Bill Richardson - Revision history

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Release of hostages

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Richardson alleges Saddam has WMD: Spelling, grammar, and general cleanup, typos fixed: February 11, 1998 → February 11, 1998,

Mr. Nationalist: RIP

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1990'sguy at 10:53, August 31, 2019

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1990'sguy: Yikes! The Bill Richardson who founded GOA is a completely different person.

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Yikes! The Bill Richardson who founded GOA is a completely different person.

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Founded Conservative Second Amendment Lobby: Gun Owners of America

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 == Release of hostages ==
-In 1995 Richardson accompanied by [[Peter Bourne]] traveled to [[Baghdad]] for a meeting with [[Saddam Hussein]] to negotiate the release of two Americans at the request of the Clinton White House. Richardson and Bourne subsequently collaborated on a number of such efforts in [[Iran]], the [[United Arab Emirates]], [[Kenya]], and [[North Korea]].<ref>*[http://www.hermanos.org/Backfire.htm ''Annals of Diplomacy Backfire''], Carl Nagin, The New Yorker, 1998.</ref>
+In 1995 Richardson accompanied by [[Peter Bourne]] traveled to [[Baghdad]] for a meeting with [[Saddam Hussein]] to [[negotiate]] the release of two Americans at the request of the Clinton White House. Richardson and Bourne subsequently collaborated on a number of such efforts in [[Iran]], the [[United Arab Emirates]], [[Kenya]], and [[North Korea]].<ref>*[http://www.hermanos.org/Backfire.htm ''Annals of Diplomacy Backfire''], Carl Nagin, The New Yorker, 1998.</ref>
 Richardson has led several missions to win the release of hostages. In his autobiography and interviews, he jokes that he was chosen for these missions because "bad guys like me."

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 ==Richardson alleges Saddam has WMD==
-On February 11, 1998 Bill Richardson told Margaret Warner of the PBS News Hour regarding [[Saddam Hussein]] and [[weapons of mass destruction]],
+On February 11, 1998, Bill Richardson told Margaret Warner of the PBS News Hour regarding [[Saddam Hussein]] and [[weapons of mass destruction]],
 :''"We think this man is a threat to the international community, and he threatens a lot of the neighbors in his region and future generations there with anthrax and VX....Are we going to stand back and allow Saddam Hussein to continue developing Weapons of Mass Destruction?"''<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june98/iraq_2-11.html Ambassador Bill Richardson, Online Focus], The News Hour Transcript, 11 February 1998.</ref>

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-'''William Blaine "Bill" Richardson''' (born November 15, 1947) served as the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Governor of the State of [[New Mexico]] from 2003 to 2011. He previously has served as a Congressman, United States Ambassadors to the United Nations, and [[United States Secretary of Energy|U.S. Secretary of Energy]].<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/03/transition.wrap/index.html Obama nominates Richardson for Cabinet.]</ref> He was nominated as Secretary of Commerce in the [[Obama Administration]] but was forced to withdraw when he became the target of a [[corruption]] investigation regarding [[Pay to play]] (forcing businessmen to make campaign contributions before they could get a contract from the state government); in 2009, federal prosecutors dropped the pending investigation against Richardson although several close aides and appointees are now serving time upon being convicted.
+'''William Blaine "Bill" Richardson''' (November 15, 1947 &ndash; September 1, 2023) served as the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Governor of the State of [[New Mexico]] from 2003 to 2011. He previously has served as a Congressman, United States Ambassadors to the United Nations, and [[United States Secretary of Energy|U.S. Secretary of Energy]].<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/03/transition.wrap/index.html Obama nominates Richardson for Cabinet.]</ref> He was nominated as Secretary of Commerce in the [[Obama Administration]] but was forced to withdraw when he became the target of a [[corruption]] investigation regarding [[Pay to play]] (forcing businessmen to make campaign contributions before they could get a contract from the state government); in 2009, federal prosecutors dropped the pending investigation against Richardson although several close aides and appointees are now serving time upon being convicted.
 Although Richardson has no historic connection to the [[Latino]] population of the U.S. (his mother was from Mexico), he moved to New Mexico and became governor to capitalize on his Hispanic connections and looks. His political career is independent of the Latino community.

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 Wen Ho Lee was a Taiwanese-American scientist who worked for the University of California at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.  Lee was publicly named by [[United States Department of Energy]] officials, including Secretary Bill Richardson, as a suspect in the theft of classified nuclear-related documents from Los Alamos.<ref name="cnn">{{cite news| last =Mears| first =Bill| title =Deal in Wen Ho Lee case may be imminent| publisher =[[CNN]]| date =May 22, 2006| url =http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/22/scotus.wenholee/| access-date = 2008-11-07}}</ref> Richardson was criticized by the Senate for his handling of the espionage inquiry by not testifying in front of [[United States Congress|Congress]] sooner. Richardson was less than truthful in his response by saying that he was waiting to uncover more information before speaking to Congress.<ref name=byrdtranscript>Christopher McCaleb, Ian, [http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/06/21/los.alamos/index.html "Richardson says FBI has determined drives did not leave Los Alamos"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070320152228/http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/06/21/los.alamos/index.html |date=2007-03-20 }}, ''[[CNN]]'', June 21, 2000.</ref>
-On December 10, 1999, Lee was arrested, indicted on 59 counts, and jailed in [[solitary confinement]] without bail for 278 days until September 13, 2000, when he accepted a [[plea bargain]] from the federal government. Lee was released on time served after the government's case against him could not be proven.<ref name="cnn"/> He was ultimately charged with only one count of mishandling sensitive documents that did not require pre-trial solitary confinement, while the other 58 counts were dropped.
+On December 10, 1999, Lee was arrested, indicted on 59 counts, and jailed in [[solitary confinement]] without bail for 278 days until September 13, 2000, when he accepted a [[plea bargain]] from the federal government. Lee was released on time served after the government's case against him could not be proven.<ref name="cnn"/> He was ultimately charged with only one count of mishandling sensitive documents that did not require pre-trial solitary confinement, while the other 58 counts were dropped.  Just before releasing Lee, Judge Parker told him: "It is only the top decision makers in the Executive Branch ... who have caused embarrassment by the way this case began and was handled. They did not embarrass me alone. They have embarrassed our entire nation and each of us who is a citizen of it. I might say that I am also sad and troubled because I do not know the real reasons why the Executive Branch has done all of this.'<ref>https://racism.org/809/</ref>
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	Richardson has led several missions to win the release of hostages. In his autobiography and interviews, he jokes that he was chosen for these missions because "bad guys like me."		Richardson has led several missions to win the release of hostages. In his autobiography and interviews, he jokes that he was chosen for these missions because "bad guys like me."
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		+	Wen Ho Lee was a Taiwanese-American scientist who worked for the University of California at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Lee was publicly named by [[United States Department of Energy]] officials, including Secretary Bill Richardson, as a suspect in the theft of classified nuclear-related documents from Los Alamos.<ref name="cnn">{{cite news\| last =Mears\| first =Bill\| title =Deal in Wen Ho Lee case may be imminent\| publisher =[[CNN]]\| date =May 22, 2006\| url =http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/22/scotus.wenholee/\| access-date = 2008-11-07}}</ref> Richardson was criticized by the Senate for his handling of the espionage inquiry by not testifying in front of [[United States Congress\|Congress]] sooner. Richardson was less than truthful in his response by saying that he was waiting to uncover more information before speaking to Congress.<ref name=byrdtranscript>Christopher McCaleb, Ian, [http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/06/21/los.alamos/index.html "Richardson says FBI has determined drives did not leave Los Alamos"] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070320152228/http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/06/21/los.alamos/index.html \|date=2007-03-20 }}, ''[[CNN]]'', June 21, 2000.</ref>
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		+	On December 10, 1999, Lee was arrested, indicted on 59 counts, and jailed in [[solitary confinement]] without bail for 278 days until September 13, 2000, when he accepted a [[plea bargain]] from the federal government. Lee was released on time served after the government's case against him could not be proven.<ref name="cnn"/> He was ultimately charged with only one count of mishandling sensitive documents that did not require pre-trial solitary confinement, while the other 58 counts were dropped.

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 ==Founded Conservative Second Amendment Lobby: Gun Owners of America==
-[[Gun Owners of America]] (GOA), a [[non-profit]] [[conservative]] [[gun rights]] [[lobbying]] organization based in [[Virgina]], was founded in 1975 by Senator Richardson. GOA most consistently supports the [[right to bear arms]] (both for the individual [[citizen]]'s [[self defense]] and for the [[Militia]]) under the [[Second Amendment]], and related [[rights]] necessary to preserve the Second Amendment right, such as the [[First Amendment]] right of [[political]] [[free speech]]. Congressman [[Ron Paul]] has called GOA "The only no compromise gun lobby in [[Washington]]."
+[[Gun Owners of America]] (GOA), a [[non-profit]] [[conservative]] [[gun rights]] [[lobbying]] organization based in [[Virginia]], was founded in 1975 by Senator Richardson. GOA most consistently supports the [[right to bear arms]] (both for the individual [[citizen]]'s [[self defense]] and for the [[Militia]]) under the [[Second Amendment]], and related [[rights]] necessary to preserve the Second Amendment right, such as the [[First Amendment]] right of [[political]] [[free speech]]. Congressman [[Ron Paul]] has called GOA "The only no compromise gun lobby in [[Washington]]."
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 *[[Ken Salazar]]
 *[[Carlos Chavez]]
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 On February 11, 1998 Bill Richardson told Margaret Warner of the PBS News Hour regarding [[Saddam Hussein]] and [[weapons of mass destruction]],
-:''"We think this man is a threat to the international community, and he threatens a lot of the neighbors in his region and future generations there with anthrax and VX....Are we going to stand back and allow Saddam Hussein to continue developing Weapons of Mass Destruction?"''<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june98/iraq_2-11.html Ambassador Bill Richardson, Online Focus], The News Hour Transcript, 11 February 1998.</ref>
+:''"We think this man is a threat to the international community, and he threatens a lot of the neighbors in his region and future generations there with anthrax and VX....Are we going to stand back and allow Saddam Hussein to continue developing Weapons of Mass Destruction?"''<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june98/iraq_2-11.html Ambassador Bill Richardson, Online Focus], The News Hour Transcript, 11 February 1998.</ref>
 ==Governor==
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 ==Tax policies==
-Richardson was elected governor of New Mexico in November 2002. In his first year, Richardson proposed and won passage of Reagan-style "tax cuts to promote growth and investment" and passed a broad personal income tax cut and won a statewide special election to transfer money from the state's Permanent Fund to meet current expenses and projects.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030201-20051229re_/https://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030219-071745-7704r New Mexico cuts taxes to stimulate economy],  Phil Magers, United Press International, 2/19/2003.</ref>
+Richardson was elected governor of New Mexico in November 2002. In his first year, Richardson proposed and won passage of Reagan-style "tax cuts to promote growth and investment" and passed a broad personal income tax cut and won a statewide special election to transfer money from the state's Permanent Fund to meet current expenses and projects.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030201-20051229re_/https://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030219-071745-7704r New Mexico cuts taxes to stimulate economy],  Phil Magers, United Press International, 2/19/2003.</ref>
 ==Accounting scandal==