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Delano E. Lewis, Sr, a native Kansan, received a Bachelors Degree from the University of Kansas in 1960 and a Juris Doctorate Degree from Washburn University School of Law, Topeka Kansas, in 1963
Mr. Lewis served ten years in the Federal Government from 1963 until 1973. He served as an attorney with the Dept. of Justice; as an attorney in the Office of Compliance in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Associate Director of the US Peace Corps in Nigeria and Country Director of US Peace Corps in Uganda; Legislative Assistant to US Senator Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts; and Chief of Staff for Delegate Walter Fauntroy of the District of Columbia.
From 1973 until 1984, Delano Lewis was an executive with the C& P Telephone Company in Washington DC, a subsidiary of AT&T. From 1984 until 1994, he was an Officer of Bell Atlantic (now Verizon) retiring in 1994 as President and CEO of the District of Columbia operations. In 1994, Mr. Lewis was named President and CEO of National Public Radio in Washington, DC.
In June 1999, President Clinton nominated Delano Lewis as US Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa. The United States Senate confirmed him on November 10th 1999. He assumed his Ambassadorship in Pretoria, South Africa on December 22, 1999 and served until July 13, 2001.
Mr. Lewis has been a recipient of many awards and honorary degrees, most notably, Washingtonian of the Year in 1978. He received a distinguished Alumni Citation from his alma mater, The University of Kansas, in 1994. There are numerous honorary degrees from such institutions as Barry University, Bowie State University, Washburn University, George Washington University, Kent State University, NOVA Southeastern University, Southern Illinois University and Lafayette College.
In September, 2006, he assumed the position of Senior fellow at New Mexico State University where he established The Institute for International Relations. He served as the Director of the Institute. On July 1st 2010 until June 30, 2011 he held the position of Interim Dean of International and Border Programs at New Mexico State University.
Mr. Lewis now serves on the boards of the Colgate Palmolive Company, the Eastman Kodak Company and the American Institutes for Research.
Delano Lewis and his wife Gayle reside in Mesilla, NM. The Lewis' have four adult sons and eleven grandchildren.
Best Place to Live? Washington DC plummets 11 spots to No.19.
To the rest of the world, Washington, D.C. is the US capital and the scapegoat for every unpopular political decision. But if you look beyond the political strife, the District of Columbia is bursting with history, culture and standout architectures that makes it a great city to live in.
However, despite a stable job market, high medium pay and quality schools, the capital of the United States plummet 11 spots to No. 19 on the ranking of Best Places to Live from U.S. News and World Report. A year ago, DC ranked No. 8. This year tells a much different story.
According to the report, DC residents spent 24% of their median income on the cost of living, which puts the city in the bottom half of the list. The average 34 minutes commute in the morning is the second-worst among the 125 cities, only better than New York. But those who live here are quick to point out that there's something that New York cannot compete.
Editor Thorsby of the US News Report said the rise in the cost of living in the D.C area when the population isn’t increasing rapidly shows a disconnect between the real estate market and what the population in the area can afford.
D.C. is not alone. Much of the Northeast didn’t fare very strongly. New York checked-in way down the list at No. 90. In contrast, Austin, Texas took the top spot for the third straight year.
The Washington, D.C. metro area has the perks of a large urban area, serviced by an extensive public transit system and is home to plenty of public parks, fine dining , entertainment venues, a variety of museums, and other cultural sites that celebrate the region’s diversity.
And the US News Report agrees, on its official website, it says each neighborhood in DC and its surrounding towns has its own atmosphere. Residents gather for block parties, mingle at dog parks and converse at coffee shops, creating an ambiance similar to that of a much smaller community.
The publication compiled its list based on the following rubric: a city’s job market strength was worth 20%; its cost of living 25%; quality of life 30%; and desirability index and net migration were worth a cumulative 25%. Data in the rankings came from the U.S. Census Bureau, the FBI, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and U.S. News’ own research.
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Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States. Founded after the American Revolution as the seat of government of the newly independent country, Washington was named after George Washington, first President of the United States and Founding Father. Washington is the principal city of the Washington metropolitan area, which has a population of 6,131,977. As the seat of the United States federal government and several international organizations, the city is an important world political capital. Washington is one of the most visited cities in the world, with more than 20 million annual tourists.The signing of the Residence Act on July 16, 1790, approved the creation of a capital district located along the Potomac River on the country's East Coast. The U.S. Constitution provided for a federal district under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Congress, and the District is therefore not a part of any state. The states of Maryland and Virginia each donated land to form the federal district, which included the pre-existing settlements of Georgetown and Alexandria. The City of Washington was founded in 1791 to serve as the new national capital. In 1846, Congress returned the land originally ceded by Virginia; in 1871, it created a single municipal government for the remaining portion of the District.
Washington had an estimated population of 693,972 as of July 2017, making it the 20th largest American city by population. Commuters from the surrounding Maryland and Virginia suburbs raise the city's daytime population to more than one million during the workweek. The Washington metropolitan area, of which the District is the principal city, has a population of over 6 million, the sixth-largest metropolitan statistical area in the country.
All three branches of the U.S. federal government are centered in the District: U.S. Congress (legislative), President (executive), and the U.S. Supreme Court (judicial). Washington is home to many national monuments and museums, which are primarily situated on or around the National Mall. The city hosts 177 foreign embassies as well as the headquarters of many international organizations, trade unions, non-profit, lobbying groups, and professional associations, including the Organization of American States, AARP, the National Geographic Society, the Human Rights Campaign, the International Finance Corporation, and the American Red Cross.
A locally elected mayor and a 13‑member council have governed the District since 1973. However, Congress maintains supreme authority over the city and may overturn local laws. D.C. residents elect a non-voting, at-large congressional delegate to the House of Representatives, but the District has no representation in the Senate. The District receives three electoral votes in presidential elections as permitted by the Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1961.
National Drinking Water Week - Thomas Jacobus, P.E. - GM of DC Federal Drinking Water Plant
J. Scott Shipe - Government Affairs Chair Interviews Thomas Jocobus, P.E. - General Manager for the Dalecarlia Water Treatment Plant - Source of Drinking Water for Washington, DC -
Mr. Jacobus talks about National Drinking Water Week scheduled for May 4-10, 2014 - Remember Water Matters! Our most important resource!
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For more than 30 years the Chesapeake Section (Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia of the American Water Works Association has celebrated Drinking Water Week with its membership.
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In 1988, our organization brought the event to the attention of the US government and formed a coalition along with the League of Women Voters, the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators and the US Environmental Protection Agency.
Rep. Robert Roe and Sen. Dennis DeConcini subsequently sponsored a resolution to name the first week of May as Drinking Water Week, and an information kit was distributed to the media and to more than 10,000 utilities. Willard Scott, the NBC Today Show weatherman, was featured in public service announcements that aired between May 2 and 8. The week-long observance was declared in a Joint Congressional Resolution and signed by then-President Ronald Reagan.
The following year we approached several organizations to participate. Through those efforts the National Drinking Water Alliance was formed of 15 nonprofit educational, professional and public interest organizations. The Alliance dedicated itself to public awareness and involvement in public and private drinking water issues and continued its work to organize a major annual educational campaign built around Drinking Water Week.
The power of the multi-organization Alliance enabled Drinking Water Week to grow into widespread and committed participation throughout the United States and Canada. In 1991, the Alliance launched a national campaign to inform the public about America's drinking water. The group distributed a kit containing ideas for celebrating Drinking Water Week, conservation fact and tip sheets, news release and posters. The theme was There's a lot more to drinking water than meets the eye. That same year, Robert Redford recorded a radio PSA on behalf of Drinking Water Week.
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The Washington Aqueduct is an aqueduct that provides the public water supply system serving Washington, D.C., and parts of its suburbs. One of the first major aqueduct projects in the United States, the Aqueduct was commissioned by Congress in 1852, and construction began in 1853 under the supervision of Montgomery C. Meigs and the US Army Corps of Engineers (which still owns and operates the system). Portions of the Aqueduct went online on January 3, 1859, and the full pipeline began operating in 1864. The system has been in continuous use ever since. It is listed as a National Historic Landmark, and the Union Arch Bridge within the system is listed as a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
McMillan Water Treatment Plant
Treated water is supplied to the District from the Dalecarlia and McMillan WTPs. The original Dalecarlia WTP was completed in 1928. The plant capacity was increased in the 1950's by the addition of two additional sedimentation basins, a 30 MG clearwell, a 577 MGD finished water pumping station and additional filters. A new chemical building and an additional filter building were completed in 1964. The plant has a capacity of 164 million gallons per day (MGD) based on filtration rates of two gallons per minute per square foot, and a maximum capacity of 264 MGD. Its treatment scheme consists of screening, chemical additions for flocculation and sedimentation, rapid sand filtration, and chemical additions for chlorination, fluoridation and pH control.
The original McMillan WTP was constructed in 1905 as a slow sand filter plant. It was replaced in 1985, with a new rapid sand filtration plant at the same site with an average design capacity of 120 MGD based on a filter design rate of 4 gpm/sf, and a maximum capacity of 180 MGD.
The design capacity of the Dalecarlia and McMillan WTPs was based on population growth and water use projections greater than have been realized. Consequently, the treatment capacity of the plants exceeds the day-to-day demands and peak requirements of the customers.
Today the Dalecarlia Water Treatment Plant supplies water to Washington, DC, Arlington County and the City of Falls Church.
pumping and treating approximately 135,000,000 gallons per day or 135 MGD.
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In episode 27 of Supreme Court Briefs, a gun ban in the District of Columbia gets challenged, and the Supreme Court seriously looks at the 2nd amendment for the first time in nearly 70 years.
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Robert A. Levy of the libertarian think tank the Cato Institute, seeks to challenge a DC law that made it illegal to possess handguns, automatic guns, or high capacity semi-automatic guns. In fact, the law, which had been effect since 1976, said DC residents couldn’t even keep them in their own homes.
Levy tries to find DC residents to sue the city, based on his argument that the gun ban went against the Second Amendment of the Constitution. Levy would fund the whole thing. He found six residents with various backgrounds who agreed to sue, among them Shelly Parker, a software designer who wanted a gun to defend herself against violent drug dealers in her neighborhood. Levy chose her to be the leading plaintiff. Also among the plaintiffs was a dude named Dick Heller. Heller was a licensed police officer who got to carry a gun for his security job guarding federal buildings, yet it was illegal for him to have a gun in his own home. Heller was passionately against the gun ban and spent years fighting it, even previously going to the National Rifle Association, or NRA, in attempt to sue the city. The NRA had declined.
In district court, Levy and his plaintiffs had no success. In fact, District Court Judge Ricardo Urbina dismissed the lawsuit. However, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reversed that dismissal, saying D.C.’s gun ban was unconstitutional. The Court argued that the Second Amendment “protects an individual right to keep and bear arms.” They also argued that right existed before the Constitution existed, and that the idea of owning a gun was that it could be used for things like hunting and self-defense. Not only self-defense from intruders to the home, but even tyrannical governments. Woah. Man, bold statements there. Oh yeah, they also said the only plaintiff who could claim damage, though, was Dick Heller, who apparently was the only one who had applied for a handgun permit but was rejected.
The District of Columbia appealed to the Supreme Court, and Heller was like, “yeah, please do.” You see, the Supreme Court had kept pretty silent on The Second Amendment throughout American history. In fact, it hadn’t even considered the true meaning of the Second Amendment for about 70 years, so when it agreed to hear the case on November 20, 2007, it was certainly historic, which is why I guess I’m making a video about this case. I mean, duh, Mr. Beat.
Anyway, the Court heard oral arguments on March 18, 2008. The big question was “Did the DC law restricting access to guns kept in the home go against the Second Amendment?”
The Court said “yes.” On June 26, 2008, it announced it had sided with Heller. It was 5-4. The Court argued the Second Amendment wasn’t just about having a well-regulated militia, and that the term “militia” wasn’t just those serving in the military. They said the Second Amendment was also about individuals having the right to have weapons to defend themselves. So this part was independent from this part. So banning guns commonly used for protection violated the Second Amendment. However, the Court added that the Second Amendment is not unlimited. Not everyone should be able to get a weapon. It wasn’t a right to have a weapon whenever or for whatever purpose. And the type of weapon mattered. Extremely dangerous weapons, not commonly used for hunting or self defense could be banned. Really, most of the arguments revolved around the self-defense argument.
Gun Rights and the Supreme Court - Libertarian David Boaz
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Cato Institute Vice President David Boaz gives his opinion on gun rights in the United States, and discusses the impact of the Supreme Court's ruling on Heller v. District of Columbia - the 2008 overturning of the Washington, D.C. handgun ban.
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A key figure in the libertarian movement, Boaz surveys what he sees as the threats to freedom from the Bush administration and the current presidential candidates.
Though he is frustrated with many of the candidates' positions, he remains optimistic about the future of civil and economic liberties.
But he says that the future of freedom requires that Americans devote considerable effort to preserving and protecting these rights - The Commonwealth Club of California
Cato's executive vice president David Boaz has played a key role in the development of the Cato Institute and the libertarian movement. He is a provocative commentator and a leading authority on domestic issues such as education choice, drug legalization, the growth of government, and the rise of libertarianism. He is the author of Libertarianism: A Primer, described by the Los Angeles Times as a well-researched manifesto of libertarian ideas, the editor of The Libertarian Reader, and coeditor of the Cato Handbook on Policy.
Boaz is the former editor of New Guard magazine and was executive director of the Council for a Competitive Economy prior to joining Cato in 1981. His articles have been published in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, National Review, and Slate. He is a frequent guest on national television and radio shows, and has appeared on ABC's Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, CNN's Crossfire, NPR's Talk of the Nation and All Things Considered, John McLaughlin's One on One, Fox News Channel, BBC, Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and other media.
MPD Roundtable: The State of the DC Metropolitan Police
Public Oversight Roundtable: The State of the Metropolitan Police Department: Crime, Community Policing, and Selecting the Next Chief of Police
This is video of the final panel of the roundtable that lasted over 7 hours. The roundtable took place on November 3, 2016.
On this panel are:
** Kevin Donahue, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety & Justice/Deputy City Administrator
** Peter Newsham, Interim Chief of Police, Metropolitan Police Department
** Michael Tobin, Director, Office of Police Complaints
THE BUCK ACT AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
In order for you to understand the full import of what is happening, I must explain certain laws to you.
When passing new statutes, the Federal government always does everything according to the principles of law. In order for the Federal Government to tax a Citizen of one of the several states, they had to create some sort of contractual nexus. This contractual nexus is the Social Security Number.
In 1935, the federal government instituted Social Security.
The Social Security Board then created 10 Social Security Districts. The combination of these Districts resulted in a Federal area which covered all the several states like a clear plastic overlay.
In 1939, the federal government instituted the Public Salary Tax Act of 1939. This Act is a municipal law of the District of Columbia for taxing all federal and state government employees and those who live and work in any Federal area.
Now, the government knows it cannot tax those state Citizens who live and work outside the territorial jurisdiction of Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17 (1:8:17) or Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2 (4:3:2) in the U.S. Constitution. So, in 1940, Congress passed the Buck Act, 4 U.S.C.S. Sections 105-113. In Section 110(e), this Act authorized any department of the federal government to create a Federal area for imposition of the Public Salary Tax Act of 1939. This tax is imposed at 4 U.S.C.S. Sec. 111. The rest of the taxing law is found in the Internal Revenue Code. The Social Security Board had already created a Federal area overlay.
Therefore, all U.S. citizens [i.e. citizens of the District of Columbia] residing in one of the states of the Union, are classified as property, as franchisees of the federal government, and as an individual entity. See Wheeling Steel Corp. v. Fox, 298 U.S. 193, 80 L.Ed. 1143, 56 S.Ct. 773. Under the Buck Act, 4 U.S.C.S. Secs. 105-113, the federal government has created a Federal area within the boundaries of all the several states.
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A Primer of Ideas for the College-Bound Student: Hugh Hewitt Books
Hewitt is the son of Marguerite (née Rohl) and William Robert Hewitt. He attended John F. Kennedy Catholic High School in Warren, Ohio, and Harvard University, and graduated cum laude with a B.A. in government in 1978. After leaving Harvard, he worked as a ghostwriter for Richard Nixon in California and New York, before studying at the University of Michigan Law School, where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif. Hewitt received his J.D. degree in 1983, then moved to Washington D.C. to clerk for Judges Roger Robb and George MacKinnon on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1983–84.
Hewitt worked in many posts in the Reagan administration, including Deputy Director and General Counsel of the Office of Personnel Management, General Counsel for the National Endowment for the Humanities, Assistant White House Counsel and Special Assistant to the Attorney General.
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Born February 22, 1956 (age 62)
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University of Michigan (J.D.)
Occupation Radio talk show host, lawyer, academic, Television host, political commentator, author
Years active 1983–present
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Political party Republican Party
Spouse(s) Betsy Hewitt (m. 1982)
Hugh Hewitt (born February 22, 1956) is an American radio talk show host with the Salem Radio Network and a lawyer, academic, and author. A conservative and a Catholic,[1] he comments on society, politics, and media bias in the United States. Hewitt is also a law professor at Chapman University School of Law, and a regular political commentator on MSNBC and CNN.
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
3 Broadcasts
3.1 The Hugh Hewitt Show (radio)
3.2 Hugh Hewitt (television)
4 New media
5 2016 presidential election
6 Books
7 References
8 External links
Early life
Hewitt is the son of Marguerite (née Rohl) and William Robert Hewitt.[2][3][4] He attended John F. Kennedy Catholic High School[5] in Warren, Ohio, and Harvard University, and graduated cum laude with a B.A. in government in 1978. After leaving Harvard, he worked as a ghostwriter for Richard Nixon in California and New York, before studying at the University of Michigan Law School, where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif. Hewitt received his J.D. degree in 1983, then moved to Washington D.C. to clerk for Judges Roger Robb and George MacKinnon on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1983–84.
Hewitt worked in many posts in the Reagan administration, including Deputy Director and General Counsel of the Office of Personnel Management, General Counsel for the National Endowment for the Humanities, Assistant White House Counsel and Special Assistant to the Attorney General.[6]
Career
Hewitt returned to California in 1989 to oversee construction of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum as the library's executive director from groundbreaking through dedication and opening. In 1990, Hewitt sparked controversy by proposing screening of researchers wishing to use the library resources. Hewitt suggested refusing admission to researchers deemed unfriendly – specifically Bob Woodward, whom he characterized as not a responsible journalist. John Taylor, a spokesman for Nixon, overturned Hewitt's decision after two days.[7] It became the subject of editorial rebuke in The New York Times.
Hewitt left the Nixon Library in 1990 to practice law, and began a weekend radio talk show for the Los Angeles radio station KFI, where he broadcast until 1995. In the spring of 1992, he began co-hosting L.A. PBS member station KCET's nightly news and public affairs program, Life & Times, and remained with the program until the fall of 2001, when he began broadcasting his own radio show in the afternoons. Hewitt received three Emmys for his work on Life & Times on KCET, and also conceived and hosted the 1996 PBS series Searching for God in America.
He used to be a weekly columnist for the Daily Standard (the online edition of The Weekly Standard) and World. He also occasionally appears as a political/social commentator on programs such as The Dennis Miller Show, Hardball with Chris Matthews, Larry King Live, The O'Reilly Factor and The Today Show. On April 24, 2006, Hewitt appeared as a guest on The Colbert Report.
Hewitt has been criticized by Andrew Sullivan, who calls him a Christianist.[8] When Sullivan appeared on Hewitt's radio show to promote his book The Conservative Soul, a lively exchange ensued and Hewitt criticized Sullivan's book as intellectually messy.
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Man sets himself on fire on the National Mall in Washington DC (October 4, 2013)
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man set himself on fire on the National Mall in the nation's capital as passers-by rushed over to help douse the flames, officials and witnesses said Friday afternoon.
The reason for the self-immolation was not immediately clear and the man's identity was not disclosed. But it occurred in public view, on a central national gathering place, in a city still rattled by a mass shooting last month and a high-speed car chase outside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday that ended with a woman being shot dead by police.
The man on the Mall suffered life-threatening injuries and was airlifted to the hospital, said District of Columbia fire department spokesman Tim Wilson.
He was standing by himself in the center portion of the Mall when he emptied the contents of a red gasoline can on himself and set himself on fire moments later, said Katy Scheflen, who witnessed it as she walked across the area. Police say they responded around 4:20 p.m. Friday.
Scheflen said passing joggers took off their shirts in an effort to help douse the flames, and the man was clearly alive as the fire spread. A police department spokesman said he was conscious and breathing at the scene. MedStar Washington Hospital Center tweeted that the man was taken there and he was in critical condition.
There was not a lot people could do because it was a gasoline fire, Scheflen said.
She said he may have said something before he acted but it was nothing intelligible. She said she did not see him holding any signs before he set himself ablaze. She said there was another man with a tripod set up near him, but it's unclear if the man was filming the incident.
Lt. Pamela Smith of the U.S. Park Police, which is investigating along with the D.C. police department, said: I'm not aware of any signage or any articulation of any causes.
The D.C. police department has dispatched its violent crimes branch, which responds to cases in which a person suffers serious injury.
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D.C. Police Accused of Using Rape as Punishment Targeting Some Arrested During Trump Inauguration
- A shocking lawsuit accuses the Washington, D.C., police of using sexual abuse as a form of punishment targeting people arrested during protests against President Donald Trump’s inauguration. A complaint by four plaintiffs charges officers stripped them, grabbed their genitalia and inserted fingers into their anuses while other officers laughed. We speak with Scott Michelman, a senior attorney at the ACLU of the District of Columbia and lecturer at Harvard Law School.
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Stephen Lybrook Steve Neal (born November 7, 1934) is a former North Carolina Democratic politician who served ten terms in the U.S. House of Representatives (1975–1995).
Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Neal moved to California, graduated from Narbonne High School in Lomita in 1952, and eventually graduated from the University of Hawaii in 1959.
Neal was first elected to Congress in an upset victory over incumbent Republican Wilmer David Mizell, better known as former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Vinegar Bend Mizell. He chose not to seek re-election in 1994, and his seat was won that November by Republican Richard Burr.
Peter Jackson Hoagland (November 17, 1941 – October 30, 2007) was a politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. A member of the Democratic Party, Hoagland represented Nebraska's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1989 to 1995.
Hoagland was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and graduated from Omaha Central High School and then Stanford University in 1963. He was a first lieutenant in the United States Army from 1963 to 1965 during the Vietnam War. He graduated from Yale Law School in 1968 and was admitted to the bar the same year. He set up practice in Washington, D.C. as a clerk to Judge Oliver Gasch of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from 1969 to 1970. He was a staff attorney in the District of Columbia public defender service from 1970 to 1973.
Hoagland was elected to the Nebraska Legislature in 1978 and served until 1986 when he declined to seek re-election. However, in 1988, when Hal Daub decided to run for the U.S. Senate, Hoagland ran for the open seat and was elected to serve in the 101st Congress. He was re-elected in 1990 and 1992. In 1994, he was defeated for re-election by Jon Christensen; his defeat was attributed to the Republican Revolution. No other Democrats would be elected to represent Nebraska in the US House until Brad Ashford was elected in 2014.
Throughout his terms in Congress, Hoagland was a strong advocate for the environment. In 1990, The League of Conservation Voters released a National Environmental Scorecard ranking members of Congress on their environmental voting records. Peter Hoagland scored a perfect 100%. He was a member of the Episcopal church, the American Bar Association, and Common Cause.
After leaving Congress in 1995, Hoagland lived in Washington, D.C., where he worked for a law firm.
Hoagland suffered from Parkinson's disease for the last five years of his life. He died in Washington, D.C. on October 30, 2007 at age 65.
Thomas Joseph Tom Ridge (born August 26, 1945) is an American politician who served as the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security from 2001 to 2003, and the first United States Secretary of Homeland Security from 2003 to 2005. Prior to this, Ridge was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1995 and the 43rd Governor of Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Ridge was born in Munhall, Pennsylvania and raised in veterans' public housing in Erie, Pennsylvania. After graduating from Harvard University with honors, Ridge served in the army during the Vietnam War. He earned the Bronze Star, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation with Palm, and the Combat Infantryman Badge for his service. He then returned to Pennsylvania and completed his Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree at the Dickinson School of Law, graduating in 1972, and entered private practice.
As Assistant District Attorney in Erie, Ridge ran for Congress in his district, where he served six terms. He then ran for Governor in 1994, despite being little-known outside of northwest Pennsylvania. He won the election, and was reelected in 1998 with the most votes for a Republican governor in Pennsylvania (where Democrats outnumber Republicans by almost 500,000) in more than half a century.[1] As Governor of Pennsylvania, Ridge is credited for state-wide advances in economic development, education, health care and the environment.
Following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, U.S. President George W. Bush named Ridge the first Director of the newly created Office of Homeland Security. In January 2003, the Office of Homeland Security became an official Cabinet-level Department, the Department of Homeland Security, and Ridge became the first Secretary of Homeland Security. He served in these roles for Bush's first term as President, then retired and returned to the private sector.
Men clean and restore the exterior of the Washington Monument in Washington DC. HD Stock Footage
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Men clean and restore the exterior of the Washington Monument in Washington DC.
The Washington Monument in Washington DC, United States. A frame scaffold structure around the Washington Monument to give access for workers cleaning the historical building. Trained professional workers clean the monument and regrout between stones. Views of the surrounding National Mall area from the scaffold around the Washington Monument, including views toward the Capitol, the White House, and the Navy Buildings. View from a moving elevator descending the scaffolding. Location: Washington DC. Date: October 24, 1934.
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D.C. Councilman David Catania
David A. Catania (born January 16, 1968) is a politician from Washington, D.C. He is currently a member of the Council of the District of Columbia, where he serves as an independent, elected at-large (i.e., not from any specific ward or district of the city).
Originally from Kansas City, Missouri, Catania is a graduate of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and Georgetown University Law Center. He was elected to the Council as a Republican in a 1997 special election and was elected to full terms in 1998, 2002 and 2006.
Catania was the first openly gay member of the D.C. Council and one of a small number of openly gay Republican office-holders. This led to a conflict within his party when President George W. Bush spoke in favor of an amendment to the United States Constitution to ban same-sex marriage. Catania opposed the amendment and became a vocal opponent of Bush's 2004 reelection. In response, the District of Columbia Republican Committee de-certified him as a delegate to the 2004 Republican National Convention. In late September 2004, Catania left the party and became an independent, citing his displeasure with its direction on urban and social issues. He was re-elected in 2006 as an independent.
He currently is the chairperson of the Council's Committee on Health and is a member of the Committee on Government Operations and the Environment, the Committee on Libraries, Parks and Recreation, and the Committee on Finance and Revenue.
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The Legal Side of Humanism with Monica Miller
Monica Miller is Senior Counsel at the American Humanist Association’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center. She graduated from Pitzer College in 2008 and from Columbia University in 2009 with a Masters in Public Administration for Environmental Science and Policy. She graduated cum laude from Vermont Law School in 2012. Monica was a Dean’s Fellow at Vermont Law School where she taught first-year legal writing. She also created the Vermont Law School “Secular Law Students Association,” and was a semi-finalist in the 2012 Animal Law Moot Court Competition.
Since joining the AHA as an attorney in 2012, Ms. Miller has vigorously defended the separation of church and state by litigating Establishment Clause cases in federal courts across the country. In addition to litigation, Ms. Miller has successfully enjoined numerous constitutional infringements through legal demand letters sent to government entities such as schools, prisons, and city councils. Ms. Miller has written amicus briefs in support of cases of public interest, including several briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ms. Miller has appeared on Fox News and MSNBC, as well as local television stations and radio shows, and is regularly quoted by national and local media outlets throughout the country, including Fox News, Aljazeera, USA Today, Newsweek, the Washington Post, the National Law Journal, among many others.
In pursuit of her concern for fundamental rights, Monica is also an attorney for the Nonhuman Rights Project, working to obtain common law personhood rights for nonhuman animals.
A member of the California State Bar and U.S. Supreme Court Bar, Ms. Miller is also admitted to practice in: District of Columbia, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, United States District Court, Central California, United States District Court, Colorado and United States District Court, Northern District of Florida.
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