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  Asa Hutchinson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Asa Hutchinson (born December 3, 1950) is a former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, U.S. Congressman from the Third District of Arkansas, Director of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the first-ever Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
In 1999, Hutchinson was involved in the effort to reform campaign finance laws, offering an alternative proposal to the the bill by Christopher Shays and Marty Meehan, which he opposed on the grounds that it "went too far".
Hutchinson was confirmed by unanimous consent by the U.S. Senate on January 23, 2003.
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 Tim Hutchinson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hutchinson was born in Bentonville, Arkansas and he graduated from Bob Jones University.
Hutchinson was a pastor, a history instructor and he owned a radio station.
Hutchinson served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1985 to 1992.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tim_Hutchinson   (287 words)

  
 Washingtonpost.com Direct Access: Asa Hutchinson
Asa Hutchinson: Each member had to weigh the evidence on their own, and in my judgment there was specific proof of false statements under oath that were material and willfully provided by the president.
Asa Hutchinson: I'm not sure my words could persuade them, but I'd encourage them to listen to my reasoning and my heart, and hopefully they could see that it is a vote of conscience, and not a matter of party loyalty.
Asa Hutchinson: I know of three that have committed to voting for impeachment, and I know that there are a number of undecideds -- I would expect anywhere from three to 10 to support it.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/politics/talk/zforum/hutchinson121598.htm   (1781 words)

  
 Asa Hutchinson - Leading Authorities Speakers Bureau
Asa Hutchinson was the first Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Under Hutchinson's leadership, more than 157,000 illegal aliens were removed from the United States in FY 2004, representing a 6.6 increase in criminal alien removals and a 112 percent increase in fugitive removals over the previous year.
Asa Hutchinson also worked to enhance the security of transportation systems through new federal security requirements for the aviation, rail, and transit sectors, innovative technology pilot programs for passenger and baggage screening, more effective cargo inspections, and increased information sharing.
www.leadingauthorities.com /23878/Asa_Hutchinson.htm   (480 words)

  
 Asa Hutchinson - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Hutchinson, Asa, born in 1950, American politician, who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas...
Hutchinson, city, seat of Reno County, central Kansas, on the Arkansas River; incorporated 1872.
Hutchinson, Anne (1591-1643), American religious reformer, born Anne Marbury in Alford, England.
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 USATODAY.com - Hutchinson leaving Homeland Security post   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Asa Hutchinson told a newspaper he plans to resign his post with the Homeland Security Department on Monday after he was passed over twice by the Bush administration to be secretary of the department.
Hutchinson, a former Arkansas congressman and former federal drug czar, is the undersecretary for border and transportation security issues.
Hutchinson, 54, has said that he was disappointed that he wasn't selected to be secretary but is excited about other options, including a possible run for Arkansas governor in 2006.
www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2005-01-24-asa-hutchison_x.htm?csp=34   (359 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Newsmaker: Asa Hutchinson -- August 27, 2001
Asa Hutchinson, the newly-appointed head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, discusses Americans' attitudes towards illegal narcotics, medical marijuana and the disparity between crack and powder cocaine punishments.
ASA HUTCHINSON: Well, it still is a problem because even though you have leadership at the top that wants to have a change of direction, you still have some institutional problems.
ASA HUTCHINSON: That mandatory minimum five years kicks in for a small amount of crack cocaine was imposed because of the huge number of deaths caused by crack cocaine.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/politics/july-dec01/hutchinson_8-27.html   (2020 words)

  
 Asa Hutchinson weighs inquiry role
Hutchinson acknowledged that it "certainly appears to be the case" that Republicans have turned the presidential problems into an election issue.
As Congress was preparing to adjourn for the year, Hutchinson met for dinner with Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde, R-Ill., and Thomas Mooney, the committee's general counsel and majority chief of staff, to suggest witnesses the committee should call and how to structure the hearings.
Hutchinson mentioned that Clinton's lawyers have asked to participate in questioning the panel of experts, but he said he would not recommend it.
www.ardemgaz.com /prev/Clinton/abasa2.html   (3012 words)

  
 VDARE.com: 09/20/04 - Fire Asa Hutchinson! (For A Start)
Hutchinson, whose job includes running the government's agencies for border and transportation security, also had lots of excuses as to why the government can't do what it has a constitutional duty to do—protect the nation from foreign invasion.
Hutchinson's boss proposed last winter fell as flat as a tortilla pancake the day he proposed it.
Hutchinson, if he really said what he is reported to have said and what he has never denied saying, should be fired at once, but more importantly, the American people need to wonder just whose side this administration is really on—that of the nation it claims to represent, or the aliens who have invaded it?
www.vdare.com /francis/fire_asa_hutchinson.htm   (745 words)

  
 Conventions 2000: Rep. Asa Hutchinson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Asa Hutchinson, a former federal prosecutor and state party chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party, represents the Third District of Arkansas in Congress.
Asa Hutchinson: Keyes is an effective spokesman, and I hope he is active in the fall campaign and will continue to have a policy role, whether in or out of the next administration.
Asa Hutchinson: This is not in the current GOP platform, and Gov. Bush has talked about accountability in education and that he does not want to be the federal superintendent of schools.
www.usatoday.com /community/chat/0731hutchinson.htm   (1698 words)

  
 NDM Article - Asa Hutchinson Watchful of the Diplomacy of Security
Hutchinson served the first-ever indictments of known terrorists for drug trafficking and supervised the arrest of the head of the Arellano Felix organization, a prominent and violent Mexican drug trafficking group.
Hutchinson referred to a two-point strategy for increasing border security: first by adding resources, such as personnel, new technology and detention space, and secondly by discouraging illegal entrance to the United States.
Hutchinson’s efforts are being performed against a backdrop of a massive government restructuring and a constant threat of terror attacks.
www.nationaldefensemagazine.org /issues/2004/Aug/Asa_Hutchinson.htm   (693 words)

  
 Asa governor hutchinson - asa Votelaw: Arkansas: Is Asa Hutchinson eligible to run for governor?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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 Drug Policy Alliance: Is Asa Hutchinson Qualified to Run DEA?
In the case of Asa Hutchinson, who struck me as the most capable of the ultimately doomed House impeachment managers, however, it seems something of a shame.
He should also be aware that none of the state laws authorizing medical use of marijuana have been challenged in court on the ground that they are in conflict with federal law or for any other reason – for the simple reason that the prohibitionists know they would lose.
Before he addresses it, he would do well to read the Institute of Medicine report (the summary, along with reports on other scientific studies, is available at www.csdp.org and at www.drugwarfacts.org; complete report at www.nas.edu) and research the legal issues more thoroughly.
www.drugpolicy.org /news/09_07_01hutchinson2.cfm   (1346 words)

  
 Arkansas News Bureau - Asa Hutchinson discusses future plans
Hutchinson said his last day as undersecretary for border and transportation security at the Department of Homeland Security is next Monday.
Hutchinson, an attorney, said he also is negotiating with a Washington law firm he declined to name.
Hutchinson was confirmed as the Department of Homeland Security's third in command in January 2003.
www.arkansasnews.com /archive/2005/02/25/WashingtonDCBureau/317737.html   (523 words)

  
 Asa & Me
But before Hutchinson assumes that post, there are some questions about high-level cocaine trafficking in Arkansas while he was a U.S. attorney here that he should be required to answer.
Even though Hutchinson is not from my district, I contacted him in hopes that, having been close to the events, he would want to help clear the record.
Hutchinson told me personally that he had checked with a variety of law enforcement agencies and people in Miami, and that Barry Seal would be prosecuted for any crimes in Arkansas.
www.fromthewilderness.com /free/ciadrugs/053101_meandasa.html   (4139 words)

  
 Arkansas News Bureau - What will Asa Hutchinson do?
For months, Hutchinson, the current undersecretary for border and transportation security at the Department of Homeland Security, has quietly told some state GOP operatives that should he not be afforded a cabinet-level post, he would come home to Arkansas in anticipation of beginning a campaign for governor.
Hutchinson is on the growing list to replace Ridge, who reportedly has indicated to friends that he will resign as Homeland Security's top official.
Undersecretary Hutchinson has maintained a high profile at the agency and was thought at one time to be the odds-on favorite to lead the agency should Ridge step aside.
www.arkansasnews.com /archive/2004/11/14/DavidJSanders/308892.html   (692 words)

  
 Lewinsky would be 'strong witness,' Asa Hutchinson says
Asa Hutchinson, in an interview Sunday evening, said he and the other managers weren't happy to be conducting the interview under the watch of Starr's office.
Hutchinson's role on the prosecution team may take on increased importance should Lewinsky be called as a witness, because she is expected to offer testimony primarily on the obstruction-of-justice question, which Hutchinson handled during the managers' Senate arguments.
Even though Republican Sen. Tim Hutchinson, Asa Hutchinson's brother, was in Arkansas to survey tornado damage, he didn't leave the subject of impeachment far behind.
www.ardemgaz.com /prev/clinton/adxmonicam0125.html   (1375 words)

  
 Asa Burnham Hutchinson (1823-1884) - New England Music Scrapbook
Asa B. Hutchinson was the youngest of twelve sons; and he was his father's pet.
Asa also deserves a good share of the credit for the widespread circulation of Henry Clay Work's classic song, "Kingdom Coming." This is a remarkable bit of success for a man who had been in the entertainment business already for more than twenty years.
Asa Hutchinson's biography is probably in greater need of further research than that of any other member of the family.
www.geocities.com /unclesamsfarm/asa.htm   (2182 words)

  
 NFIB Endorses Asa Hutchinson for Arkansas Governor
Hutchinson received the NFIB endorsement from NFIB/Arkansas State Director Bob Blount during an event at the candidate's Little Rock office.
A native of Arkansas, Hutchinson served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives during the 105th and 106th Congress.
In 1982 Hutchinson was appointed by President Ronald Reagan as U.S. Attorney for the District of Western Arkansas.
www.nfib.com /object/IO_29066.html   (387 words)

  
 Rounding up all illegals 'not realistic' - Nation/Politics - The Washington Times, America's ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Hutchinson, who leads the nation's border and transportation security agencies, said although securing the nation's borders against terrorists, illegal aliens, smugglers and others who pose a threat is his top priority, the department is attempting to do so by laying "a foundation" for a strategy that can be "reasonably considered."
Hutchinson, who said he did not know how many illegal aliens entered the country annually, said the goal of his department is to gain operational control of the border, which includes monitoring the ports of entry and the land areas between and responding in an effective manner.
Hutchinson, a former Republican congressman from Arkansas, said although there is "strong support" nationwide for the enforcement of immigration laws and the public expects it to be accomplished, "they expect us to do it in a way consistent with our values."
washingtontimes.com /national/20040909-115715-9178r.htm   (604 words)

  
 UTD Emergency Readiness Conference and Expo 2005
Asa Hutchinson has served the State of Arkansas as a Member of Congress and as a United States Attorney.
Asa, who was the target of an assassination plot by CSA supporters, went on to successfully prosecute this same organization in federal court.
Asa, 54, is married to the former Susan Burrell, and they have four grown children and four grandchildren.
som.utdallas.edu /erc2005/bios/bio_asa_hutchinson.htm   (302 words)

  
 CNN - Asa Hutchinson - December 13, 2000
Representative Asa Hutchinson is in his second term as representative of Arkansas' 3rd Congressional District.
Asa Hutchinson: I agree with Representative Hastings who said this is not the time for rallies and harsh rhetoric.
Asa Hutchinson: I think the only damaging aspect is the impression that the most powerful country in the world and the greatest democracy is not invested in the tools of democracy: modern voting equipment.
edition.cnn.com /chat/transcripts/2000/12/13/hutchinson   (953 words)

  
 News from DEA, News Releases, 06/25/02
DEA Administrator Asa Hutchinson will be in ----Raleigh, North Carolina, on Thursday, June 27, 2002, as part of his national "Meth in America: Not in Our Town" tour.
Hutchinson will stop in over 30 states to talk about how vital community involvement is to reducing the nation's rate of meth addiction and production.
While in Raleigh, Administrator Hutchinson will be holding a news conference with US Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Robert J. Conrad, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper, and Director for the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation Robin P. Pendergraft.
www.dea.gov /pubs/pressrel/pr062502.html   (211 words)

  
 Asa and Me
Hutchinson was dodgy in his confirmation hearing on the question of sending federal agents out to arrest doctors who prescribe marijuana as a pain- and nausea-relieving agent for cancer patients and other seriously ill people, as eight states now allow.
When Hutchinson was asked if he would use it, he said it was something on which he needed to confer with the attorney general, adding that it was important "that we do not send the wrong signal...
Hutchinson took over his DEA duties last week at the same time the Department of Justice bragged that more people than ever are in federal prison on drug charges and are serving longer sentences.
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 Asa may return to Arkansas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
I sincerely hope that Asa Hutchinson comes back to Arkansas, where he will be welcomed by those Republicans in the state who appreciate his dedication to the Republican party and his success in building a party that carries clout.
All of the vituperative posts against Asa Hutchinson are from uninformed persons who have not stated just what their grief with him is. I gather it has to do with immigration reform and his main fault is that he is not Tom Tancredo.
Asa is not a RINO and has done his job within the framework of his agency.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/1293947/posts?page=1   (3501 words)

  
 Asa Hutchinson For Governor Campaign   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Asa launches his first campaign television ad this week with a spot focused on his life, career and breadth of experience.
The Arkansas Right to Life political action committee endorsed Asa Hutchinson's candidacy for Governor on Tuesday, August 29, in Fort Smith, in recognition of his longtime support for the pro-life cause and for being the candidate who will stand up to protect the lives of the unborn in Arkansas.
Asa said today that, as Governor, he would lead the charge to establish reasonable standards for bus rides for students in rural and Delta areas.
www.asaforgovernor.org   (724 words)

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