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In 2002, Fiorina undertook the biggest high-tech merger in history with rival computer company [[Compaq]], which made [[Hewlett-Packard|HP]] the world's largest personal computer manufacturer.<ref>Bagley, Constance.  ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=WjVBBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA599&lpg=PA599 Managers and the Legal Environment: Strategies for the 21st Century]'', p. 599 (Cengage Learning 2015).</ref><ref>{{cite web |publisher=CRN |url=http://www.crn.com/news/mobility/231601009/the-hp-compaq-merger-partners-reflect-10-years-later.htm| title=The HP-Compaq Merger: Partners Reflect 10 Years Later |first=Rob |last=Wright|date=September 8, 2011|accessdate=May 9, 2015}}</ref>

In 2002, Fiorina undertook the biggest high-tech merger in history with rival computer company [[Compaq]], which made [[Hewlett-Packard|HP]] the world's largest personal computer manufacturer.<ref>Bagley, Constance.  ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=WjVBBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA599&lpg=PA599 Managers and the Legal Environment: Strategies for the 21st Century]'', p. 599 (Cengage Learning 2015).</ref><ref>{{cite web |publisher=CRN |url=http://www.crn.com/news/mobility/231601009/the-hp-compaq-merger-partners-reflect-10-years-later.htm| title=The HP-Compaq Merger: Partners Reflect 10 Years Later |first=Rob |last=Wright|date=September 8, 2011|accessdate=May 9, 2015}}</ref>

Fiorina performed unpaid service on the [[Defense Business Board]], which looked at staffing issues, among others, at [[The Pentagon]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/carly-fiorina-im-running-for-president-1430739879|title=Fiorina’s Time at H-P Gets a Close Look|last=Williamson|first=Elizabeth|date=2015-05-05|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2017-05-17|issn=0099-9660}}</ref>

Fiorina performed unpaid service on the Defense Business Board, which looked at staffing issues, among others, at [[The Pentagon]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/carly-fiorina-im-running-for-president-1430739879|title=Fiorina’s Time at H-P Gets a Close Look|last=Williamson|first=Elizabeth|date=2015-05-05|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2017-05-17|issn=0099-9660}}</ref>

Fiorina spent two years leading the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]'s External Advisory Board, from 2007 to 2009,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/carly-fiorina-im-running-for-president-1430739879|title=Fiorina’s Time at H-P Gets a Close Look|last=Williamson|first=Elizabeth|date=2015-05-05|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2017-05-17|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> and became chair of that board,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/417938/ceo-and-cia-jim-geraghty|title=The CEO and the CIA|newspaper=National Review|access-date=2017-05-17|language=en}}</ref> when the board was first created in 2007 by then-CIA director [[Michael Hayden (general)|Michael Hayden]] during the [[Presidency of George W. Bush|George W. Bush administration]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/carly-fiorina-is-getting-a-cpac-upgrade|title=Carly Fiorina Is Getting a CPAC Upgrade|last=Jackie Kucinich|date=2017-01-30|website=The Daily Beast|accessdate=2017-05-17}}</ref>

Fiorina spent two years leading the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]'s External Advisory Board, from 2007 to 2009,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/carly-fiorina-im-running-for-president-1430739879|title=Fiorina’s Time at H-P Gets a Close Look|last=Williamson|first=Elizabeth|date=2015-05-05|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2017-05-17|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> and became chair of that board,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/417938/ceo-and-cia-jim-geraghty|title=The CEO and the CIA|newspaper=National Review|access-date=2017-05-17|language=en}}</ref> when the board was first created in 2007 by then-CIA director [[Michael Hayden (general)|Michael Hayden]] during the [[George W. Bush]] administration.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/carly-fiorina-is-getting-a-cpac-upgrade|title=Carly Fiorina Is Getting a CPAC Upgrade|last=Jackie Kucinich|date=2017-01-30|website=The Daily Beast|accessdate=2017-05-17}}</ref>

After resigning as [[CEO]] of HP, Fiorina served on the boards of several organizations and as an advisor to Republican [[John McCain]]'s 2008 presidential campaign. She won a three-way race for the Republican nomination for the [[United States Senate]] from California in 2010 but lost the general election to incumbent [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Senator [[Barbara Boxer]].<ref>{{cite news|last=McKinley|first=Jesse|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/03/us/politics/03calif.html|title=In California, Boxer Wins Senate Race, and Brown Is Leading for Governor|date=November 3, 2010|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=November 3, 2010}}</ref>

After resigning as CEO of HP, Fiorina served on the boards of several organizations and as an advisor to Republican [[John McCain]]'s 2008 presidential campaign. She won a three-way race for the Republican nomination for the [[United States Senate]] from California in 2010 but lost the general election to incumbent [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Senator [[Barbara Boxer]].<ref>{{cite news|last=McKinley|first=Jesse|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/03/us/politics/03calif.html|title=In California, Boxer Wins Senate Race, and Brown Is Leading for Governor|date=November 3, 2010|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=November 3, 2010}}</ref>

== U.S. Senate candidacy for California, 2010 ==

== U.S. Senate candidacy for California, 2010 ==