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  Gale - Free Resources - Women's History - Biographies - Christine Todd Whitman
Christine Todd Whitman managed to defeat her opponent, James Florio, the incumbent Governor of New Jersey, with very little political experience.
Whitman's ultimate goal was to see state income taxes reduced by 30 percent within her first three years in office.
Whitman was the first-ever governor chosen by the GOP to give the rebuttal to President Clinton's State of the Union address in 1995.
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 Christine Whitman
Christine Todd Whitman managed to defeat her opponent, James Florio, the incumbent Governor of New Jersey, with very little political experience.
Whitman's ultimate goal was to see state income taxes reduced by 30 percent within her first three years in office.
Whitman was the first-ever governor chosen by the GOP to give the rebuttal to President Clinton's State of the Union address in 1995.
www.edwardsly.com /whitmanc.htm   (1902 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: EPA Chief Whitman to Resign
Christine Todd Whitman, who led the Environmental Protection Agency through two tumultuous years as the Bush administration sought to reshape environmental safeguards in ways more helpful to energy production and economic growth, announced yesterday that she will resign next month and return to New Jersey.
Whitman's decision caps months of speculation that the former New Jersey governor -- among the most prominent moderate Republicans on Bush's team -- was on her way out.
Whitman, one of four women in the Bush Cabinet, arrived in Washington with a record as a business-friendly and pro-environmental governor.
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A23338-2003May21?language=printer   (913 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Christine Todd Whitman - It's My Party Too: How The Radical Right Is Undermining ...
Christine Todd Whitman's first pass at announcing her Presidential campaign is really pretty average political fare; too often partisan where honesty is needed.
Christine Todd Whitman has had, one might say, impeccable Republican credentials from the get-go: after all, her parents first met at the 1932 Republican convention.
Whitman herself has attended every convention since 1956, when she was only nine years old, and has tirelessly worked for the GOP since graduating from college in 1969.
www.epinions.com /content_176981773956   (1367 words)

  
 Christine Todd Whitman - SourceWatch
Christine Todd Whitman (Christie) was elected as Governor of New Jersey in November 1993 and was appointed by George W. Bush as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in January 2001.
Whitman claimed that, while she was Governor, "the number of days New Jersey violated the federal one-hour air quality standard for ground level ozone dropped from 45 in 1988 to four in 2000.
On the eve of Whitman's departure from the EPA, a former EPA attorney who had testified in the Anniston case came forward and said that inspectors general at the EPA and the Department of Justice had pressured her not to testify.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Christine_Todd_Whitman   (2840 words)

  
 Bush's EPA chief seeks greener pastures - Salon
It was pretty clear to Hazel Gluck, a friend and former New Jersey campaign official close to Christine Todd Whitman, that the woman in charge of the Environmental Protection Agency had grown "exhausted," in part because of her long-standing battles with pro-growth conservative forces in the administration -- forces that almost always won.
Whitman told White House chief of staff Andy Card two weeks ago that she was mulling this decision, and Tuesday she told the president she had decided it was time to go.
Whitman was given the task of announcing the suspension of the arsenic regulation, then was sent out to reverse the decision once it was used as shorthand, sometimes unfairly, by the media as a symbol of an administration hostile to any environmental concerns.
dir.salon.com /story/news/feature/2003/05/22/whitman/index.html   (1160 words)

  
 Christine Todd Whitman | EPA History | US EPA
Christine Todd Whitman has spent a distinguished career in public service working to improve the lives of all Americans.
Under Administrator Whitman's leadership, the EPA has also undertaken aggressive efforts to fulfill its mission by cleaning up the Hudson River, protecting children from environmental health hazards such as asthma and sun exposure, and requiring cleaner burning diesel engines and lower-sulfur diesel fuel to reduce emissions from America's dirtiest mobile sources.
As governor, Whitman delivered on the same promise she made when becoming EPA Administrator, to provide cleaner air, water and land to the citizens of New Jersey during her seven years in the statehouse.
www.epa.gov /history/admin/agency/whitman.htm   (441 words)

  
 Salon Feature | Christie's secrets
No sooner had Whitman unveiled her new look than she dropped her real bombshell: She was pulling out of the Senate race to replace senior Democrat Frank Lautenberg, who is retiring at the end of his current term.
Whitman was widely regarded as the strong favorite to replace Lautenberg, and the Democrats had been scrambling to find a viable candidate to run against her.
Whitman next focused her sights on the governor's office, and launched a bitter campaign against Florio two years later.
www.salon.com /news/feature/1999/09/10/whitman/print.html   (1077 words)

  
 Environmental Protection Agency, Administrator Christie Todd Whitman
Christie Whitman was sworn in as EPA Administrator on January 31, 2001.
In testimony before the U.S. Senate on January 17, Whitman said she believed environmental and economic goals go hand in hand and that she would continue her record of working to forge strong partnerships among citizens, government and business to produce measurable environmental results of cleaner air, water and land.
As governor of New Jersey, Whitman developed a strong environmental record, providing cleaner air, water and land than when she was first elected in November 1993.
www.whitehouse.gov /government/whitman-bio.html   (397 words)

  
 MegaLaw - Biography of Christine Todd Whitman
Christine Todd Whitman, 54, is New Jersey's 50th governor and it's first female governor.
Whitman was elected into office in 1993 and re-elected in 1997.
Whitman obtained her bachelors degree in government from Wheaton College in Massachusetts in 1968.
www.megalaw.com /election2000/bios4.php   (500 words)

  
 Christine Todd Whitman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Governor of New Jersey Christine Todd Whitman announces that her state has joined the federal government’s lawsuits (see November 3, 1999) against several mid-west and southeast utility companies for allegedly releasing tens of millions of illegal emissions in violation of the New Source Review section of the Clean Air Act.
EPA Administrator Christie Whitman announces that the EPA is monitoring levels of airborne contaminants in and around the area of Manhattan.
EPA Administrator Christie Todd Whitman announces that the National Ombudsman Office will be relocated to the EPA Office of Inspector General (OIG) and that control of all National Ombudsman cases will be likewise transferred to the OIG.
www.cooperativeresearch.org /entity.jsp?entity=christine_todd_whitman   (977 words)

  
 U.S. Nuclear Industry Fires Up Public Relations Campaign
Nuclear power advocates are hoping that Moore and Whitman can sell the American public on the benefits of nuclear power and help spark the resurgence of an industry that has not constructed a new plant in some 30 years.
Christine Todd Whitman is a former governor of New Jersey, and the first head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under President George W. Bush.
Whitman, who was administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 2001 to 2003 and is a former governor of New Jersey, said the 1979 accident at the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania scared the public away from nuclear power even though the core meltdown at the plant was contained.
www.ens-newswire.com /ens/apr2006/2006-04-24-10.asp   (1158 words)

  
 Moral conservatives attacked by Christine Todd Whitman
Over the weekend, Republicans opened their mail to find a letter from former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman, who served during President Bush's first term as head of the EPA.
In her letter, Whitman characterized moral conservatives opposed to embryonic stem-cell research as "far-right extremists" who've "hijack[ed]" the party and sent it heading down a "slippery slope."
Whitman ends by reiterating that those opposed to embryonic stem-cell research are "extremists" who pose an "insidious threat" to the Republican Party.
www.renewamerica.us /news/060122whitman.htm   (658 words)

  
 Whitman Strategy Group - Partner Bios   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Whitman has a long record of working closely with the private sector to advance the public good.
Whitman served as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2003, after serving as the fiftieth governor of New Jersey from 1994 to 2001.
Whitman is co-chair of the National Smart Growth Council, serves as a Senate-confirmed presidential appointee on the Millennium Challenge Corp. and on the United Nations Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation.
www.whitmanstrategygroup.com /partner_bios.html   (463 words)

  
 Christine Todd Whitman Press Release
Christine Todd Whitman, former governor of New Jersey and former administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will present a public lecture entitled, “The Economics of Environmental Protection,” on Thursday, March 4, 2004, at the Woodrow Wilson School, at 4:30 p.m., in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, on the Princeton University campus.
Whitman served as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 2001-2003, during which time the President Bush's Clear Skies Initiative was introduced.
Whitman received her bachelor's degree in government from Wheaton College in Massachusetts in 1968.
www.wws.princeton.edu /events/pressreleases/20040304whitman.html   (297 words)

  
 WILLisms.com: Christine Todd Whitman, the Republican Zell Miller?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Whitman faced an unexpectedly close re-election race, receiving fewer votes than when she was first elected.
For most of Whitman’s re-election year, she was considered the prohibitive favorite, leading by up to 30 points.
Whitman enraged the Republican base by vetoing a ban on partial birth abortion, spurring serious Libertarian and Conservative candidacies that took a combined 6 percent of the vote.
www.willisms.com /archives/2005/01/christine_todd.html   (882 words)

  
 Whitman Strategy Group - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Whitman was called in by her former chief of staff when governor, Michael Torpey of TCAP Partners.
Besides Furey and Mulvaney, Whitman will be joined by Jane M. Kenny, who managed the EPA's response to the indoor air quality crisis in Lower Manhattan after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks; and Eileen McGinnis, who was chief of staff to Whitman at the EPA and the governor's office.
Founded by Whitman with several of her longtime top advisers, WSG will assist corporations, governments, and countries interested in improving their environmental stewardship, as well as providing policy and regulatory expertise in energy and power, water and air quality, smart growth, homeland security and emergency response.
www.whitmanstrategygroup.com /news121604.html   (935 words)

  
 Amazon.com: It's My Party, Too: The Battle for the Heart of the GOP and the Future of America: Books: Christine Todd ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Whitman argues that this shift poses a serious threat to the long-term health and competitiveness of the Republicans, a party in which moderates like Whitman, Colin Powell, Rudolph Giuliani, John McCain, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and George Pataki are paraded in public when necessary, but openly opposed behind the scenes.
Whitman refers to those on the far right as "social fundamentalists" whose "mission is to advance their narrow ideological agenda" by using the government to impose their views on everyone else.
Whitman clearly passes blame to anyone but herself, while she cost even more American lives in the days, months and years after 9-11 by stating that the air was clear and safe to breathe.
www.amazon.com /Its-My-Party-Too-America/dp/1594200408   (2529 words)

  
 Christine Todd Whitman Convocation
Whitman is dedicated to environmental causes, encouraging Republicans to reclaim this traditionally liberal issue.
During her terms in office Whitman fought to forge strong partnerships among citizens, government and business to produce measurable environmental results of cleaner air, water and land.
The late Mary Elizabeth Babcock, a Denison alumna and Johnstown philanthropist, endowed the Mary Elizabeth Babcock Lectureship in the American Conservative Tradition to "bring prominent conservative speakers to campus and thus interpret the genesis, the philosophical undergirding and policy manifestations of the American conservative heritage." She died June 12, 1998 at age 90.
www.denison.edu /publicaffairs/pressreleases/whitman_10-06.html   (373 words)

  
 Christine Todd Whitman: Why Are You Still a Lapdog?
Christine Todd Whitman, ex-chief of the Environmental Protection Agency seemingly cannot escape her destiny as an obsequious lapdog to the worst environmental administration in United State’s history.
Whitman to go to the papers and present a political litany of drivel and avoidance of hard data is nothing less than a hoodwinking of the public.
Whitman, the “Draft Report on the Environment” is ruse, a political fabrication and an obfuscation of the real challenges facing the nation.
www.commondreams.org /views03/0630-10.htm   (1182 words)

  
 Christine Todd Whitman — FactMonster.com
Whitman was elected Governor of New Jersey (which has off-year elections) in 1993 and served in the post until 2000 when President George W. Bush asked her to head the Environmental Protection Agency.
In 1982 Whitman was elected to the Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders (county commissioners), where she served until 1988 when Gov. Thomas Kean appointed her to the state Board of Public Utilities.
Whitman also tried to promote business, reducing fines for polluters, streamlining the building permit process, and reducing staff at the state environmental protection office.
www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0879000.html   (398 words)

  
 NOW. Science & Health. Christine Todd Whitman: Biography | PBS
Christine Todd Whitman, former Republican Governor of New Jersey, speaks to David Brancaccio about what's wrong with the Republican Party.
Christine Todd Whitman was sworn in as EPA Administrator on January 31, 2001, a position she held until the spring of 2003.
Governor Whitman is also Co-Chairman of the National Smart Growth Council, and serves on the Steering Committee of The Cancer Institute of New Jersey; the Leadership Council of the Republican Pro-Choice Coalition; the Governing Board of the Oquirrh Institute; and as a member of the board of the New America Foundation.
www.pbs.org /now/science/whitman.html   (272 words)

  
 On Point : Christine Todd Whitman - Christine Todd Whitman
Whitman became dismayed by the growing power of the far-right wing of the GOP.
Tune in to hear a conversation with Christine Todd Whitman's for the heart of the GOP and the future of America.
Christine Todd Whitman, former New Jersey governor and EPA head, author of "It's My Party Too: The Battle for the Heart of the GOP and the Future of America."
www.onpointradio.org /shows/2005/02/20050209_b_main.asp   (328 words)

  
 Governor Christine Todd Whitman Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Princeton, NJ-New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman will be visiting the Princeton campus to give a public lecture entitled, "Sewers: The Last Frontier of Smart Growth." The talk will be held at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Thursday, April 27, 2000 at 5:00 p.m.
Whitman was elected as New Jersey's first woman governor in 1993, and was re-elected in 1997.
Her talk is being sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School, and is the final lecture in the student-initiated state and local government series.
www.wws.princeton.edu /events/pressreleases/Archive/whitman.html   (131 words)

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