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  Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Ray Mabus
Mabus was born in Starkville and is a fourth-generation Mississippian; he grew up in Ackerman, the only child of the owner of the local hardware store.
In 1983, Mabus was elected state auditor and served from 1984 to 1988, during which time he recovered millions in misspent or stolen public funds and participated in a large FBI sting operation.
Mabus was appointed by President Bill Clinton to be the United States ambassador to Saudi Arabia and served from 1994 to 1996.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Ray_Mabus   (985 words)

  
  Ray Mabus Information
Mabus narrowly defeated Tupelo businessman Jack Reed in the 1987 governor election.
Mabus had a troubled tenure as governor, failing in a bid to enact a state lottery and garnering significant opposition for raising the sales tax one percent to fund education, while alienating long-time activists within his own political party.
Mabus was appointed by President Bill Clinton to be the United States ambassador to Saudi Arabia and served from 1994 to 1996.
www.bookrags.com /Ray_Mabus   (517 words)

  
 firstamendmentcenter.org: news
Ray Mabus, a Democrat who served as governor from 1988-92 and as U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1994-96, told the Rev. Jerry McBride he was going to tape record the 1998 meeting at the couple's Jackson home.
The recorded transcript of the meeting involving Julie Mabus' affair was used in the divorce, and she lost legal custody of their two daughters.
Mabus was defeated in 1992 by Republican Kirk Fordice, who also went through a nasty public divorce.
www.firstamendmentcenter.org /news.aspx?id=3900   (1047 words)

  
 William J. Clinton Foundation "President Nominates Mabus as Ambassador to Saudi Arabia"
Mabus served as Mississippi's Governor from 1988 to 1992.
Governor Mabus was Chairman of the Southern Governor's Association, the Southern Regional Education Board, the Southern Growth Policies Board, the Council of State Governors, and the Democratic Governor's Association.
Mabus is a fourth generation Mississippian, born in Starkville, Mississippi.
www.clintonfoundation.org /legacy/051194-president-nominates-mabus-as-ambassador-to-saudi-arabia.htm   (316 words)

  
 Lawsuit against church could set precedent - The Clarion-Ledger
Ray Mabus, who is not being sued, disputes the allegations in the suit.
Ray Mabus said he turned to McBride in late 1997 after learning his wife was having a "long-running" affair.
Ray Mabus said he taped the meeting on the advice of legal counsel to "preserve without question the statements of all parties present to assure that false allegations could not be made as to what was said."
orig.clarionledger.com /news/0205/29/m02.html   (1517 words)

  
 BarackObama.com | Mabus to advise Obama on Middle East issues
Former Mississippi Gov. Ray Mabus, who served as U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia during the Clinton administration, is joining Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign as an unpaid adviser on Middle Eastern issues.
Mabus, now 58, was Mississippi governor from January 1988 to January 1992, serving during a slump in the state's economy.
Mabus serves on the advisory board for the Center for Middle East Public Policy at the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit research group.
www.barackobama.com /2007/05/22/mabus_to_advise_obama_on_middl.php   (507 words)

  
 Mississippi News - Breaking Local Mississippi News - The New York Times
Mabus campaigns for re-election, it is clear that it was easier to proclaim "our day has come" than to deliver on the promise.
Ray Mabus won Tuesday's Democratic primary and a clear shot at becoming Mississippi's first governor to serve back-to-back terms this century.
Ray Mabus, the Democrat who is seeking a second term in Tuesday's voting, came to this small central Mississippi town today to participate in what seemed a routine announcement of an expansion by a hosiery manufacturer.
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Mabus has served as Chairman of the Board of Foamex International Inc. ("Foamex") since February 2004 and as a director of Foamex since September 2000.
Mabus also serves on the board of directors of Fusion Telecommunications, Inc, Citizens International, Strategic Partnerships LLC and several non-profit boards.
Mabus received a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, a Master of Arts in Political Science from the John Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Arts in English and Political Science from the University of Mississippi.
interestalert.com /story/08070028aaa03bd4.prn/mckhan/SAUDARAB/saudi_arabia.html   (381 words)

  
 Mabus Case Tests Shield from Suits Church Cites Separation Issue
Church autonomy is also a central theme in the case of Mabus, his ex-wife, Julie, and Jerry McBride, a former Episcopal priest.
Julie Mabus sued McBride, St. James Church and the Episcopal Diocese because of a 1998 counseling session that Ray Mabus taped with McBride's knowledge, but without Julie Mabus'.
Julie Mabus argued that the diocese "failed to take appropriate steps to supervise Father McBride's interaction with parishioners and continued to retain his service at the risk and peril of their parishioners," according to the original complaint.
www.bishop-accountability.org /news2003_07_12/2003_10_20_Volz_MabusCase.htm   (644 words)

  
 Mabus divorce turns messy when ex-wife sues over ‘secret’ recordings
During the divorce proceedings, a psychiatrist hired by Ray Mabus used her statements to recommend that he be granted legal custody of their daughters.
Mabus, meanwhile, is currently practicing law in Jackson, Mississippi, where Hines works as a certified public accountant.
Mabus, he said, was known as someone who did not adjust well to living outside the United States, and who did not make much effort to learn about Saudi Arabia.
www.arabnews.com /?page=4§ion=0&article=16668&d=7&m=7&y=2002   (767 words)

  
 Jackson metro & state news - The Clarion-Ledger
A case involving the former wife of Gov. Ray Mabus, St. James Episcopal Church and the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi is among dozens the state Supreme Court will consider this term.
Ray Mabus contends neither the tape nor a transcript of the meeting was ever introduced in the court proceedings.
The Episcopal diocese contends courts cannot tell churches who should be a priest and who should not be a priest and whether a person's conduct is in accordance with what the church believes is appropriate.
www.clarionledger.com /news/0403/03/m07.html   (423 words)

  
 titusonenine » Blog Archive » Not Liable, Says Mississippi High Court
The lawsuit arose from a 1998 meeting between former Mississippi Gov. Ray Mabus, his wife, Julie, and the rector of St. James’, now ex-priest Jerry McBride.
In subsequent divorce proceedings, Gov. Mabus was awarded sole legal custody of the couple’s children.
Mabus alleged in her original complaint that the diocese “failed to take appropriate steps to supervise Mr.
titusonenine.classicalanglican.net /?p=3537   (396 words)

  
 Mabus - Qwika
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 Political Insider: Democrats Archives
The rumours out of Mississippi have the makings of a dynamic ticket of Former Governor Ray Mabus seeking a second term for Governor in 2007 with a ticket mate of none other than former Governor Ronnie Musgrove.
Mabus lost to Kirk Fordice in 1991, after a bruising primary fight with Dowdy who was attempting a comeback.
Mabus still retains the ability to draw a crowd and is well liked by the African-American, Labor, and rural Farm Communities of the Delta.
politicalinsider.com /democrats   (1314 words)

  
 Madera Tribune
A youthful looking Ray Mabus, Governor of Mississippi, is shown here in the center of a group of young historians from California and Mississippi.
Although it was an interview of top priority, especially for the young Harvard educated Mabus, the three young Maderans who were waiting for their own meeting with the Governor were singularly unimpressed.
Finally they were taken back to the Governor’s office, and this time they were greeted by Mabus, but it wasn’t the Governor; it was his cousin who had been given a political job just after the election.
www.maderatribune.com /life/lifeview.asp?c=97064   (937 words)

  
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Most of those killed were eating lunch in a snack bar when the bomb went off, U.S. Ambassador Ray Mabus said in a telephone interview from Riyadh.
Mabus described the training mission as a long-standing program that covers many activities, from military maneuvers to maintenance and supply.
Four of the Americans killed were civilian employees, while the fifth was a soldier, Mabus said.
www.pub.umich.edu /daily/1995/11-14-95/news/SAUDI.html   (980 words)

  
 Swing State Project :: Senate Recruitment Thread #2 (KS, KY, ME, MN & MS)
Mabus lost to Kirk Fordice in 1991, after a bruising primary fight with Dowdy who was attempting a comeback.
After that, Mabus served as U.S. Ambassodor to Saudi Arabia under President Clinton as well as a key spokesperson for former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley in his Presidential bid in 2000.
Mabus still retains the ability to draw a crowd and is well liked by the African-American, Labor, and rural Farm Communities of the Delta.
www.swingstateproject.com /showComment.do?commentId=984   (696 words)

  
 Greenwood Commonwealth - Mississippi has own Lady Di
I first met this smart, attractive woman when her former husband, Ray Mabus, was beating the bushes for votes back in the late '80s.
Ray Mabus was a baby boomer, the first of that generation to capture the crown.
Julie Mabus was that most rare of all political commodities: a wife with an opinion who wasn't afraid to speak her mind.
www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=5160222&BRD=1838&PAG=461&dept_id=126931&rfi=6   (902 words)

  
 Ruling by judge favors ex-priest in Mabus lawsuit - The Clarion-Ledger
Julie Mabus filed a lawsuit last year against McBride, St. James Episcopal Church and the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi, saying the tape was eventually used against her during her divorce.
She said it contributed to a judge's decision to award legal custody of her and Ray Mabus' two young children to her former husband.
While DeLaughter ruled that Julie Mabus failed to prove a special relationship of trust existed between her and McBride, he stopped short of setting a legal precedent in other similar cases, saying the facts of each case should be examined.
orig.clarionledger.com /news/0208/22/m09.html   (677 words)

  
 Governors of Mississippi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Although Ray Mabus was the youngest governor in America at the time of his inauguration on January 12, 1988, he had accumulated an impressive record of public service and academic achievements.
In addition to a two-year tour of duty in the United States Navy aboard a guided-missile cruiser, Mabus had also served as a law clerk in the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and as a legal counsel to a subcommittee of the House Agriculture Committee.
As legal counsel to Governor William Winter, he was instrumental in the drafting and enactment of the Education Reform Act of 1982, a stricter law against driving under the influence of alcohol, and an open records law.
mshistory.k12.ms.us /features/feature48/governors/mabus.htm   (484 words)

  
 Millsaps College :: The low down on what's going down.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
On the eve of what well could be another squeaker of a presidential election, the Millsaps College Arts and Lecture series is bringing two prominent Mississippi politicos to the stage to present their views on the upcoming election.
Mabus, a native of Choctaw County, was the youngest governor in the nation during his 1988-92 term of office.
Mabus was appointed U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia by President Clinton, serving from 1994-96.
www.millsaps.edu /news_events/releases/october/ALelection.shtml   (321 words)

  
 Political Insider: Mabus, Musgrove, Moore for Mississippi Democrats in '07 & '08
Mabus, Musgrove, Moore for Mississippi Democrats in '07 & '08
The rumours out of Mississippi have the makings of a dynamic ticket of Former Governor Ray Mabus seeking a second term for Governor in 2007 with a ticket mate of none other than former Governor Ronnie Musgrove.
In addition, in 2008, Democrats would turn to former Attorney General Mike Moore, the winning attorney in the landmark suit against the Tobacco Companies, to be their nominee for U.S. Senator in 2008.
www.politicalinsider.com /2006/11/mabus_musgrove_moore_for_mississippi_democrats_in_07_08.html   (833 words)

  
 '07 MS Gov. Barbour vs. Mabus
It could be either Mabus or Musgrove who challenge Barbour, however, I think Barbour would be favoured.
Mabus has a real chance of victory, and even if he lost, he wouldn't get less than 45%.
At this point in time, unless Barbour demands the CCC to remove his picture from their website, predicting a Mabus victory is just plain foolish.
uselectionatlas.org /FORUM/index.php?topic=51481.msg1092697   (854 words)

  
 
William Winter, Ray Mabus and Ronnie Musgrove during Thursday's round of political speeches at the Neshoba County Fair, Barbour countered with a personal attack, the likes of which I've never heard from a politician on any level.
Mabus was much more pointed in his criticism of the current administration.
Mabus, who may run for his old job in 2007, certainly seemed to lay the groundwork for a possible candidacy.
willbardwell.blogspot.com /2005_07_01_archive.html   (7722 words)

  
 devastating - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Democrat Ray Mabus, a former state auditor, took office in January as Mississippi's chief executive, after winning election on a reform platform.
At the age of 39, he became the nation's youngest governor.
Mabus scored an important victory early in his administration when he guided a teacher pay...
encarta.msn.com /devastating.html   (192 words)

  
 Daily Mississippian
Mabus will be teaching Political Science 333, “Middle Eastern Politics.” Having been the U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1994 to 1996, he said he brings a unique perspective to the classroom.
Mabus and his fellow coworkers did their best to cope with the tragedy.
In 1997, Mabus was awarded the International Security Leadership Award for his actions after the bombing.
www.thedmonline.com /home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=e9e69832-2816-4904-a4ff-fc66d72a5aef   (626 words)

  
 firstamendmentcenter.org: news
Julie Mabus confessed to an extramarital affair on the tape, and it was subsequently used in a divorce case.
Julie Mabus filed the suit against the Mississippi diocese, St. James Episcopal Church and the former priest, Jerry McBride, in the aftermath of her divorce.
On the opposing side of the issue, Julie Mabus' lawsuit says the priest's action had nothing to do with religious freedom and wasn't part of the Episcopal Church doctrine.
www.firstamendmentcenter.org /news.aspx?id=4129&printer-friendly=y   (432 words)

  
 WTOK - News
There are only five living ex-governors of Mississippi: Bill Waller, William Winter, Bill Allain, Ray Mabus and Kirk Fordice.
Ray Mabus met with Newscenter 11 at his home in Ridgeland.
However, Mabus said there is usually a "sweetheart period" for most new governors.
www.wtok.com /news/headlines/511357.html   (447 words)

  
 Former governor vying for top DNC post by Mississippi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Mabus met with Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., the new Senate minority leader, recently to talk about the job, said Jim Manley, Reid’s press secretary.
Mabus, who lost his office to Republican Kirk Fordice in 1991 and later became President Clinton’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, is on a growing list of contenders to replace current DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe.
If Mabus gets the job, he will be the second Mississippian to head a national party in recent years.
www.theconservativevoice.com /article/1446.html   (432 words)

  
 Horrible Undoing - The Death of Mabus.
It is simply a continuation of the conflict that has been raging since the inseption of the Israeli state in 1948, begining with the end of the British Palestinian Mandate.
It is also a combination of MR.BUSh, where the R looks like a capital A. Mabus is also a combination of MAgog and BUSh, a reference to Bush’s given name in a Satanic cult.
Mabus became Chairman and CEO of Foamex International in 2006.
www.abovetopsecret.com /forum/thread216453/pg1   (2758 words)

  
 firstamendmentcenter.org: news
Former Mississippi first lady Julie Mabus says she lost faith in her church and religion over the secret taping.
Mississippi Episcopal leaders wanted the court to stop the lawsuit over a counseling session involving former Mississippi Gov. Ray Mabus and his now ex-wife.
Meanwhile, the high court yesterday did not comment in refusing to hear a Tennessee case testing whether local governments can impose limits on free expression, such as nude dancing, without a guarantee that court challenges to the limitation will be resolved quickly.
www.fac.org /news.aspx?id=3900   (1015 words)

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