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	Michael O. Leavitt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On August 11, 2003, Governor Leavitt was nominated by President George W. Bush to be the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at a press conference in Aurora, Colorado.
		Leavitt's cited the work of the World Health Organization's Dr. Michael McCoy as the most probative scientific work into the ominous threat of the avian flu virus predicting Armageddon-like circumstances following a inevitable pandemic of the avian flu virus.
		On December 13, 2004, Leavitt was nominated by Bush to succeed Tommy Thompson as Secretary of Health and Human Services and was confirmed by the Senate by voice vote on January 26, 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mike_Leavitt (345 words)

	HHS - Mike Leavitt, Secretary
		Michael O. Leavitt was sworn in as the 20th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on January 26, 2005.
		Leavitt is widely recognized as a health care innovator and welfare reformer, and his record of achievement in Utah bears this out.
		In Leavitt's previous public service he has always pursued three goals: to leave things better than he found them; to plant seeds for the next generation; and to give it his all.
	www.hhs.gov /about/bios/dhhssec.html (495 words)

	Bush eyes West, oil with EPA choice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Leavitt said neither he nor the rest of Utah was given a choice in the 1996 declaration.
		Leavitt’s ability to help craft solutions is being tested right now, with the Outdoor Industry Association threatening to take its annual convention to another state because of Leavitt’s attempt to stop the wilderness declaration.
		Leavitt has since been trying to cut a deal with the association, saying he is willing to look at which of those acres should get wilderness protection.
	www.msnbc.com /news/951044.asp (1181 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Hang on to your hat, Mike (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Gov. Mike Leavitt, used to dealing with some crabby GOP complainers from his political right, a few local Democrats snipping from the left, is now entering a new world of powerful national politicians ready to slam him like he's never seen before.
		Leavitt said he plans to meet with senators on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, which will conduct his confirmation hearings, individually "so they can know my heart and mind" on environmental matters "and get to know me" as a person.
		Even before Leavitt announced he'd run for governor in 1991 he was seen walking state Capitol hallways during a legislative interim committee day, in his hand a photo roster of the 104 legislators.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,510046603,00.html (1299 words)

	ABC News: Profile: Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt
		Leavitt was confirmed by the Senate on Jan. 26, 2005.
		Leavitt's nomination was somewhat of a surprise as many believed Mark McClellan, the head of the national Medicare program and brother of White House spokesman Scott McClellan, would get the nod.
		Leavitt was elected governor of Utah for three terms and was the longest-serving governor in Utah's history.
	abcnews.go.com /Politics/Inauguration/story?id=368992&... (445 words)

	State of Utah Governor Mike O. Leavitt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Leavitt family is a great American family, primarily because Dixie and Anne, the mom and dad of the Governor, worked hard to make it such, and I'm honored they are here, as well.
		I selected Mike Leavitt because he is a trusted friend, a capable executive and a man who understands the obligations of environmental stewardship.
		Mike Leavitt will come to the EPA with a strong environmental record and a strong desire to improve on what has taken place during the last three decades.
	www.utah.gov /governorleavitt/newsrels/2003/newsrel_081103.html (1341 words)

	Mike Leavitt
		White House, 8/11/2003] Leavitt was at the center of a controversy a couple of months ago for a back-room deal he made with Interior Secretary Gale Norton to suspend wilderness studies on millions of acres of Utah lands (see April 11, 2003).
		Leavitt says that he and Bush “have a like mind and a like heart” on environmental policy.
		EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt signs a final rule permitting power plants to continue using the “once-through” method to cool their turbines.
	www.cooperativeresearch.org /entity.jsp?entity=mike_leavitt (880 words)

	Bush Chooses EPA Chief To Lead HHS (washingtonpost.com)
		President Bush tapped Mike Leavitt, chief of the Environmental Protection Agency, to be his next secretary of health and human services yesterday as the White House sought to put its Cabinet selection process back on track after the collapse of its Department of Homeland Security nomination.
		Leavitt was chosen over the widely forecast choice, Mark B. McClellan, head of the government's Medicare program and brother of the White House spokesman.
		In the late 1990s, Leavitt lobbied Congress to turn the health program for the poor and disabled into a block grant in which a set amount of money would be sent to states to run the programs as they wished.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A60856-2004Dec13.html (1158 words)

	National Association of Metal Finishers - Utah Governor Mike Leavitt to Head U.S. EPA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Leavitt, the nation's longest-serving governor, is an advocate of shifting environmental regulation to the states and has championed the idea of increasing environmental cooperation among federal, state and local officials.
		Leavitt, if confirmed by the Senate, would gain a national platform from which to launch his "Enlibra Principles" of environmental management.
		Leavitt's nomination was hailed by GOP lawmakers and business groups and criticized by Democrats and environmental groups.
	www.namf.org /news/newepahead.cfm (364 words)

	deseretnews.com \| The heat's on Leavitt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Mike Leavitt faces the media Tuesday after speaking at the Environmental Council of the States in Salt Lake City.
		Leavitt and any other candidate for state office can take as much money as desired from any entity, be it a person or company.
		Leavitt's Western Republican PAC even accepted $10,000 from Enron just as the scandal-ridden company was going under, leaving investors holding the bag.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,510046596,00.html (976 words)

	Mike Leavitt approved as new EPA administrator
		After earlier attempts to block his nomination failed, Leavitt was confirmed to the post Oct. 28 by a vote of 88 to 8 in the U.S. Senate.
		Marianne Horinko, acting EPA administrator, is equally pleased with Leavitt's confirmation, saying, “The Senate vote confirming Mike Leavitt is great news for the agency and for our mission of continued protection of human health and the environment.
		Mike is a thoughtful leader who will bring to EPA his strengths of collaborative environmental management, his commitment to air and water quality and land conservation and his dedication to insuring effective stewardship of our natural resources.
	deltafarmpress.com /mag/farming_mike_leavitt_approved/index.html (512 words)

	George W. Bush's Cabinet: Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt
		Mike Leavitt was Utah’s governor for 11 years until 2003, when he joined the Bush administration as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
		Leavitt would take over an agency that critics of the Bush administration charge is too sympathetic to the agenda of corporations and special interests.
		Leavitt raised $1.9 million in his final campaign for governor in 2000, about $1.1 million more than any other gubernatorial candidate during that election cycle, according to the Institute on Money in State Politics.
	www.opensecrets.org /bush/cabinet/cabinet.leavitt.asp (217 words)

	CNN.com - Senate confirms Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt as new EPA chief - Oct. 28, 2003
		Leavitt, 52, a Republican serving his third term as Utah's chief executive, will take over the Cabinet-level agency with more than 18,000 employees, would replace Christine Todd Whitman, the former New Jersey governor who stepped down from the post June 27.
		In nominating Leavitt, Bush said the Utah governor -- a conservative Republican with whom the president was politically close when he served as governor of Texas -- shares his philosophy of giving state and local governments more flexibility in meeting environmental standards.
		Leavitt's decision to accept the EPA appointment instead of running for a fourth term next year also opens up the governor's race in Utah, a Republican bastion.
	www.cnn.com /2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/28/epa (443 words)

	U.S. Newswire : Releases : "Mike Leavitt Sworn in as EPA Administrator; Photo Available" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Former Utah governor Mike Leavitt was sworn in as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at approximately 8:45 a.m.
		On October 28th, Leavitt was confirmed by an overwhelming majority of the U.S. Senate (88 - 8) to serve at the helm of the EPA.
		During the confirmation process, Leavitt emphasized his strengths of collaborative environmental management, his commitment to air and water quality, land conservation and his dedication to ensuring effective stewardship of our natural resources.
	releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=135-11062003 (285 words)

	EPA Chief Leavitt Picked for Human Services - Los Angeles Times
		Leavitt, 53, is a former governor of Utah who served a little over a year in the environmental post, not long enough to leave a substantial legacy.
		Leavitt had promised to finalize the latter plan — the Clean Air Interstate Rule — by the end of this year.
		The EPA job was not known to be open, and Leavitt's departure touched off a new round of speculation among Washington insiders over his successor.
	latimes.com /news/politics/la-121304cabinet_lat,0,800330.story?... (1247 words)

	HHS Nominee Mike Leavitt Pro
		Leavitt takes a pro-life position on abortion and is drawing solid opposition from pro-abortion groups.
		Leavitt’s administration also defended in court a 1991 law that prohibited abortion in most cases, though it was overturned.
		Leavitt will need to be confirmed by the Senate and pro-abortion Senator Jon Corzine, a New Jersey Democrat, said he will be asked tough questions about his pro-life stance.
	www.nysrighttolife.org /news/12172004/hhs_nominee_mike_leavitt_pro.htm (623 words)

	KUTV: Bush Nominates Mike Leavitt Health and Human Services Secretary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Leavitt served as Utah's governor for 11 years before Bush appointed him to lead the Environmental Protection Agency last year.
		Leavitt, in the EPA job only a year, quickly won a reputation as a Bush loyalist.
		Leavitt, a father of five and devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, moved to Washington in the past year with his wife, Jacalyn, and a son in high school.
	kutv.com /topstories/local_story_348100810.html (619 words)

	Online NewsHour Update: Utah Governor Mike Leavitt Tapped to Head EPA -- Aug. 12, 2003
		President Bush announced Monday that his choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency is Utah Governor Mike Leavitt, a Republican and an advocate of shifting environmental regulation to the states.
		"Governor Mike Leavitt's environmental track record suggests that he will be a good fit for the Bush administration but a disappointing choice for Americans concerned with environmental protection," said Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope.
		Governor Leavitt also oversaw his state's preparations for and hosting of the 2002 Winter Olympics and since then has served on a presidential-appointed advisory committee on homeland security.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/updates/epa_08-12-03.html (618 words)

	Sierra Club Statement on Nomination of Governor Leavitt for EPA Administrator
		Governor Mike Leavitt’s environmental track record, which includes working behind closed doors with Interior Secretary Gale Norton to open up Utah’s wildlands to polluting industries, suggests that he will be a good fit for the Bush administration but a disappointing choice for Americans concerned with environmental protection.
		As Governor, Mike Leavitt secretly negotiated two controversial deals with the Department of Interior to open up millions of acres of Utah wilderness to roadbuilding and development.
		With the appointment of Governor Leavitt for EPA Administrator, it is difficult to imagine that pattern improving.
	www.sierraclub.org /pressroom/releases/pr2003-08-11.asp (401 words)

	Leavitt - Mark Leavitt Fine Arts - landscapes, greeting cards and portraits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Michael Leavitt Michael O. Leavitt was sworn in as the 10th Administrator Prior to leading the agency, Leavitt served as Utah’s 14th governor and was a
		Leavitt Construction is your company for top of the line custom built homes in the Seattle area.
		Mark Leavitt is a unique fine artist whose works are prized for their aethetic beauty and value.
	infomartweb.com /?q=leavitt (411 words)

	CitizenLink - Features - HHS Nominee 'a Concern' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Leavitt, currently the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, served as governor of Utah from 1992 until he was nominated last year to succeed Christine Todd Whitman as EPA head.
		Peter Brandt, senior director of government and public policy at Focus on the Family, said the choice of Leavitt came as a surprise to social conservatives.
		Equally as bad on the abstinence front, Brandt said, is the fact that under the Leavitt administration, Utah gave Title V (abstinence until marriage) funding to Planned Parenthood—the nation's largest abortion provider.
	www.family.org /cforum/feature/a0034879.cfm (460 words)

	The Well-Timed Period: Plan B and Mike Leavitt
		Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt today offered an explanation for the FDA's failure to decide if Plan B's may be sold OTC by Sept. 1:
		It appears all this talk about a "guarantee" from the FDA is based on a letter from Secretary Leavitt to Sen.
		Leavitt's statement that the Plan B application will be acted on by Sept. 1 was welcomed by women's health advocates, who said a decision is overdue.
	thewelltimedperiod.blogspot.com /2005/08/plan-b-and-mike-leavitt.html (1370 words)

	Bennett: Senate Unanimously Approves Mike Leavitt as New Secretary of Health, and Human Services: 01/26/2005
		âI have the privilege of being one of Mike Leavittâs friends, one of his political associates, and one of his strongest supporters.
		âMike served as a governor, but as a governor who was very innovative in many of the areas where innovation will be called for in his new assignment.
		He is one of only two men ever elected to three successive terms as governor in the history of the state, and there are those who believe if he would have decided to seek a fourth term he would have received it without much difficulty.
	www.senate.gov /~bennett/press/record.cfm?id=230926 (340 words)

	CNN.com - Bush nominates Leavitt for health secretary - Dec 13, 2004
		President Bush nominates Mike Leavitt for HHS secretary.
		Before joining the Environmental Protection Agency in November 2003, Leavitt, 53, was governor of Utah for 11 years.
		Leavitt would be one of several recent changes in the Bush administration.
	www.cnn.com /2004/ALLPOLITICS/12/13/bush.cabinet (587 words)

	Region 5 Great Lakes: Significant Activities Report - August 2004
		On July 15th, USEPA Administrator Mike Leavitt spoke before the International Association of Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Mayors Conference in Chicago to report progress on the Great Lakes Executive Order.
		USEPA Administrator Mike Leavitt (center) went fishing on Lake Erie with Dick and Gus to get their thoughts on the problems facing the Great Lakes.
		Representatives of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians explain the significance of wild rice in their culture to USEPA Administrator Mike Leavitt (standing) as they tour the Tribe’s wild rice fields on Kakagon Slough near Ashland, Wisconsin.
	www.epa.gov /glnpo/active/2004/aug04.html (999 words)

	State of Utah Governor Mike O. Leavitt, 1998 News Releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Governor Leavitt names a new executive director for the Governor's Commission for Women and Families and the Governor's Initiative on Families Today.
		Governor Leavitt and Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt join to sign a historic agreement on exchanging School and Institutional Trust Lands.
		Accomplishments of the Leavitt administration from the 1998 General Session of the Utah State Legislature.
	www.utah.gov /governorwalker/newsrels1998.html (429 words)

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