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	Releases - News - Cornyn for Senate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Tony Garza is Texas’ 41st Railroad Commissioner and Vice Chairman of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission.
		Prior to serving as Railroad Commissioner, Tony Garza was then-Governor George W. Bush’s first appointee, serving Texas as its 99th Secretary of State and as a Senior Advisor to the Governor.
		Tony Garza was also the first Republican elected to countywide office in Cameron County, serving as County Judge from 1988-1994.
	www.johncornyn.com /news/100801garza.html (360 words)

	About the Ambassador
		Ambassador Garza was a member of the official U.S. delegation to the inauguration of Peru's President Alejandro Toledo in 2001.
		Ambassador Garza also served on the Advisory Board of the George W. Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University and serves on the Board of Directors of the Texas Exes, the alumni association for The University of Texas at Austin.
		Ambassador Garza received his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin in 1980 and was recognized as one of five Outstanding Young Texas Exes in 1989.
	www.usembassy-mexico.gov /Ambassador/eBio_Ambassador.htm (434 words)

	State official accused of billboards misuse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Turner opened fire on Garza in July by claiming that Garza's billboards were a misuse of his office as the state's non-partisan elections officer to seek the GOP land commissioner nomination.
		Garza said he also believes that the discrimination that once occurred in Texas election law is no longer there and that Texas should be allowed to govern itself.
		Garza said his opponents may want to talk about elections issues now, but he said when he announces for land commissioner his focus will be on issues facing the General Land Office.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/aol-metropolitan/97/09/15/land-commissioner.2-0.html (819 words)

	News 8 Austin \| 24 Hour Local News \| TOP STORIES
		Garza spoke little about politics in his commencement address that happened at the end of a week filled with immigration debate.
		Garza, the son of Mexican immigrants, told graduates that his success is due in part to his family.
		Garza also weighed in on the immigration debate with his opinion on a proposed wall on the Mexican border.
	www.news8austin.com /content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=162450 (319 words)

	On Campus - Garza 2006 spring commencement speaker
		Garza, an alumnus of The University of Texas at Austin who was recognized as one of five Outstanding Young Texas Exes in 1989, will speak to graduating students and visitors at the university-wide commencement ceremony, which is the culmination of spring commencement activities in the colleges, schools and departments across the campus May 19-20.
		Garza was Bush’s lead liaison on border and Mexico affairs, working on issues as diverse as free trade, the environment and public health.
		Garza is married to María Asunción Aramburuzabala, a native of Mexico City who is president of Tresalia Capital and vice chair of the boards of directors of both Grupo Modelo and Televisa.
	www.utexas.edu /opa/ic/oncampus/2006/apr/garza.html (549 words)

	Nomination of Ambassador to Mexico
		Tony Garza has an in depth understanding of the relationship between the United States and Mexico and its impact on the people of both nations.
		Tony Garza was elected to serve as a Commissioner on the Texas Railroad Commission in 1998.
		Commissioner Garza is a graduate of the University of Texas and Southern Methodist University School of Law.
	www.whitehouse.gov /news/releases/2002/07/20020716-6.html (253 words)

	Hispanic Magazine March 2000 Features Tony Garza
		Garza became at age 28 the youngest person and the first Hispanic Republican in the state to win a countywide office along the vast Texas-Mexico border.
		Garza also was a guest of former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich at President Clinton's State of the Union address in 1998.
		Garza was particularly wary of what he saw as "a good-ol'-boy Democratic fraternity that was more about favors than about good service," in the Valley.
	www.hispaniconline.com /magazine/2000/mar/Features (1455 words)

	Politics:Texa Railroad Commission
		Garza, who was the first Republican judge in Cameron County as well as Texas' first Hispanic secretary of state, shrugs off the notion that, if elected, he will be quick to abandon his post.
		Garza says he recognizes the conflict inherent in taking money from the companies he will, in a few short months, have to regulate if he is elected.
		Garza, who left his appointed position as secretary of state to seek the railroad commission office, says that Texas has enough appointed positions already.
	www.austinchronicle.com /issues/vol18/issue09/pols.TRC.html (1002 words)

	Tony Garza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Garza, the grandson of Mexican immigrants to the U.S, graduated from Saint Joseph Academy in Brownsville, Texas, earned a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Southern Methodist University and practiced law before being elected the county judge of Cameron County in 1988.
		In 1998, Garza became the first Hispanic Republican to hold statewide elected office in Texas when he was elected as a member of the Texas Railroad Commission.
		Although Garza was reportedly considered for a cabinet appointment in Bush's presidential administration, in 2002 he was named by President Bush as U.S. Ambassador to Mexico.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tony_Garza (300 words)

	The Bryan-College Station Eagle > Opinions > Editorials (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Garza is the grandson of four natives of Mexico.
		In 1998, Garza was elected to a six-year term on the Texas Railroad Commission, the first Hispanic Republican elected to a statewide office in Texas.
		Tony Garza is going to be someone who will represent our country and represent the views of our country very well, but from the perspective of experience and knowledge on both sides of the border that I have never seen before in a nominee.”
	www.theeagle.com /opinions/editorials/072102editorial.htm (382 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Mexico -- New U.S. ambassador to Mexico puts focus on immigration issues
		Tony Garza, the new U.S. ambassador to Mexico, is moving fast as he prepares to head to Mexico City and an annual conference next week that will bring together Cabinet members from both countries.
		WASHINGTON – Tony Garza, the new U.S. ambassador to Mexico, is moving fast as he prepares to head to Mexico City and an annual conference next week that will bring together Cabinet members from both countries.
		Garza's appointment has been received enthusiastically by Mexican officials, who value the clout of an ambassador with close ties to the president.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/mexico/20021120-9999_1n20garza.html (596 words)

	Garza wants Texas control of voting law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Garza recalled an old joke about a dying man who asked his grandson to bury him in South Texas so he could remain politically active.
		Garza added that he wishes the state's primary election was pushed back to May. A March primary gives challengers only six or seven weeks to mount a campaign, giving too much protection to incumbents.
		Garza said he plans to spend the next seven weeks until the November elections advocating election reform and release from Section 5.
	www.lubbockonline.com /news/091897/garza.htm (326 words)

	Fall 2005 Commencement Speaker
		Garza also served as Governor Bush’s lead liaison on border and Mexico affairs, working on issues as diverse as free trade, the environment and public health.
		Garza was a partner in the Austin office of Bracewell and Patterson, L.L.P. (now Bracewell and Giuliani), a Houston-based law firm.
		Garza served six years as Cameron County Judge, the county’s top executive, where he aggressively worked to provide water and sanitation services to lower income areas called “colonias,” pursued healthcare partnerships aimed at new immigrants, and oversaw the permitting and/or construction of two international bridges linking his community to Mexico.
	www.tamucc.edu /commencement/index.htm (580 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		"Tony Garza's confirmation as U.S. ambassador to Mexico is very positive since he is well identified with the Rio Grande Valley and the state of Tamaulipas.
		"Garza will be a powerful ambassador and he will be more attentive to immigration issues, because he already knows what kind of problems we have on the border and he can immediately identify the best means to handle and help to resolve them," Luebbert said.
		Madero said Garza's confirmation comes at a good time to revive talks regarding water, immigration, national security and other issues that she feels need to be brought back to the table between the two countries.
	www.americanpatrol.com /BUSH/GARZA/AllyMexGarza021116.html (562 words)

	South of the border bias
		When Garza was confirmed by the Senate in November 2002, a right-wing Web site that dabbles in nativism and anti-Mexican rhetoric dubbed the new ambassador a "cheerleader for the Mexican invasion" because he had said that he favored "earned legalization" for illegal immigrants.
		Garza also challenged the idea advanced by some members of the Mexican elite that borders mean little and that illegal immigrants have an inherent "human right" to seek jobs in the United States, even if it means doing so illegally.
		Garza is simply stating the obvious -- that those millions of immigrants who come to the United States illegally each year from Mexico are breaking the law, and that the government of Mexico is failing its own people by not providing sufficient opportunity at home.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/01/25/EDGHCGRV7Q1.DTL (526 words)

	Garza resigns to run for land commissioner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Garza was Bush's first appointment after he was elected governor in 1994.
		Bush praised Garza for his work as the state's chief elections officer and for expanding the office to serve as a liaison to Mexico.
		While Garza did not get a Bush endorsement, he repeatedly reminded the audience at his resignation news conference about his personal ties to the governor.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/aol-metropolitan/97/11/25/garza.2-0.html (263 words)

	Commencement 2006: Commencement Address
		Antonio O. Garza, Jr., the United States ambassador to Mexico, will be the speaker at the 123rd Spring Commencement at The University of Texas at Austin.
		A native of Brownsville, Texas, Garza received his bachelor of business administration degree from The University of Texas at Austin in 1980 and his doctor of jurisprudence degree in 1983 from Southern Methodist University School of Law.
		Garza began his public service in 1988 by being elected county judge in Cameron County.
	www.utexas.edu /commencement/2006/garza_bio.html (335 words)

	A Special Report on Immigration - Beyond Borders Blog » Today’s Good News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Garza said the extraditions showed that Mexico is no longer a haven for U.S. criminals.
		Garza has switched sides and is now rooting for the red, white, and green.
		Of course Tony Garza is deeply compromised and suffers from an extreme conflict of interest as an Ambassador.
	langamp.com /borderblog/?p=4150 (660 words)

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		MEXICO CITY - U.S. Ambassador Tony Garza said Mexico's border with the United States is under "the yoke" of drug and immigrant smugglers, and that Mexicans want to see authorities do more to combat such crimes.
		Garza, whose public statements have drawn rebukes from Mexico in recent weeks, said in an open letter Tuesday that "difficult discussions are inevitable in any long-term and significant friendship."
		Garza, who was censured by Mexico for comments about last week's border incident involving armed men who helped drug traffickers escape back into Mexico, said he has held talks with Mexican officials since then.
	www.tucsoncitizen.com /print/border_news/020206a2_border (303 words)

	MORE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		But critics of Garza’s letter say that the diplomat was not being very diplomatic by giving it to the media.
		Furthermore, Garza’s suggestion that there could be a “chilling effect” on tourism and his implicit criticism of Mexican law enforcement were alarmist and interventionist, they say.
		Defenders of Garza, who has rarely been controversial in his two years as ambassador, said his comments were in lock step with the State Department and the White House.
	www.brownsvilleherald.com /ts_more.php?id=63490_0_10_0_C (502 words)

	US Embassy Mexico City
		October 27, 2006 – Garza: “Ninety percent of the new businesses in Mexico in the next decade will be established by micro and small enterprises, creating the majority of new jobs.
		October 19, 2006 – Garza: "I urge visitors who need visas to apply as soon as possible for their appointments, especially for travel to the United States during the winter and spring holiday periods." (complete text)
		October 19, 2006 – Garza: "I urge visitors who need visas to apply as soon as possible for their appointments, especially for travel to the United States during the winter and spring holiday periods."(complete text)
	mexico.usembassy.gov (1302 words)

	Bush names Tony Garza ambassador to Mexico (BORDERS & NAFTA)
		Garza, 43, a second-generation American whose four grandparents were from Mexico, is currently one of three elected members of the Railroad Commission of Texas, which regulates the state's oil and natural gas production.
		Tony Garza has an in-depth understanding of the relationship between the United States and Mexico and its impact on the people of both nations," Bush said in a statement accompanying the announcement of Garza's nomination.
		Garza also served as a county judge from 1988 to 1995, a position that involved a number of border-related issues.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/717277/posts (5118 words)

	Texas Monthly October 2004: Love Thy Neighbor
		CB: I think Tony Garza is very polished as a politician but also very simple and grounded as a human being.
		CB: I think there's a pretty decent chance that Tony Garza would someday be asked to run for governor, and I think that he would almost certainly run.
		Garza is certainly one of very few Latinos who are being groomed for statewide office, especially in his party.
	www.texasmonthly.com /mag/issues/2004-10-01/webextra3.php (1581 words)

	Garza urges local governments to bail out
		AUSTIN (AP) -- Secretary of State Tony Garza, who says the time has come for the state to be freed from some provisions of the federal Voting Rights Act, is encouraging local governments to take action themselves.
		Garza has asked Congress to exempt Texas from requirements that it first obtain U.S. Justice Department approval of every election law change.
		Garza said he wants Texas exempted from the part of the law called Section 5.
	www.texnews.com /texas97/bail112097.html (334 words)

	Garza, Antonio O. Jr.
		Ambassador Garza began his career in public service as Cameron County Judge, elected to serve in 1988 and re-elected in 1990.
		As the chief executive of Texas’ 10th largest county, Garza focused on a variety of issues, including improving the county’s bond rating, working on indigent healthcare issues, improving the colonias and overseeing the construction of an international bridge.
		In 1998, Ambassador Garza was elected Texas Railroad Commissioner, the agency tasked with regulating the state’s $60 billion a year oil and gas industry.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/biog/15418.htm (233 words)

	U.S. Ambassador Concerned by Rising Violence on Mexican Border - US Department of State
		In a January 26 letter to Mexican government officials, Garza explained why the U.S. State Department felt compelled to issue a "Public Announcement" that same day to alert U.S. citizens to the current security situation along the Mexican side of the U.S.-Mexico border in the wake of increased violence among drug traffickers.
		Garza said that while violence along the border is not a new phenomenon, "the escalating fighting among drug-cartel elements has meant sharp increases in murders and kidnappings."
		Garza said that although Americans do not appear to be the specific targets of the crimes, the elevated level of violence has resulted in greater risks to the thousands of U.S. citizens visiting and passing through the border region every day.
	usinfo.state.gov /wh/Archive/2005/Jan/27-553520.html (451 words)

	Biografía del Embajador Garza
		Tony Garza tiene un amplio entendimiento de la relación entre los Estados Unidos y México, y el impacto que ésta tiene en la gente de ambas naciones”, dijo el Presidente Bush cuando anunció su nombramiento.
		Garza fungió como presidente de la Comisión de Ferrocarriles de Texas, la instancia estatal encargada de supervisar el sector energético texano, en el que se manejaban 60 mil millones de dólares en ese entonces.
		Garza, asignándolo secretario de estado y principal asesor en políticas estatales.
	www.usembassy-mexico.gov /sAmb_bio.html (629 words)

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