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...have to be driven to run for office and I’m kind of a goof-off,” he says. “Really, I became an issues guy. I wanted to be in the background...
...time, 309 graduating students, 170 other students, 57 faculty members, 551 alumni, 141 parents, 3,460 community members and 68 emergency services personnel—4,756 people in total—have signed an online petition opposing the choice of Yasin and urging the public to consider his background as they listen to his speech. It also calls on Yasin to publicly denounce violence in the name of jihad and the events of Sept. 11 in the speech...
...strong legal background and connections to the Bush family led to his appointment in 1995 as general counsel to then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush, fulfulling similar duties to the ones he holds now at the White House...
While serving on the court, Gonzales began to show the moderate conservatism that has characterized his legal background...
...while Gonzales was considered a moderate on some social positions, his opinions also took a strong pro-business stance that reflected his background in corporate law, as well as financial backing from pro-business lobbying groups...