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Politics Flashcards | Quizlet  POLITICALLY CORRECT---In 1999 the president & Senate battled over the vital post of ambassador to this grand duchy. Luxembourg.
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John Sherman Cooper - Wikipedia  John Sherman Cooper (August 23, 1901  February 21, 1991) was a politician, jurist, and diplomat from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He served three non-consecutive, partial terms in the United States Senate ... He also served as U.S. Ambassador to India from 1955 to 1956 and U.S. Ambassador to ...... The New York Times.
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An Inside Look at a Party Switch That Changed History - latimes  The Vermont Republican and the Connecticut Democrat, their ties loosened, ... June 24, 2001|CHRISTOPHER GRAFF | ASSOCIATED PRESS ... Jeffords' frustrations spilled out. He complained that even though he was chairman of the Senate Health, ... he was battling both the White House and his own party over providing...
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Walter Frederick Mondale  They lost in a landslide to Reagan and then-Vice President George H.W. Bush. In 1993, Mondale was appointed ambassador to Japan, a post he served for three ... 1976, when he, too, ascended to the vice presidency, under Jimmy Carter.
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John Kenneth Galbraith, 97, Dies; Economist Held a Mirror to Society  Apr 30, 2006 ... He advised President John F. Kennedy (often over lobster stew at the Locke-Ober restaurant in their beloved Boston) and served as his ambassador to India. ... Nearly 40 years after writing "The Affluent Society," Mr. Galbraith .... in 1960, he appointed Mr. Galbraith as United States ambassador to India.
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H4A News Clips 5.20.15 - WikiLeaks - The Podesta Emails  21 *Hillary Clinton says her Iraq war vote was a 'mistake'* // Politico // Adam ... 23 *Hillary Clinton's State Department Staff Kept Tight Rein on Records* ..... admonishment to reporters and picked up some gifts for her granddaughter Charlotte. ... listened  much as she did when she began running for the Senate in 2000,...
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FDR wins unprecedented fourth term - Nov 07, 1944 - HISTORY.com  On this day in 1944, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected to an unprecedented fourth term in office. FDR remains the only president to have served more than two terms.
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