Ex-gov hails survivors who keep memory alive; Former NJ Gov. Christine Whitman told Holocaust educators, “We need always to be engaged because disengagement can lead to truly tragic occurrences.” By Robert Wiener NJ Jewish News April 30, 2009 [...]
The Specter Lesson: Moderate Republicans Like Christine Todd Whitman Must Lead GOP Thomas Jefferson Street blog/US News By Mary Kate Cary April 30, 2009 [...]
Christie Todd Whitman New York Times April 29, 2009 I have always admired Arlen Specter for his willingness to stand up for his principles and to put policy ahead of party when he thought it was necessary. I do, however, regret his decision to switch parties and I worry about the direction this country could go with a filibuster-proof Democratic majority. Some historians suggest that no president has had such power since 1937, when large Democratic majorities in Congress gave President Franklin Roosevelt tremendous leverage. The United States needs two vibrant, competitive parties. With the economic crisis, the war in Iraq and countless other issues facing the nation, the stakes are too high to simply let one ideological segment of the country determine our fate. If we are to prevent this kind of one-party dominance, Republicans need to reassess where we are and what we stand for — and we need [...]
by Tiffani N. Garlic The Star-Ledger April 27, 2009 The students sat transfixed as the black-and-white images of children their age in dirty prison uniforms gazed at them from behind barbed wire fences. And, when those victims of genocide in Rwanda revealed scars from machetes that had hacked their faces and bodies, everyone gasped. [...]
Whitman speaks at RVCC luncheon on making a difference, education By BRANDON LAUSCH My Central Jersey (Home News Tribune and Courier News) April 24, 2009 [...]
Ex-governor, and local author honored as "women of distinction" By BOBBI SEIDEL Asbury Park Press April 23, 2009 [...]
GOP Should Remove ‘Traditional Marriage’ Plank from Party Platform, Whitman Says By Josiah Ryan CNSNews.com April 20, 2009 [...]
GOP Should Remove ‘Traditional Marriage’ Plank from Party Platform, Whitman Says By Josiah Ryan CNSNews.com April 20, 2009 [...]
Christie Todd Whitman The Record April 26, 2009 While the current economic crisis poses a tremendous challenge for our nation’s families as well as our leaders, it also brings a tremendous opportunity for governments at all levels to prioritize their spending. This is, after all, one of the primary functions of an executive – to cautiously examine spending proposals and only choose those that are appropriate and most important. [...]
A Revived EPA Takes on Climate Change and More Under President Obama, the Environmental Protection Agency is starting to flex its muscles again By Kent Garber U.S.News & World Report April 10, 2009 [...]