Andrew Card

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Andrew Card (2002)

Andrew Hill "Andy" Card Jr. (born May 10, 1947 in Holbrook , Norfolk County , Massachusetts ) is an American politician and lobbyist. The former government member was head of the Iraq division of the White House and served as Secretary of Transportation under President George Bush and Chief of Staff of the White House under his son George W. Bush . Today he sits on the Board of Directors of the Union Pacific Railroad .

Life

In his youth, Card was active as a scout in his region. At the University of South Carolina , he passed his Bachelor of Science degree as an engineer . He also attended the US Merchant Marine Academy   and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University . Card served in the merchant navy between 1966 and 1967.

From 1993 to 1998 Card served as president and chairman of AAMA , an association of American automobile manufacturers such as Ford , Chrysler and GMC . The AAMA disbanded in December 1998. From 1999 until his appointment as chief of staff to George Bush, Card was the vice chief of GMC's government liaison department. Card led GMC's international, national, state, and local lobbying efforts and represented General Motors before Congress and the government.

Card and his wife, Kathy, have three children and now four grandchildren.

politics

He began his political career as an MP in the Massachusetts House of Representatives , where he had a seat from 1975 to 1983. His attempt to be run by the Republican Party as a candidate for the 1982 gubernatorial elections in Massachusetts, however, failed.

Card's White House career began under Ronald Reagan . He served the government as a special advisor for interstate relations and subsequently as vice-assistant to the president and liaison for nationwide elected officials such as governors and mayors. In the George Bush administration that followed Reagan, he was direct assistant to the president and vice chief of staff. From 1992 to 1993, Card was the eleventh Secretary of Transportation in the United States. In August 1992, he coordinated the disastrous efforts to rebuild the storm damage caused by Hurricane Andrew on the orders of the President . Later that year he coordinated the transition from the Bush administration to the Clinton era . In 2000, Card was asked by President Bush to coordinate the Republican Party's national congress. In the run-up he was able to collect 160 million US dollars in donations. On November 26, 2000, he was appointed Chief of Staff by the newly elected President George W. Bush. He began his service after Bush's inauguration on January 26, 2001. Philip W. Johnston , now chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party , was working with Card at the time to enforce house rules reform in the Massachusetts Parliament. "I'm a very partisan, liberal person and we have been able to work together wonderfully," he told the Washington Post . This quote quickly became known in the Capitol because, in the days following the chaotic election, it quickly became clear that Bush had chosen Card as chief of staff.

On September 11th of the same year, while attending a screening at a Sarasota elementary school, George W. Bush whispered in Card that America was under terrorist attack . On November 26, 2005, Card was very close to a crash while on a business flight when thick smoke spread in the cockpit of the Gulfstream jet. But the pilot was still able to land the plane; there were no injuries. On March 28, 2006, the White House announced that Card would be stepping down from his post on April 14. His successor was Joshua Bolten , who had previously headed the Office of Management and Budget . As chief of staff, Card was valued and respected by members of both parties. In an interview with the CNN -Reporterin Dana Bash to Cards resignation of the democratic said Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois said: "He is one of the most reasonable man in the White House, whose word carries weight ..."

In his book State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III , Bob Woodward writes that Card feared the Iraq war could turn into a second Vietnam, particularly when he failed twice to get the president to dismiss Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld . The second time he had the support of Laura Bush , the first lady. On October 30th, Card gave the Harvard Crimson a short interview in which he said the president had persuaded him to resign and that the government wanted to get rid of him while he refused to leave. These statements contradict the official White House version; in President Bush's parting speech, it was Card who asked for his replacement at his own request.

In 2009, after the death of Edward Kennedy , Andrew Card briefly considered running for the US Senate. He then withdrew from the election campaign and supported the later victorious Scott Brown .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/09/were-the-only-plane-in-the-sky-214230
  2. ↑ THE SITUATION ROOM . CNN .com. March 28, 2006. Retrieved June 11, 2009.
  3. ↑ Card Says Bush 'Needed' Him To Leave His Post . The Harvard Crimson. October 31, 2007. Accessed on June 11, 2009.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.thecrimson.com  
  4. ^ President Thanks Andy Card, Announces Bolten as New Chief of Staff . whitehouse.gov. March 28, 2006. Retrieved June 11, 2009.

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Commons : Andrew Card  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
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SURNAME Card, Andrew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Card, Andrew Hill Jr. (full name); Card, Andy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician and lobbyist
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Holbrook , Norfolk County , Massachusetts