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Christie Rails Against Obama at CPAC in Chicago
ABC News June 9, 2012 New Jersey governor Chris Christie blasted President Barack Obama today, calling his comments at the White House “the core difference between who we are and what he represents for America.” [...]
Letter: Romney backer would like to see Christie Whitman for VP
By Maggie Carpenter, Stuart TCPalm (FL) June 7, 2012 As noted by Peggy Fisher's May 17 letter, I too have been a Mitt Romney backer from the get-go and am happy to see that he is really gathering steam as we head into the convention season. However, as an alternative choice for running mate I would submit Christie Whitman, former [...]
Editorial: The Danger Downwind
New York Times May 23, 2012 In 2006, then-Senator Barack Obama co-sponsored a tough law aimed at protecting the public from an accident or terrorist attack at one of the nation’s chemical plants. Opposed by industry and President George W. Bush’s White House, the bill never made it to the Senate floor. A weak substitute was passed instead, and the [...]
Opinion: No Love Lost — Politics as Usual in New Jersey
By Michael Aron NJ Spotlight May 14, 2012 Politics can be a blood sport in the Garden State, but does that actually interfere with business getting done? [...]
Christine Todd Whitman: Most Republican Women Support Abortion Rights
By Anna North BuzzFeed 14 May, 2012 Former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman says Republicans in Congress have lost their way on abortion — and the state should get out of the business of marriage. [...]
Ex-Governor Whitman leads Delaware Bay book launch
By Phillip Tomlinson The News of Cumberland County May 12, 2012 COMMERCIAL TWP. — Conservationists of all stripes gathered in Bivalve Friday morning to launch the new book, “Life Along the Delaware Bay,” a written and pictorial celebration of the bay and the diverse ecosystems it supports. [...]
Editorial: The Risk From Chemical Plants
New York Times May 3, 2012 More than a decade after 9/11, thousands of facilities that produce, store or use highly toxic chemicals remain vulnerable to a terrorist attack or accident that could kill or injure hundreds of thousands of people living downwind of an explosion. A Congressional Research Service report identifies 483 facilities in 43 states where a chemical [...]
Duke Estate Reopens
By Heather Haddon Wall Street Journal May 2, 2012 Bucolic Grounds Become Public Park, Conservation Center [...]
Christine Todd Whitman, women leaders share advice at Baker Center
By Georgiana Vines KnoxNews.com April 26, 2012 Christine Todd Whitman, a former New Jersey governor and Environmental Protection Agency administrator, told an all-female audience in Knoxville on Thursday that it's important to let elected officials know what's on their minds. [...]
Christine Todd Whitman’s View From the Middle
April 25, 2012 Christine Todd Whitman knows well the view from the middle. A moderate Republican, Whitman was elected New Jersey’s first female governor in 1994. In 2001, she was appointed administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under President George W. Bush, but she left just two years later after conflicts with what she later described as a divisive political [...]
Opinion: Reading the Highlands Tea Leaves
By Michael Catania NJ Spotlight April 19, 2012 Christie's next moves will signal his true intentions [...]
Governors Rendell and Whitman on Election 2012: It’s been a shameful clown show
By NCC Staff National Constitution Center/Constitution Daily April 6, 2012 Today at the National Constitution Center, former Governors Ed Rendell and Christine Todd Whitman offered contrasting perspectives and firsthand knowledge of Election 2012′s key players and issues. David Eisner, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderated. [...]