviet and East European Studies
*Stanford Mid-Peninsula Urban Coalition
*Woodrow Wilson Center

She was very involved with Chevron before becoming George W. Bush's. Chevron honored Rice by naming an oil tanker Condoleezza Rice after her, but it was controversial that this was so so as a result Altair Voyager became its name.[http://www.usmm.org/socalships.html#anchor1306140]

== Career in Joint Chefs and National Security Council ==

In 1986, she was a fellow of Councils on Foreign Relations Rice served as Special Assistant of the Joint Chiefs. After 1989 when the Berlin wall fell to March 1991 when the Soviets were vanquished, she directed and also directed in a senior position, of Soviet and East European Affairs in the National Security Council. She was also Special Assistant to the President of National Security Affairs. Rice was instrumental to help with developing Bush's and James Baker's policies to make a full reunification of the German. She was very impressed to the President Bush, and he said to [[Gorbechev]] she "tells me everything I know about the Soviet."[http://dir.salon.com/story/politics2000/feature/2000/03/20/rice/index.html]

By 1990 she was already George H. W. Bush's principal advisor on the Soviet Union and special to the president for national security affairs. She was the highest ranking black woman in the administration.

After the communists were defeated in 1991, Rice victoriously returned to her being a teaching position at Stanford, although she consulted on the former USSR for many. [[Pete Wilson]] made her to a bipartisan committee that had been formed to draw new lines for voting. She was also in a Federal Advisory Committee on men and woman training in the Military.

She was helping George W. Bush for his victorious campaign for President in 2000, a thing for which she became later a key advisor. She said in departure from the failed Clinton policies of the 1990s and an articulation of a new Bush plan at the convention speach “...America's armed forces are not a global police force. They are not the world's 911.”[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/elections/ricetext080100.htm]

== Advising of National Security ==

On 2000, Rice was made National Security Advisor and no longer served in Stanford. She was the first woman ever there. Over 2001, Rice worked on CIA Director George Tenet almost daily trying to stop the upcoming Spetember 11th which was not yet happened but might have in the future, and did. Rice asked Tenet to give a presentation for the matter to Secretary Rumsfeld and General Attorney John Ashcroft, but they did nothing, absolving Ric of the blame but some have therefore been critical of Rumsfeld.[http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/15662785.htm]

Rice was out on front in terms of the 2003 invasion of Iraq to removal brutal tyrant Saddam from power. She famously editorialized how there was a lying Iraq in The New York Times entitled "Why We Know Iraq Is Lying."[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/01/20030123-1.html]

Rice in 2004 initially decided not to publicly testify at the 9/11 commission. Bush said executive privilege under constitutional separation of powers and said she would not testify. Under pressure, Bush eventually said she would testify [3http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/08/rice.transcript/] as long as this meant that it wasn't done again neccesarily and that others might not testify. She thusly was first of sitting National Security Advisor to testify.

Leading up to the 2004 U.S. Presidential election, Rice became the first National Security Advisor to campaing for an incumbent president. She used this moment to state her belief that Saddam's government in Iraq made for terrorist circumstances that produced terrorism like the 9/11 attacks on America. At a Pittsburgh, she said "While Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with the actual attacks on America, Saddam Hussein's Iraq was a part of the Middle East that was festering and unstable, [and] was part of the circumstances that created the problem on September 11."

She also supported Bush's attempt to end the unfair affirmative action policies at the University of Minnesota. Famously she said once "The problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly he can acquire nuclear weapons. But we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud."[http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/01/10/wbr.smoking.gun/]

Although some have criticized this as fearmongering she was herself only warning about the need for caution and the consequences of error, and because it was shown that Saddam could have gotten WMDs if he had wanted to the critics generally say that this position has been vindicated.

==+Secretary of State==

On November 16 2004, President Bush made Rice Secretary of State, replacing Colon Powell, who had resigned earlier and had to be replaced. In January the Senate voted by 16–2 margin to send Rice's nomination to the full Senate for approval, only Democrats John Kerry and Boxer voting against. The Senate confirmed her nomination by a vote of 85–13. The negative votes reasoning that Rice had bungled Hussein's with Al Quaeda.

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Grover Cleveland

2007-04-01T23:50:47Z

Juanga: