Dick Armey

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Dick Armey (1997)

Richard Keith "Dick" Armey (* 7. July 1940 in Cando , North Dakota ) is an American politician ( Republican Party ) and economist.

Education and political career

After graduating from high school in his hometown of Cando in 1958, Dick Armey earned a Bachelor of Arts from Jamestown College in 1963 and a Master of Arts from the University of North Dakota in 1964 and a Ph.D. at the University of Oklahoma . He then took over a professorship at the University of Montana ; He was subsequently an Assistant Professor at West Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University and Austin College as well as a faculty member at the University of North Texas and a fellow at the Fisher Institute .

Armey represented the 26th Congressional Constituency of Texas in the United States House of Representatives from 1985 to 2003 . There he was the 23rd majority leader from 1995 to 2003. He wrote several books.

Middle East conflict

On May 1, 2002, he was a guest on MSNBC's " Hardball with Chris Matthews ". Armey, who at the time was the majority leader of the Republican parliamentary group in the House of Representatives, campaigned to drive the Palestinians out of the West Bank and East Jerusalem . The Palestinians could be displaced and yet settle elsewhere.

After leaving Congress

Chair in several companies

Armey is a political advisor to the Washington office of the law firm DLA Piper (formerly DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary ). He is a deputy director of the company's Homeland Security Task Force.

In 2003 he became vice chairman of the Citizens for A Sound Economy , which in 2004 merged with Empower America to form FreedomWorks . "FreedomWorks" represents the standpoint of Armey and strives to implement a so-called "Freedom Agenda" , which calls for lower taxes, less government influence and more freedom. Freedomworks claims to have approximately 700,000 members in the United States and ten states with full-time, full-time administrations. In his role as chairman, Armey continues to be a well-known political figure and a leader of the civil movement throughout the United States. He is constantly on the move and in conversation with representatives of the legislature and the citizens' movement. For example, in 2005 he testified before the President's Advisory Panel on changing tax laws and discussed the magnitude of a tax increase with Bill Owens , Governor of Colorado .

Army's axioms

In 2003, his book Armey's Axioms was published . In 2006, he was named in the Hubris book as the official source for initially reluctant support for the George W. Bush administration's call for a war on Iraq and warning Bush that Iraq was becoming a "Mud Hole" would turn out to be. Armey said that he found intelligence that was favorable for a war questionable, but that he supported Bush and Cheney when in doubt.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Matthew Engel in Washington: Calls on Israel to expel West Bank Arabs | World news . In: The Guardian , May 4, 2002. Retrieved August 18, 2010. 
  2. ↑ on slate.msn.com (English) ( Memento of the original from February 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 25, 2008.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / slate.msn.com
  3. ↑ to dlapiper.com (Engl.) ( Memento of the original on 14 February 2005 at the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 25, 2008  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dlapiper.com

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personal data
SURNAME Armey, Dick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Armey, Richard Keith
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician (Republican) and economist
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Cando , North Dakota