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AUGUSTA - Gov. Paul LePage on Friday continued hammering themes he has voiced since he started running for governor more than a year ago, with the nomination of three members of his Cabinet.
Though the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Marine Resources and the Department of Economic and Community Development serve vastly different purposes in Maine, LePage said they all have an influential hand in improving Maine's business climate and creating jobs.
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COLIN L. POWELL. He rose through the ranks of the U.S. military to become a four-star general and the nation's youngest and first Black Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the leader of the U.S. military and its No. 1 soldier who successfully led the nation in the first Gulf War. Colin Powell was then appointed by President George W. Bush as the nation's first Black Secretary of State and its top diplomat. Powell delivered the infamous "smoking-gun" address to the United Nations-based on faulty intelligence-to justify the invasion of Iraq, ignoring massive protest rallies and public outrage throughout the world.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE. She was the first Black woman appointed as secretary of State in President George W. Bush's second term in 2005. and Condoleezza Rice dutifully defended the...
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Two days after the government's historic takeover of General Motors Corp., Commerce Secretary Gary Locke was far away from Washington, D.C.
He had been dispatched along with several other Cabinet members on a listening tour in the heartland. Holding court inside an auto parts supplier company Wednesday morning, he offered a simple message to a stricken group: The Obama administration cares and wants to help put the pieces back together for those hit hardest by the auto crisis.
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Stephen Bowen grew up on a farm in the town of Penobscot, where his father first raised chickens, then switched to cows when the poultry industry collapsed.
It's one of the experiences that informs Bowen's effort to bring change to Maine schools as the state's new education commissioner.
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Award-winning actresses, actors and recording artists join 34 other celebrity Red Cross supporters
WASHINGTON, March 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Red Cross today announced eight new members to its National Celebrity Cabinet, a group of celebrity supporters who promote Red Cross services by donating their time, helping neighbors prepare for emergencies, responding to disasters and lending a helping hand to those in need - down the street, across the country and around the world.
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MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOLD A MEDIA AVAILABILITY FOLLOWING CLOSED BRIEFING WITH CABINET MEMBERS
JUNE 13, 2006
SPEAKERS: U.S. R...
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The United Way Awards dinner was held April 23. Jim Normandin and Carol Townsend 2008-2009 campaign co-chairs recognized the following members of the campaign cabinet for outstanding performance:
Chad Huntington, A.Y. McDonald Mfg. Co., Top Firms Division; Russell Knight, Mercy Medical Center, Professional Division; Joel Schmidt, Alliant Energy, Business Division chair: Pat and Jan Melloy, John Deere Dubuque Works, Leadership Circle; Bill Skemp, Business Development Committee; Dan White, John Deere Dubuque Works, and UAW 94, Labor Campaign representative; Mary Beth Theis, Stone Cliff Winery, Public Relations Committee chair; Jim Collins, Loras College Education Division; Tom Giese, The Giese Companies, Residential Division: Sister Joanne Burrows, Clarke College, Public Employee Division...
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So I'm very pleased about the work that we've done. But we've got more to do. And one of the things that everybody here is mindful of is that as we move forward dealing with this extraordinary economic crisis, we also have a deficit, a confidence gap when it comes to the American people. And we've got to earn their trust. They've got to feel confident that their dollars are being spent wisely.
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Lieutenant Governor Lamb, statewide elected officials, Speaker Steele, President Pro Tem Bingman, members of the court, Honorable Senators and Representatives, cabinet members, distinguished guests, and citizens of Oklahoma:
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to stand here today as your governor.