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  Meet the Coaching Staff
Andy Card enters his eighteenth year with the Yale lightweight crew and his seventeenth as the varsity coach.
Card's crews have won three varsity Sprints titles (1990, 2001, and 2002) and four IRA national championship titles (1990, 2000, 2002, and 2005).
Card began his varsity head coaching career in 1990 by leading the Yale lightweights to an undefeated season and first place at the EARC Sprints and the National Championship before traveling to the Henley Royal Regatta in England.
www.yale.edu /rowing/lt_coaches.html   (734 words)

  
  Andrew Card - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Card directed the company's international, national, state and local government affairs activities and represented GM on matters of public policy before Congress and the Administration.
Card informs President Bush about the second WTC tower being struck on 9/11 after having told Bush prior to going into the classroom about the first plane hitting the first tower.
Card served in President Ronald Reagan's administration as Special Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and subsequently as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, where he was liaison to governors, statewide elected officials, state legislators, mayors and other elected officials.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Andrew_Card   (766 words)

  
 Andrew H. Card, Jr., Former White House Chief of Staff
Card was chosen because of his impressive service record in the public and private sector, including serving in the administrations of two former presidents.
Card served in President Reagan's administration as Special Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and subsequently as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, where he was liaison to governors, statewide elected officials, state legislators, mayors and other elected officials.
Card was named Legislator of the Year by the National Republican Legislators Association and received the Distinguished Legislator Award from the Massachusetts Municipal Association.
www.whitehouse.gov /government/card-bio.html   (399 words)

  
 Telegraph | News | White House chief of staff resigns   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Andy Card, the White House chief of staff, has resigned amid falling approval ratings for his boss George W Bush.
Mr Card had been in his position since the beginning of Mr Bush's presidency, and was the man who interrupted the president as he read to schoolchildren and informed him of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Centre.
According to the White House website, Mr Card was chosen for the post in November 2000 because of his "impressive service record in the public and private sector, including serving in the administrations of two former presidents".
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/03/28/ucard.xml&sSheet=/portal/2006/03/28/ixportaltop.html   (326 words)

  
 CNN.com - White House chief of staff resigns - Mar 28, 2006
Card served "on a terrible day when America was attacked, during economic recession and recovery, through storms of unprecedented destructive power, in peace and in war," Bush said.
Card has been a part of Bush's inner circle since the president's first day in office and was known for his dedication to his job.
Sources told CNN that Card was primarily focused on helping Bush direct the strategy for the Iraq war and was not as accessible to congressional Republicans on other matters.
www.cnn.com /2006/POLITICS/03/28/card.resigns/index.html   (1140 words)

  
 CTV.ca | Andy Card resigns as White House chief of staff
Card, 58, stood stoically with his hands by his sides as Bush lauded his years of service through the Sept. 11 attacks, war and legislative and economic challenges.
Card came to Bush recently and suggested that he should step down from the job that he has held from the first day of Bush's presidency, said an administration official earlier.
Card, a Holbrook native, served as the state representative from his hometown from 1975 to 1982.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060328/card_resigns_060328/20060328?hub=World   (938 words)

  
 For once, Andy Card isn't the early bird - Boston.com
For more than five years, White House chief of staff Andy Card has been the first senior staffer to greet President Bush on his arrival to the Oval Office in the morning.
Card was ending a lengthy run as White House chief of staff, a job he held since Bush first took office in January 2001.
Bush himself said his farewell to Card in the Oval Office in the afternoon, before boarding the Marine One helicopter with his wife Laura, and father, former President George Bush, to spend the Easter weekend at Camp David.
www.boston.com /news/nation/washington/articles/2006/04/13/for_once_white_houses_card_isnt_the_early_bird   (408 words)

  
 Bolten to replace Card as chief of staff - Boston.com
Struggling to revive his troubled presidency, President Bush replaced longtime chief of staff Andy Card with budget director Joshua Bolten on Tuesday and gave Bolten authority to make further changes in a White House staff that even Republicans have complained is tired, insular and lacking fresh ideas.
Card, as chief of staff, became a target for blame.
To the public, Card may be best known as the aide who calmly walked into a Florida classroom and whispered to Bush that America was under attack on Sept. 11, 2001.
www.boston.com /news/nation/washington/articles/2006/03/28/white_house_chief_of_staff_card_to_resign   (1015 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card Discusses Supreme Court Nominee -- July 20, 2005
ANDREW CARD: Well, I can tell to you that the president has great confidence in the individual, John Roberts, and the intellect that he would bring to the court as well as with respect to the Constitution and an understanding that it's not the job of a judge to legislate.
ANDREW CARD: Well, I think that they should take a look at their responsibilities and consider John Roberts with due deliberation and they should ask the questions that are on their minds.
ANDREW CARD: Well, as you know, when someone appears before the Judiciary Committee and they're peppered with questions, they answer questions in a way that does not prejudice decisions that might have been made should they be confirmed and serve on the court.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/white_house/july-dec05/card_7-20.html   (1312 words)

  
 TIME.com: Farewell to the Chief: Andy Card's Last Trip -- Page 1
Card had an emotional message for the crowd in the conference room: It is hard to get a job at the White House, but it is even harder to leave.
Card, a frequent guest at Camp David and a member of the "Hundred Degree Club" of hot-weather runners at Bush's ranch, talked about what a privilege it was to work in the White House.
Card, 58, sat in the jump seat of the cockpit of the Boeing 747-200B for the landing.
www.time.com /time/nation/article/0,8599,1182912,00.html   (913 words)

  
 Andy Card Will Stay The Course - CBS News
Card's first assignment: help the president reshape the administration for the term that begins in January, sorting through possible personnel changes in the Cabinet and elsewhere.
Card has the lead role, but Clay Johnson, deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, who led the Bush transition into the Oval Office in 2001, and Dina Powell, assistant to the president for personnel, are intimately involved in White House discussions on second-term personnel.
Card's most visible moments came on Sept. 11, 2001, when he whispered in President's ear that airliners had slammed into the World Trade Center; and Wednesday morning, when he told the world before dawn that Bush believed he had won the election.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2004/11/09/politics/main654418.shtml   (868 words)

  
 Whiskey Bar: House of Card   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Card, on the other hand, is as dense as a truck load of gravel -- a half-full truck load of gravel.
Card promptly found himself in the middle of a jurisdicational dispute between the Teamsters and a federal employee union, which had dug up evidence of White House interference on behalf of the Teamsters in the union's drive to organize civilian workers at an Oklahoma army base.
Card's ideological reputation is, or at least was, pure RINO -- moderate, pro-choice, friendly with the unions.
billmon.org /archives/002249.html   (1235 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Shields and Brooks Debate Immigration, Card Resignation -- March 31, 2006
I mean, Andy Card -- I remember when Lyndon Johnson was rhapsodizing about the brilliance of Jack Kennedy's cabinet, with George Bundy, and Bob McNamara, after his first cabinet meeting, to Sam Rayburn, who had been his mentor, the speaker of the House.
That wasn't Andy Card; that was Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney.
Andy Card was a very recessive or nonassertive chief of staff.
www.pbs.org /newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/political_wrap/jan-june06/sb_3-31.html   (2319 words)

  
 Transcript: Text of Bush's Announcement
Andy Card has served me and our country in historic times: on a terrible day when America was attacked, during economic recession and recovery, through storms of unprecedented destructive power, in peace and in war.
Andy is respected by his colleagues for his humility, his decency and his thoughtfulness.
On most days, Andy is the first one to arrive in the West Wing and among the last to leave.
sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2006/03/28/national/w055611S00.DTL&type=printable   (894 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Americas | Card quits the White House slog
As head of the 400-strong White house staff, Andrew Card was chief among a top tier of some 19 presidential advisers, all earning more than $160,000-a-year, many of whom have been with the president through the five-years of his presidency and his first election campaign.
Yet where once talk was of Mr Card's tenacity and staying-power, the misfortunes of the Bush administration have led to mutterings about a staff exhausted by the rigours of the job - and a series of crises.
"Andy Card has served me and our country in historic times:," Mr Bush said, "on a terrible day when America was attacked, during economic recession and recovery, through storms of unprecedented destructive power, in peace and in war.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/4854702.stm   (721 words)

  
 USNews.com: Inside Washington: Andy Card's serious side
It was Andy Card, the White House chief of staff.
In any case, Card wanted to talk about the systems he had put in place to prevent management foul-ups like the weak federal response to Hurricane Katrina or the inability of the administration to see the firestorm that erupted over its proposed deal to authorize a Dubai-owned company to operate six U.S. seaports.
Card told me both he and the president now require regular reports on the Katrina recovery program, including an accounting of whether victims are getting the assistance they've been promised and how cleanup efforts are proceeding.
www.usnews.com /usnews/news/articles/060328/28card.htm?track=rss   (530 words)

  
 NPR : Andy Card Leaves a Stacked Deck
If Andy Card was not responsible for the decisions, he should have anticipated the political fallout.
And as for Card, there are rumors that he will jump into the race for governor in Massachusetts, where incumbent Republican Mitt Romney is leaving after one term, and where Romney's lieutenant governor, Kerry Healey, is not doing so well as the presumptive GOP nominee to succeed him.
My guess is that it doesn't happen; perhaps one reason the rumor has surfaced is that Card has previously talked of the governorship, and in fact ran once before, in 1982, finishing third in the GOP primary.
www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=5309370   (1556 words)

  
 The Soon-to-be-Forgotten Andrew Card
Well, Card was the senior aide, who had been placed at the president's side by none other than Father-in-Chief George Herbert Walker Bush, in order to make sure that George II did not freeze at moments such as this.
The truth is that Andy Card may well have failed not just his president but his country by allowing power and responsibility to drift so far from the hands of the elected president.
Andy Card must not have been deemed capable of this busy schedule of military confrontations with Iran, whipping up homophobic and racist issues on behalf of GOP candidates, and (the most anticipated sequel of the summer!) Roe v.
www.thenation.com /blogs/thebeat?bid=1&pid=72645   (1293 words)

  
 cbs4boston.com - White House Chief Of Staff Andy Card Resigns
Card, 58, will be replaced effective April 14 by budget director Josh Bolten, the president announced Tuesday morning in the Oval Office as Card and Bolten flanked him.
Card later assumed that role, while Cellucci became U.S. ambassador to Canada and Natsios was appointed administrator of USAID, a federal relief agency.
Card was with Bush on a visit to a Florida school when he interrupted the president to inform him that the second tower at the World Trade Center had been struck by a hijacked plane on Sept. 11, 2001.
cbs4boston.com /topstories/local_story_087081049.html   (926 words)

  
 The Moderate Voice - The First Change? White House Chief Of Staff Andy Card Resigns   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Card will serve until April 14 to provide a transition period, but the move could presage broader staff changes as Bolten takes over an operation hobbled by political problems heading into a crucial midterm election season.
Card who took the blame for the slowness of the White House staff's response to Hurricane Katrina and to criticism of the Dubai ports deal.
The Card resignation which just so happens to come amid continued suggestions that Bush change his staff, coupled with the change in approach to dealing with the press, indicate the White House is moving to stem political damage and try to rebuild support in some areas.
www.themoderatevoice.com /posts/1143555944.shtml   (2235 words)

  
 cbs2chicago.com - White House Chief Of Staff Resigns
Like Card, Bolten, 51, is a Washington insider whose ties reach back to Bush's 2000 campaign for the White House, and CBS News chief White House correspondent Jim Axelrod reports Bolton's appointment will not silence Republicans who have been calling out for a change.
Before being named budget director in 2003, Bolten was Card's deputy chief of staff for policy, a colleague of such senior aides as Karl Rove and Dan Bartlett.
To the public, Card may be best known as the aide who calmly walked into a Florida classroom and whispered to Mr.
cbs2chicago.com /topstories/topstories_story_087080519.html   (1029 words)

  
 cbs5.com - White House Chief Of Staff Resigns
To the public, Card may be best known as the aide who calmly walked into a Florida school room and whispered into Mr.
Card ran in the opposite direction, out the door to make sure the motorcade was ready to rush Mr.
Associates said that Card, who was secretary of Transportation and deputy chief of staff, had wanted to establish himself as the longest serving White House chief of staff.
cbs5.com /topstories/local_story_087163237.html   (965 words)

  
 OMB Head To Replace Card as Top Bush Aide - washingtonpost.com
Card offered his resignation earlier this month, saying it would be best for the president.
Card's resignation comes after a series of political missteps that have contributed to Bush's sinking approval rating and prompted some Republicans to urge a staff shake-up.
Card, who served nearly 5 1/2 years as Bush's chief of staff, said he will stay on until April 14 to ease Bolten's transition.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/28/AR2006032800416.html   (851 words)

  
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To the public, Card may be best known as the aide who calmly walked into a Florida school room and whispered into Bush's ear that America was under attack on Sept. 11, 2001.
Bush decided during a weekend stay at Camp David, Md., to accept Card's resignation and to name Bolten as his replacement, said the source who spoke on condition of anonymity because he did not want to pre-empt the president.
Associates said that Card, who was secretary of Transportation and deputy chief of staff for the first President Bush, had wanted to establish himself as the longest serving White House chief of staff.
www.firstcoastnews.com /news/breaking/news-article.aspx?storyid=54594   (1139 words)

  
 The Oval: Why Card Left, and What’s Next - Newsweek The Oval - MSNBC.com
It was Card who took the full brunt of attack in person from GOP leaders at their retreat at a luxury resort overlooking the Chesapeake Bay in early December.
House Speaker Dennis Hastert ripped Card and presidential counselor Dan Bartlett for poor communications with the troops on the Hill, according to congressional Republicans in attendance.
Card’s tone at his farewell remarks Tuesday in the Oval Office echoed those sentiments of the humble, loyal staffer.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/12052687/site/newsweek   (897 words)

  
 The Mahablog » Andy Card Is Free!
However, one of the terms of Andy’s retirement is that he has to allow the Bushies to be keep one of his kids hostage in the White House basement (along with John McCain’s favorite uncle) as insurance that Andy won’t talk.
Sacrificing Andy Card, his longtime chief of staff, is President Bush’s way of responding to the growing complaints about the administration’s competence.
Card was extremely popular with his staff and oversaw the most buttoned-down, leak-proof, on-time, on-message White House in history.
www.mahablog.com /2006/03/28/andy-card-is-free   (1114 words)

  
 Hannity.com
Card, 58, has also made great legislative achievements on issues such as education and Medicare, and he helped confirm two Supreme Court justices, including Chief Justice John Roberts, the president noted.
Card's resignation, which was not entirely unexpected, is effective April 14.
John Thune, R-S.D., said Card has served this country and the president well and is a well-known "workaholic." He usually arrived at work in the West Wing by around 5:30 a.m.
www.hannity.com /index/news-app/story.432   (1644 words)

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