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Howard Henry Baker, Jr. (born November 15, 1925) is a former Senate Majority Leader, Republican U.S. Senator from Tennessee, White House Chief of Staff, and a former United States Ambassador to Japan.

Known in Washington, D.C. as the "Great Conciliator," Baker is often regarded as one of the most successful senators in terms of brokering compromises, enacting legislation, and maintaining civility. A story is sometimes told of a reporter telling a senior Democratic senator that privately, a plurality of his Democratic colleagues would vote for Baker for President of the United States. The senator is reported to have replied, "You're wrong. He'd win a majority."

Family history Baker was born in Huntsville, in Scott County, Tennessee. He attended The McCallie School in Chattanooga, and after graduating he attended Tulane University in New Orleans. During World War II, he trained at a U.S. Navy facility on the campus of the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. He served in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946 and graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1949. That same year, he was admitted to the Tennessee bar and commenced his practice. The rotunda at the University of Tennessee College of Law is now

Contents� 1 Family history� 2 Political career

� 2.1 The Senate� 2.2 Further activities � 2.3 Honors

� 3 Personal life � 4 See also� 5 References� 6 Further reading� 7 External links

Howard Henry Baker, Jr.

United States Senator from Tennessee

In officeJanuary 3, 1967 – January 3, 1985

Preceded by Ross BassSucceeded by Al Gore

12th White House Chief of Staff In office

1987 – 1988President Ronald ReaganPreceded by Donald ReganSucceeded by Ken Duberstein

13th United States Senate Majority Leader In office

January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1985Deputy Ted Stevens (whip)Preceded by Robert Byrd (D)Succeeded by Bob Dole (R)

15th United States Senate Minority Leader In office

January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1981Deputy Ted Stevens (whip)Preceded by Hugh Scott (R)Succeeded by Robert Byrd (D)

26th United States Ambassador to Japan In office

July 5, 2001 – February 17, 2005

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named for him. While delivering a commencement speech during his grandson’s graduation at East Tennessee State University (Johnson City), Baker was awarded an honorary doctorate degree on May 5, 2007. Baker is an alumnus of the Alpha Sigma Chapter of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity.

Baker's father, Howard H. Baker, Sr., served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1951 until 1964. He represented a traditionally Republican district in east Tennessee.

Political career

The Senate

The younger Baker began his own political career in 1964, when he lost an election to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Estes Kefauver to the liberal Democrat Ross Bass. In the 1966 Senate election, Bass lost the Democratic primary to former Governor Frank G. Clement. In the general election, Baker capitalized on Clement's failure to energize the Democratic base, specifically Tennessee labor, and won. He thus became the first elected Republican senator from Tennessee since Reconstruction. (Newell Sanders, a Republican who represented Tennessee in the U.S. Senate from 1912 to 1913, had been appointed by Republican Governor Ben W. Hooper when Democrat Robert Love Taylor died in office.)[1]

In 1971, President Richard Nixon asked Baker to fill one of two empty seats on the U.S. Supreme Court.[2] When Baker took too long to decide whether he wanted the appointment or not, Nixon changed his mind and decided to nominate William Rehnquist instead.[3]

Baker was re-elected in 1972 and again in 1978, and served from January 3, 1967, to January 3, 1985. For the last eight of those years, he led the Senate Republicans, with two terms as Senate Minority Leader (1977–1981) and two terms as Senate Majority Leader (1981–1985). Baker was also the influential ranking minority member of the Senate committee, chaired by Senator Sam Ervin, that investigated the Watergate scandal. He is famous for having asked aloud, "What did the President know and when did he know it?", a question given him to ask by his counsel and former campaign manager, future U.S. Senator FredThompson.

Baker was frequently mentioned by insiders as possible nominee for Vice President of the United States on a ticket headed by incumbent President Gerald Ford in 1976 and, according to many sources, a front-runner for this post. Ford, however, in a surprising move, chose KansasSenator Bob Dole.[4]

Baker ran for President in 1980, dropping out of the race for the GOP nomination after losing the Iowa caucuses to George H.W. Bush and the New Hampshire Primary to Ronald Reagan. Baker's duties as Senate Minority Leader prevented him from campaigning heavily in these important early test races.

Senator Baker

President George W. BushPreceded by Tom FoleySucceeded by Tom Schieffer

Born November 15, 1925 Huntsville, Tennessee

Nationality AmericanPolitical party RepublicanSpouse(s) (1) Joy Dirksen (deceased);

(2) Nancy Landon Kassebaum Religion Presbyterian



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Further activities

He did not seek re-election in 1984, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom the same year. However, as a testament to his skill as a negotiator and honest and amiable broker, Reagan tapped him to serve as Chief of Staff during part of his second term (1987–1988). Many saw this as a move to mend relations with the Senate, which had deteriorated somewhat under the previous Chief of Staff, Donald Regan. (Baker had complained that Regan had become a too-powerful "Prime Minister" inside an increasingly complex Imperial Presidency.) In accepting this appointment, Baker chose to skip another bid for the White House in 1988.[5]

In 2001, the Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy was set up at the University of Tennessee in honor of the former senator. Vice President Dick Cheney gave a speech at the 2005 ground-breaking ceremony for the Center's new building.

Baker is currently Senior Counsel to the law firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz.[6] He is also an Advisory Board member for the Partnership for a Secure America, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to recreating the bipartisan center in American national security and foreign policy. Baker also holds a seat on the board of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems', a non-Profit which provides international election support.[7]

Honors

� Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1984.� Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Blossoms, Grand Cordon, 2008 (Japan).[8]

Personal life Baker has been married to the daughters of two prominent Republicans. Since 1996 he has been married to former U.S. Senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum, the daughter of the late Kansas Governor Alfred M. Landon, who was the Republican nominee for President in 1936. Baker's late first wife, Joy, who died of cancer, was the daughter of former Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen. Howard Baker is a Presbyterian.

See also � Snail darter controversy

References1. ^ Hooper himself had been elected governor in 1910, the result of severe division among the Democrats over

Prohibition. A large faction of Democrats (calling themselves "independents") endorsed Hooper, joined forces with the Republicans, and put him in. Hooper managed to get reelected in 1912 for a second 2-year term, but by 1914 the Democrats had regrouped and coalesced. During his four years as governor Hooper felt obliged to hire armed bodyguards, including when he was around the Democratic legislature.

2. ^ Dean, John. (2001). Rehnquist Choice: The Untold Story of the Nixon Appointment that Redefined the Supreme Court, p. 289.

3. ^ Renchburg's the One! - New York Times

Howard Baker with Bill Frist, Bob Corker, and Lamar

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"The Senate commends its former colleague - for a lifetime of distinguished service to the country and confers upon him the thanks of a grateful Nation."

-Senate Resolution, Feb. 17, 2005

Capping a distinguished public-service career as senator, presidential advisor and ambassador, Howard H. Baker, Jr. returned in February 2005 to Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, the law firm his grandfather founded and where he formerly practiced with his father, the late U.S. Rep. Howard H. Baker. As Senior Counsel to the Firm, Senator Baker focuses his practice on public policy and international matters.

Senator Baker's return followed his service as 26th U.S. Ambassador to Japan, a position to which President George W. Bush appointed him in 2001. The appointment was yet another milestone in a public-service career that began in 1966, when Senator Baker became the first Republican popularly elected to the U.S. Senate from Tennessee.

Senator Baker gained national recognition in 1973 as Vice Chairman of the Senate Watergate Committee. Three years later, he was keynote speaker at the Republican National Convention and was a 1980 candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. He concluded his Senate career in 1985 after two terms as Majority Leader (1981 to 1985) and two terms as Minority Leader (1977 to 1981). He was President Reagan's Chief of Staff from February 1987 to July 1988.

A delegate to the United Nations in 1976, Senator Baker has extensive foreign policy experience. He served on the President's Foreign Intelligence Board from 1985 to 1987 and from 1988 to 1990 and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs. He serves on the board of the Forum of International Policy and is an International Counselor for the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Among his many awards are the 1984 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, and the Jefferson Award for Greatest Public Service Performed by an Elected or Appointed Official, which he received in 1982. An accomplished photographer, Senator Baker received The American Society of Photographers' International Award in 1993 and was elected into the Photo Marketing Association's Hall of Fame in 1994. He has received honorary degrees from such institutions as Yale University, Dartmouth College, Georgetown University, Bradley University, Pepperdine University and Centre College.

Senator Baker is the author of four books: No Margin for Error (1980); Howard Baker's Washington (1982); Big South Fork Country (1993) and Scott's Gulf (2000).

Professional Experience

U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 2001 to 2005

Chief of Staff, President Ronald Reagan, 1987 to 1988

U.S. Senate (R-TN), 1967 to 1985

U.S. Senate Majority Leader, 1981 to 1985

U.S. Senate Minority Leader, 1977 to 1981

U.S. Navy, 1943 to 1946

Professional Honors & Activities

Recipient - Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1984

Recipient - Jefferson Award for Greatest Public Service Performed by an

Elected or Appointed Official, 1982

Recipient - Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers, Japan's

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International

International Transactions and Trade

Japan Relations

Public Policy - Federal

Awards

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presidential advisorand ambassador, Howard H. Baker, Jr. returned in February 2005 to Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, the law firm his grandfather founded and where he formerly practiced with his father, the late U.S. Rep. Howard H. Baker. As Senior Counsel to the Firm, Senator Baker focuses hispractice on public policy and international matters.

Senator Baker's return followed his service as 26th U.S. Ambassador toJapan, a position to which President George W. Bush appointed him in 2001. The appointment was yet another milestone in a public-service career thatbegan in 1966, when Senator Baker became the first Republican popularly elected to the U.S. Senate from Tennessee.

Three years later, he was keynote speaker at the Republican National Convention and was a 1980 candidate for theRepublican presidential nomination. He concluded his Senate career in 1985 after two terms as Majority Leader (1981 to 1985) and two terms as Minority Leader (1977 to 1981). He was President Reagan's Chief of Staff from February 1987 to July 1988.

*Names with an asterisk indicate a Baker Donelson professional not admitted to the practice of law.

Highest Honor for Civilians, 2008

Recipient - American Lawyer Magazine Lifetime Achievement Award,

2008

Recipient - United States Capitol Historical Society Freedom Award, 2008

Delegate - United Nations, 1976

Member - President's Foreign Intelligence Board, 1985 to 1987, 1988 to

1990

Member - Council on Foreign Relations

Member - Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs

Board Member - Forum of International Policy

International Counselor - Center for Strategic and International Studies

Board Member - Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation

Board Member - Museum of Appalachia Foundation

Member - Citigroup International Advisory Board

Member - Photo Marketing Association Hall of Fame, 1994

Honorary Co-Chair - "Saving the Last Great Places of Tennessee"

Conservation Campaign, Tennessee Chapter of The Nature Conservancy

(2006)

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in Government Relations Law

and International Trade and Finance Law

Education

University of Tennessee Law College

Tulane University

University of the South

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Sheila P. Burke, Senior Public Policy Advisor in the Washington, DC office, brings a deep knowledge of federal policy and programs drawn from her distinguished career in the private and public sectors to provide clients with the perspective they need for effective strategic and public policy decision making.

In addition to her role at the firm, Ms. Burke continues as a faculty member at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University where she teaches a health policy course and co-directs a public policy simulation exercise. She remains a faculty research fellow at Harvard's Malcolm Weiner Center for Social Policy. From 1996 to 2000, she was Executive Dean and lecturer in public policy at the Kennedy School. She also serves as a Research Professor at the Public Policy Institute as well as a Distinguished Visitor at the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University.

Ms. Burke served for 19 years on Capitol Hill. Early in her career she was a member of the staff of the Senate Finance Committee responsible for legislation relating to Medicare, Medicaid and other health programs. She ultimately became Deputy Staff Director of the Finance Committee. She went on to serve as Deputy Chief of Staff to Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole and then his Chief of Staff. In these roles she was involved with numerous legislative issues including those related to Medicare, Medicaid and the Maternal and Child Health programs, welfare reform, budget reconciliation and the previous legislative efforts to reform health care. In 1995, she was elected as Secretary of the Senate, the chief administrative officer of the United States Senate.

In addition to her government and academic experience, Ms. Burke served as the Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer of the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum and research complex. As the Chief Operating Officer she had responsibility for the overall operations of the 19 individual museums and galleries, the National Zoo, and nine research facilities located in Washington, DC, five states and 150 foreign countries with revenues of approximately $1 billion and an endowment of $1 billion. During her 7 year tenure at the Smithsonian, she oversaw the completion of the National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center, the National Museum of the American Indian and the renovation of the Smithsonian's Reynolds Center for Art and Portraiture. She was also involved in the initial planning for the National Museum of African American History and Culture. She began her Smithsonian tenure in 2000 as the Undersecretary for American Museums and National Programs becoming Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer in 2004.

Professional Activities

� Member – Board of Directors, The Chubb Corporation, Warren, New Jersey (1997- present)

� Member – Board of Directors, WellPoint Inc., Indianapolis,Indiana (1997-present)

� Member – Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Washington, D.C. (1997-present)

� Member – Board of Visitors, School of Nursing and Health Studies, Georgetown University (2003-present)

� Research Professor – Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University (2004-present)

� Member – Board of Directors, Bipartisan Policy Center, Washington, DC (2008- present)

� Member – Harvard Interfaculty Program for Health Systems Improvement (2006- present)

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Ms. Burke served for 19 years on Capitol Hill. Early in her career shewas a member of the staff of the Senate Finance Committee responsiblefor legislation relating to Medicare, Medicaid and other health programs.She ultimately became Deputy Staff Director of the Finance Committee. She went on to serve as Deputy Chief of Staff to Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole and then his Chief of Staff. In these roles she was involved with numerous legislative issues including those related to Medicare,Medicaid and the Maternal and Child Health programs, welfare reform, budget reconciliation and the previous legislative efforts to reform healthcare. In 1995, she was elected as Secretary of the Senate, the chief administrative officer of the United States Senate.

*Names with an asterisk indicate a Baker Donelson professional not admitted to the practice of law.

� Distinguished Visitor – O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown Law Center, Georgetown University (2007-present)

� Member – Board of Directors Partnership for Public Service, Washington, DC (2007- present)

� Member – Commission to Build a Healthier America, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey (2008-present)

� Member – Presidential Advisory Council National Academy of Public Administration, Washington, D.C. (2008-present)

� Chair – Committee on Future Directions for the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences (2009- present)

� Member – National Advisory Committee for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research (2009-present)

� Vice Chair – Institute of Medicine Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship's Program Advisory Board (2002-2009)

� Member – Board of Trustees, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (1999-2008); Chairman of the Board (2005-2008)

� Member – Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) (2000-2007)

� Chair – Committee on the Assessment of the U.S. Drug Safety System, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences (2005-2006)

Honors

� Fellow – American Academy of Nursing � Fellow – Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences� Fellow – National Academy of Public Administration � Honorary Doctorate in Military Medicine, University of the

Uniformed Services (1999) � Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Marymount University

(2005) � David Rall Medal, Institute of Medicine (2008) � Robert Mills Award, Smithsonian American Art Museum (2007) � Smithsonian Institution Exceptional Service Award (2005)

Education

� John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, M.P.A. (1982)

� University of San Francisco, B.S. Nursing (1973)

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Robert Divine is the Chairman of the Immigration Group of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell, & Berkowitz, P.C., a law firm of 560 lawyers and public policy advisors with offices in 14 cities from Washington, D.C. to New Orleans. Mr. Divine served from July 2004 until November 2006 as Chief Counsel and for a time Acting Director of U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS). He is the author of Immigration Practice, a 1,600 page practical treatise on all aspects of U.S. immigration law that is revised and reprinted annually to reflect the law's constant changes. He has practiced immigration law since 1986 and is the current Chair of the American Immigration Lawyers Association's Interagency Committee. His practice includes all aspects of U.S. immigration law, representing large and small international and domestic employers, family sponsors, investment regional centers, and individual foreign nationals. He has also litigated significant business matters, including class action employment discrimination, contract, commercial, product liability, antitrust, ERISA benefits, business torts (including RICO, misrepresentation, Consumer Protection Act), and immigration-related criminal matters.

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Appendices

Letter from the Sponsoring Organizations

The initiative for a bipartisan, independent, forward-looking “fresh-eyes” assessment of Iraq

emerged from conversations U.S. House Appropriations Committee Member Frank Wolf had

with us. In late 2005, Congressman Wolf asked the United States Institute of Peace, a bipartisan

federal entity, to facilitate the assessment, in collaboration with the James A. Baker III Institute

for Public Policy at Rice University, the Center for the Study of the Presidency, and the Center

for Strategic and International Studies.

Interested members of Congress, in consultation with the sponsoring organizations and the

administration, agreed that former Republican U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker, III and

former Democratic Congressman Lee H. Hamilton had the breadth of knowledge of foreign affairs

required to co-chair this bipartisan effort. The co-chairs subsequently selected the other members

of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group, all senior individuals with distinguished records of public

service. Democrats included former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry, former Governor and

U.S. Senator Charles S. Robb, former Congressman and White House chief of staff Leon E.

Panetta, and Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., advisor to President Bill Clinton. Republicans included

former Associate Justice to the U.S. Supreme Court Sandra Day O’Connor, former U.S. Senator

Alan K. Simpson, former Attorney General Edwin Meese III, and former Secretary of State

Lawrence S. Eagleburger. Former CIA Director Robert Gates was an active member for a period

of months until his nomination as Secretary of Defense.

The Iraq Study Group was launched on March 15, 2006, in a Capitol Hill meeting hosted

by U.S. Senator John Warner and attended by congressional leaders from both sides of the aisle.

To support the Study Group, the sponsoring organizations created four expert working

groups consisting of 44 leading foreign policy analysts and specialists on Iraq. The working

groups, led by staff of the United States Institute of Peace, focused on the Strategic Environment,

Military and Security Issues, Political Development, and the Economy and Reconstruction.

Every effort was made to ensure the participation of experts across a wide span of the political

spectrum. Additionally, a panel of retired military officers was consulted.

We are grateful to all those who have assisted the Study Group, especially the supporting

experts and staff. Our thanks go to Daniel P. Serwer of the Institute of Peace, who served as

executive director; Christopher Kojm, advisor to the Study Group; John Williams, Policy

Assistant to Mr. Baker; and Ben Rhodes, Special Assistant to Mr. Hamilton.

Richard H. Solomon, President

United States Institute of Peace

Edward P. Djerejian, Founding Director

James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy,

Rice University

David M. Abshire, President

Center for the Study of the Presidency

John J. Hamre, President

Center for Strategic and International Studies

former Secretary of State

Lawrence S. Eagleburger.

Lawrence S. Eagleburger—Member

Lawrence S. Eagleburger was sworn in as the 62nd U.S. Secretary of State by President George

H. W. Bush on December 8, 1992, and as Deputy Secretary of State on March 20, 1989.

After his entry into the Foreign Service in 1957, Mr. Eagleburger served in the U.S.

Embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in the State Department Bureau of Intelligence and

Research, in the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade, and the U.S. Mission to NATO in Belgium. In

1963, after a severe earthquake in Macedonia, he led the U.S. government effort to provide

medical and other assistance. He was then assigned to Washington, D.C., where he served on

the Secretariat staff and as special assistant to Dean Acheson, advisor to the President on Franco-

NATO issues. In August 1966, he became acting director of the Secretariat staff.

In October 1966, Mr. Eagleburger joined the National Security Council staff. In October

1967, he was assigned as special assistant to Under Secretary of State Nicholas Katzenbach. In

November 1968, he was appointed Dr. Henry Kissinger’s assistant, and in January 1969, he

became executive assistant to Dr. Kissinger at the White House. In September 1969, he was

assigned as political advisor and chief of the political section of the U.S. Mission to NATO in

Brussels.

Mr. Eagleburger became Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense in August 1971. Two years

later, he became Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. The

same year he returned to the White House as Deputy Assistant to the President for National

Security Operations. He subsequently followed Dr. Kissinger to the State Department, becoming

Executive Assistant to the Secretary of State. In 1975, he was made Deputy Under Secretary of

State for Management.

In June 1977, Mr. Eagleburger was appointed Ambassador to Yugoslavia, and in 1981 he

was nominated as Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs. In February 1982, he was

appointed Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.

Mr. Eagleburger has received numerous awards, including an honorary knighthood from

Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II (1994); the Distinguished Service Award (1992), the Wilbur J.

Carr Award (1984), and the Distinguished Honor Award (1984) from the Department of State;

the Distinguished Civilian Service Medal from the Department of Defense (1978); and the

President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service (1976).

After retiring from the Department of State in May 1984, Mr. Eagleburger was named

president of Kissinger Associates, Inc. Following his resignation as Secretary of State on

January 19, 1993, he joined the law firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman and Caldwell as Senior

Foreign Policy Advisor. He joined the boards of Halliburton Company, Phillips Petroleum

Company, and Universal Corporation. Mr. Eagleburger currently serves as Chairman of the

International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims.

He received his B.S. degree in 1952 and his M.S. degree in 1957, both from the

University of Wisconsin, and served as first lieutenant in the U.S. Army from 1952 to 1954.

Mr. Eagleburger is married to the former Marlene Ann Heinemann. He is the father of three sons,

Lawrence Scott, Lawrence Andrew, and Lawrence Jason.

After retiring from the Department of State in May 1984, Mr. Eagleburger was named

president of Kissinger Associates, Inc. Following his resignation as Secretary of State on

January 19, 1993, he joined the law firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman and Caldwell as Senior

Foreign Policy Advisor. He joined the boards of Halliburton Company, Phillips Petroleum

Company, and Universal Corporation. Mr. Eagleburger currently serves as Chairman of the

International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims.

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Craig Barrett Chairman, Intel Corporation Chairman, U.N. Global Alliance for Information and Communication Craig Barrett is chairman of the board of Intel Corporation and a leading advocate for improving education in the U.S. and around the world. He is also a vocal spokesman for the value technology can provide in raising social and economic standards globally. Dr. Barrett joined Intel Corporation in 1974 as a technology development manager. He was named a vice president of the corporation in 1984, promoted to senior vice president in 1987, and executive vice president in 1990. Dr. Barrett was elected to Intel Corporation's Board of Directors in 1992 and was named the company's chief operating officer in 1993. He became Intel's fourth president in May 1997, chief executive officer in 1998 and chairman of the Board on May 18, 2005. Dr. Barrett also serves as Chairman of the United Nations Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development, and is an appointee to the President's Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations and to the American Health Information Community. He co-chairs the Business Coalition for Student Achievement and the National Innovation Initiative Leadership Council and is a member of the Board of Trustees for the U.S. Council for International Business and the Clinton Global Initiative Education Advisory Board. Dr. Barrett is a member of the National Governors' Association Task Force on Innovation America, the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, the Committee on Scientific Communication and National Security, the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum and is immediate past chair of the National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Barrett co-chairs Achieve, Inc. and also serves on the Board of Directors of the U.S. Semiconductor Industry Association, the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, Dossia, the National Forest Foundation, TechNet and Science Foundation Arizona. Dr. Barrett attended Stanford University in Palo Alto, California from 1957 to 1964, and received his Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees in Materials Science. After graduation, he joined the faculty of Stanford University in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and remained through 1974, rising to the rank of Associate Professor. Dr. Barrett was a Fulbright Fellow at Danish Technical University in Denmark in 1972 and a NATO Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Physical Laboratory in England from 1964 to 1965. Dr. Barrett is the author of over 40 technical papers dealing with the influence of microstructure on the properties of materials, and a textbook on materials science, Principles of Engineering Materials.

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The Honorable Nancy L. Johnson Senior Public Policy Advisor, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C.

After serving 24 years in the U.S. Congress, Nancy Johnson joined Baker Donelson. She served 18 years on the House Ways and Means Committee and played an integral role in the passage of every major tax, trade and health care initiative during years of rapid technological and political change and the globalization of the economy. Ms. Johnson is widely recognized for her acumen and sound analyses of healthcare, tax and trade policies.

As a member and then Chairwoman of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, she introduced the national Children's Health Insurance Program and was a principal author of the Medicare Modernization Act. She introduced the health information technology legislation that led to the establishment of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (HIT) and continues to fight for broad adoption of HIT to reduce medical errors and improve care quality. As the Chairwoman of the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee, Ms. Johnson also authored a series of taxpayer rights bills that provided protections for individuals and small businesses and passed legislation to implement the recommendations of the commission to reorganize the IRS to modernize consumer services and enhance agency accountability. In addition, throughout her service on the Ways and Means Committee, she led many reforms of our pension laws, created the Simple Plan for small businesses, helped pass numerous tax incentives to encourage personal savings and co-led passage of the landmark Portman-Cardin reform. Ms. Johnson is a graduate of Radcliff College, Harvard University; attended the University of London, Courtauld Institute; and has received several honorary doctorates.

Thomas Kalil Deputy Policy Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and National Economic Council Thomas Kalil is the Deputy Policy Director for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Economic Council. Prior to that he was Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Science and Technology at UC Berkeley, where he was charged with developing major new multi-disciplinary research and education initiatives at the intersection of information technology, nanotechnology, microsystems, and biology. Previously, Thomas Kalil served as the Deputy Assistant to President Clinton for Technology and Economic Policy, and the Deputy Director of the White House National Economic Council. He was the NEC’s “point person” on a wide range of technology and telecommunications issues, such as the liberalization of Cold War export controls, the allocation of spectrum for new wireless services, and investments in upgrading America’s high-tech workforce. He was also appointed by President Clinton to serve on the G-8 Digital Opportunity Task Force (dot force). Prior to joining the White House, Tom was a trade specialist at the Washington offices of Dewey Ballantine, where he represented the Semiconductor Industry Association on U.S.-Japan trade issues and technology policy. Tom received a B.A. in political science and international economics from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and completed graduate work at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

The Honorable Nancy L. JohnsonSenior Public Policy Advisor, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C.

After serving 24 years in the U.S. Congress, Nancy Johnson joined Baker Donelson. She served 18 years on the House Ways and Means Committee and played an integral role in the passage of every major tax, trade and health care initiative during years of rapid technological and politicalchange and the globalization of the economy. Ms. Johnson is widely recognized for her acumen and sound analyses of healthcare, tax and trade policies.

As a member and then Chairwoman of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, sheintroduced the national Children's Health Insurance Program and was a principal author of theMedicare Modernization Act. She introduced the health information technology legislation that led to the establishment of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (HIT) and continues to fight for broad adoption of HIT to reduce medical errors and improve care quality. As the Chairwoman of the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee, Ms. Johnson also authored a series of taxpayer rights bills that provided protections for individuals and small businesses and passed legislation to implement the recommendations of the commission to reorganize the IRS to modernize consumer services andenhance agency accountability. In addition, throughout her service on the Ways and MeansCommittee, she led many reforms of our pension laws, created the Simple Plan for smallbusinesses, helped pass numerous tax incentives to encourage personal savings and co-ledpassage of the landmark Portman-Cardin reform. Ms. Johnson is a graduate of Radcliff College,Harvard University; attended the University of London, Courtauld Institute; and has receivedfseveral honorary doctorates.

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â€œWhat disqualifies lobbyists from exercising their First Amendment rights?â€ asked J. Keith Kennedy, a top lobbyist for the Washington firm Baker Donelson.

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Veteran Public Policy Advisors Keith Kennedy and Lance Leggitt Join Baker Donelson ... Veteran Public Policy Advisors Keith Kennedy and Lance Leggitt Join Baker Donelson ... (Memphis, TN/September 5, 2006) Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC announces the addition of J. Keith Kennedy and Lance B. Leggitt to its Washington, D.C. office. ... Mr. Kennedy, who was previously a member of the Firm, rejoins Baker Donelson as managing director of the Washington office and senior public policy advisor after serving as the majority staff director of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations. ... "We are delighted that Keith is returning, and we look forward to his leadership and unique insights into the legislative branch of U.S. government. ... Mr. Kennedy, who has 28 years of service in the U.S. Senate, was previously with the Firm from January 1997 until April 2003, holding the positions of senior public policy advisor and co-chair of the public policy group.He most recently served as the majority staff director of the Committee on Appropriations from January 2005 to September 2006, under the chairmanship of Senator Thad Cochran.Mr. Kennedy held the position on two previous occasions, from 1981 to 1987 and 1995 to 1997, under the chairmanship of Senator Mark Hatfield, and is the only person in the history of the Committee to have held the position three times. ... Prior to his service on the Appropriations Committee, Mr. Kennedy served as the Deputy Sergeant at Arms of the Senate from April 2003 to January 2005.

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J. Keith Kennedy* ... J. Keith Kennedy is a senior public policy advisor in the Firm's public policy group and the Managing Director of the Washington, D.C. office.He joined the firm in September 2006 after some 28 years of service in the United States Senate.

Mr. Kennedy most recently served as the majority staff director of the Committee on Appropriations from January 2005 to September 2006, under the chairmanship of Senator Thad Cochran. ... Mr. Kennedy held the position on two previous occasions, from 1981 to 1987 and 1995 to 1997, under the chairmanship of Senator Mark Hatfield, and is the only person in the history of the Committee to have held the position three times. ... In sum, Mr. Kennedy was the majority or minority staff director of the Senate Committee on Appropriations for 18 of the

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The Honorable Patrick Leahy, Chairman Senate Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510

RE: Letters in support of Mr. Puryear's nomination from David Randolph Smith, Thurgood Marshall Jr., Wallace W. Dietz, Michael L. Dagley, Jonathon Cole, Gary C. Shockley, Robert J. Walker, Hannah K.V. Cassidy, James F. Sanders and Lisa Ramsey Cole

Dear Chairman Leahy:

According to a recent news report, there has been a "renewed public relations push highlighting the support" of both Democrats and Republicans who have endorsed the pending nomination of Mr. Gustavus A. Puryear IV.

These supporters include attorneys with the firms of Bass Berry & Sims, Baker Donelson et al., Neal & Harwell, Walker Tipps and Malone, and Lewis King Krieg & Waldrop, as well as CCA Board member Thurgood Marshall, Jr. and plaintiff's attorney David Randolph Smith.

Frankly it is good to see bipartisan support for any nominee. I am of the personal opinion that partisan politics should play no part in the selection of judicial candidates, whose nominations should be based primarily on qualifications, experience and fitness for a lifetime appointment to the federal bench. Those who support Mr. Puryear, however, tend to share financial, political and/or professional relationships with his employer, Corrections Corp. of America (CCA).

Wallace W. Dietz and Michael L. Dagley, of Bass Berry & Sims, have endorsed Mr. Puryear's nomination. Bass Berry & Sims lists CCA among the firm's clients, and has represented CCA in connection with public securities offerings. The firm hired former CCA senior director Leslie Hafter to head its lobbying efforts. Also, Bass Berry & Sims partner Lee Barfield II is a brother-in-law of former Senator Bill Frist, who employed Mr. Puryear as his legislative director.

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Gary C. Shockley and Jonathon Cole of Baker Donelson, et al. have submitted letters in support of Mr. Puryear's nomination. Baker Donelson represents CCA as a client. Representatives from both CCA and Baker Donelson sit on the boards of Bethlehem Centers and You Have the Power, two Nashville non-profit agencies. The law firm, which includes former Senator Howard Baker, Jr. as senior counsel, also has strong connections with Senator Lamar Alexander – in fact, Baker Donelson is listed as Sen. Alexander's 4th largest campaign contributor from 2003-2008. CCA was the Senator's second largest contributor over the same period of time. Senator Alexander in turn has very strong connections with CCA that go back over 20 years, including a longstanding relationship with CCA co-founder Tom Beasley, who once served as his campaign manager.

Robert J. Walker, a partner with Walker Tipps and Malone, has endorsed Mr. Puryear. Walker Tipps and Malone has represented CCA as a client, including in the Estelle Richardson lawsuit as well as securities litigation. It was another partner at the firm, J. Mark Tipps, formerly with Bass Berry & Sims, who recruited Mr. Puryear to work for then-Senator Fred Thompson. Mr. Tipps later recommended Mr. Puryear to then-Senator Bill Frist and subsequently introduced Mr. Puryear to CCA CEO John Ferguson, who hired him as CCA's general counsel. Both Mr. Puryear and a Walker Tipps and Malone attorney serve on the board of the Exchange Club.

Hannah K.V. Cassidy, of Reno & Cavanaugh, is supportive of Mr. Puryear. According to the D.C. office of Reno & Cavanaugh, the firm represents CCA as a client. Until several months ago Ms. Cassidy was a partner at Stites & Harbison, and knew Mr. Puryear from his employment at that firm in the 1990's. CCA is listed as a client of Stites & Harbison. Another former partner at the firm, Steve Groom, currently serves as CCA's deputy general counsel. Stites & Harbison and CCA both have representatives who serve on the board of CASA, a Nashville non-profit.

Attorney James F. Sanders of Neal & Harwell provided the Committee with a supportive letter on February 26. As noted in his correspondence, Mr. Sanders represented CCA in the Estelle Richardson lawsuit. Additionally, Neal & Harwell and CCA both have representatives on the advisory board of the Nashville chapter of the Salvation Army.

Lisa Ramsey Cole of Lewis King Krieg & Waldrop has sent a letter to the Committee in support of Mr. Puryear. CCA is a client of Lewis King; further, the firm has a representative on the board of Love Helps Inc., a Nashville-based non-profit that receives financial support from CCA.

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In regard to Thurgood Marshall, Jr., who also has endorsed Mr. Puryear's judicial nomination, Mr. Marshall joined CCA's board of directors in 2002. According to SEC filings, as of August 2007 he owned 7,000 shares of CCA stock either directly or through options to purchase. He thus has a substantial financial stake in CCA's continued success and, of course, has a duty asa board member to be supportive of the company and its officers, including Mr. Puryear.

I am sure that the persons discussed above, who have expressed support for Mr. Puryear, havea genuine liking for him both personally and professionally as indicated in their correspondence. However, to the extent that they all also have interconnected professional, financial or business ties with CCA, including paid client relationships, their support of Mr. Puryear, which serves to strengthen those ties, should be taken into consideration by the Committee members.

Further, much has been made of a letter sent to the Committee by David Randolph Smith, the plaintiff's attorney in a lawsuit filed against CCA by Estelle Richardson's family. Mr. Smith, a Democrat, strongly endorsed Mr. Puryear's nomination; further, Mr. Puryear cited Mr. Smith's comments in his written answers submitted to the Committee.

I spoke with Mr. Smith last February and we had a candid conversation as to why he wrote his letter. As that was a private discussion, until recently I have not disclosed Mr. Smith's underlying motivation as it was relayed by him to me. In fact, when PCI provided the Judiciary Committee with its Response to Mr. Puryear's written answers in a March 7 letter, I stated as follows:

"Mr. Puryear cited a letter from David Randolph Smith, one of the attorneys who represented Ms. Richardson's family in the lawsuit against CCA. I spoke with Mr. Smith and he related to me the underlying reasons why he sent his letter to the Committee. I am not at liberty to disclose those reasons as communicated to me during our private conversation; it is up to Mr. Smith to inform the Committee as to the true motivation behind his letter."

On April 10, the Nashville City Paper, a free local daily, published an article which cited Mr. Smith's letter and, based on an interview, quoted his stated reasons for endorsing Mr. Puryear's nomination. As Mr. Smith went on the record, I am now free to do so myself.


In my conversation with Mr. Smith, he stated to me – twice – that he supported Mr. Puryear's nomination because he did not want a "right-wing religious nutjob" confirmed in his stead. He felt that Mr. Puryear was more of a moderate and feared who might be endorsed by Tennessee's Republican Senators if Mr. Puryear was not confirmed. Mr. Smith made it clear to me that he preferred not to have a Republican judicial nominee period, but that Mr. Puryear was the least objectionable candidate.

Mr. Smith has acknowledged that he used the phrase mentioned above – which was, in part, a motivating factor for the letter he sent to the Committee – in an on-the-record conversation with the managing editor of the Nashville Scene, an independent local weekly publication. Mr. Smith further stated that he liked Mr. Puryear both personally and professionally.

Certainly, the Committee members should look at the totality of the statements and evidence they have received relative to Mr. Puryear's nomination, and weigh it accordingly. In order todo so with accuracy, I believe the information presented in this letter will be helpful.

Sincerely,

Alex Friedmann Vice President, PCI

cc: Senator Arlen Specter, Ranking Member



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by Mary LeAnn Mynatt

July 31, 2009

On July 28, the White House announced that President Obama had selected epidemiologist David

Michaels, Ph.D, MPH, to head OSHA as Assistant Secretary of Labor. Mr. Michaels must be

confirmed by the Senate. He has prior government experience, serving as the Department of

Energy Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety and Health during the Clinton Administration.

One of his achievements at DOE was to aid the passage of the Energy Employees Occupational

Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, designed to compensate nuclear weapons workers who

developed illnesses as a result of exposure to radiation and chemicals in the workplace.

Dr. Michaels is currently a research professor and interim chair of the Department of Environmental

and Occupational Health at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health

Services. There, his work includes studying the health effects of occupational exposure to toxic

chemicals, including asbestos, metals, and solvents. In testimony before a Senate committee in

2007, Michaels expressed concern about several issues, including the underreporting of workplace

injuries and illnesses, lack of new standards promulgated by OSHA, insufficient use of OSHA's

General Duty Clause as an enforcement tool, and the outdated health standards still in place. Mr.

Michaels' nomination has been hailed by Democrats. U.S. Representative George Miller (D-Cal.)

stated that Mr. Michaels will help OSHA "restore vital health and safety protections for America's

workers."

Dr. Michael's nomination comes at a particularly pivotal time for OSHA. Perhaps more so than at

any time since its creation in April 1971, labor and Democratic leaders are clamoring to enhance

enforcement and increase the promulgation of new regulations concerning workplace standards.

The proposed Protecting America's Workers Act (HR 2067) would, among other things, expand

OSHA's coverage to include more workers. It would also allow felony prosecutions against

employers under certain conditions, raise civil penalties, and set mandatory minimum penalties for

violations resulting in death. Following eight years of relative quiet - fewer OSHA regulations were

promulgated under the Bush Administration than any other president - such changes would

reinvigorate the agency. As a result, there's a backlog of initiatives to track, including combustible

dust, diacetyl, new health standards, and a possible resurrection of the ergonomics standard.

Representative Lynn Woolsey (D-Cal.) stated that OSHA will be able to "issue long overdue safety

standards and bring back more vigorous enforcement of workplace safety and health standards."

Given the renewed emphasis on workplace conditions, employers should pay strict attention to

matters that could be deemed administrative in nature, such as properly maintaining OSHA 300

Logs for Injuries and Illnesses. In addition, during this economic downtown, disgruntled ex-

employees may be even more prone to claiming retaliatory discharge following allegations of health

and safety violations in the workplace. Employers should also expect more OSHA attention and

resources devoted to inspections and enforcement. OSHA routinely tracks not only the number of

inspections but those that result in of citations, with a goal of issuing a citation with every

inspection. Finally, employers should carefully evaluate their workplaces for hazards, regardless of

whether a specific regulation addresses a particular hazard, given Dr. Michaels's stated desire to

increase the use of the General Duty Clause as an enforcement tool.

Our attorneys have conducted onsite OSHA presentations to members of clients' management,

safety teams, safety departments and line employees, and have advised clients, including an

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Empiric Announces Proposed Major Dividend Spin-Off to Its Shareholders.

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Date: Tuesday, January 11 2000

300 private and public entities in over 100 countries. Currently the firm has two contracts with a private-

sector organization in Lima, Peru that are subject to the buyer obtaining financing and other conditions.

There is no certainty that these contracts will be consummated. One is for composite structures, the other

to be fabricated from metal. The first contract is for a minimum of 36,000 basic structural units over three

years, utilizing composite material, and a minimum sales value of $67.5 million. The second contract is to

purchase 22 million square feet of the metal system over a year for a total of $121 million. The Export-

Import Bank of the US expressed interest in financing the two contracts. Daedalus staff visited Peru and

planning continues a pace toward commencement of production and for support from government users,

banks, and local officials. In addition to the foregoing, Daedalus has a letter of intent from an Argentinean

company for the purchase of 20 units upon the successful demonstration of initial housing units.

Daedalus is currently negotiating contracts to construct basic shelter and low-cost housing in various

countries including Philippines, Turkey, Honduras, South Africa, Vietnam and Pakistan.

The outstanding, unusual and potentially worldwide high profile business enterprise and the acceptance

of its products on a worldwide basis has attracted a team of prominent individuals to Daedalus'

Management and Board of Directors.

Admiral James A. "Ace" Lyons, Jr., U. S. Navy Retired, will serve as the Chairman of the Board. Mr.

Lyons is President and CEO of LION Associates, an international consulting firm.. Mr. Lyons served for

36 years as an officer in the U. S. Navy, including serving as Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. Pacific

Fleet, the largest single military command in the world. In addition, he served as the Senior U. S. Military

Representative to the United Nations, as well as serving in various military and civilian leadership

capacities in China, Japan, Philippines, Russia and other Pacific rim countries.

Mr. George C. Montgomery, a graduate of Vanderbilt University, with a Juris Doctor degree, former

member of the law firm of Vinson & Elkins, and is currently the managing partner in the Washington law

firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell. Mr. Montgomery served as Ambassador of the United

Mr. George C. Montgomery, a graduate of Vanderbilt University, with a Juris Doctor degree, former

member of the law firm of Vinson & Elkins, and is currently the managing partner in the Washington law

firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell. Mr. Montgomery served as Ambassador of the United

States to the Sultanate of Oman under President Reagan in 1985, and currently is a member of the

Council on Foreign Relations, on the Board of Visitors of the Georgetown University School of Business,

and a Captain in the United States Naval Reserve. Mr. Montgomery served as Chief Legislative Assistant

Counsel to Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr., the Majority Leader of the United States Senate in 1981. . . .

States to the Sultanate of Oman under President Reagan in 1985, and currently is a member of the

Council on Foreign Relations, on the Board of Visitors of the Georgetown University School of Business,

and a Captain in the United States Naval Reserve. Mr. Montgomery served as Chief Legislative Assistant

Counsel to Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr., the Majority Leader of the United States Senate in 1981. . . .

Ducks Unlimited Mourns the Loss of a Conservation LeaderThe Ducks Unlimited family mourns the untimely passing of a paragon of conservation, and our friend, Jim Range.

Jim Range was a strong and accomplished proponent of countless conservation initiatives especially, but not exclusively focusing on public policy work. His commitment to wetlands and waterfowl habitat was legendary. He served as Secretary on the Ducks Unlimited Board of Directors, was a major donor, a charter member of the Ducks Unlimited Feather Society, and was the co-founder of the Ducks Unlimited Federal City Chapter – the first and only Ducks Unlimited chapter in Washington, D.C.

Jim was also an active supporter of Ducks Unlimited’s Wetlands America Trust, where he served on the Board of Directors from 1993-1998 and again from 2000-2006. He served as Secretary of that Board from 1995-1998.

Jim was involved in the leadership of many other conservation organizations, most notably as founder and Chairman of the Board of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership.

In his professional life, Jim was a Senior Legislative Policy advisor for Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell and Berkowitz law firm, where he specialized in conservation advocacy and environmental, regulatory, and legislative policy. Earlier in his career on Capitol Hill, Jim was instrumental in the creation or reauthorization of many of the nation’s most important and notable conservation laws.

Fittingly, a memorial service for Jim will be held in Washington, D.C. at an area he liked to frequent on the Potomac River, one of his favorite pastimes while in Washington.

Please join us in remembrance and appreciation for a staunch advocate for, and friend of waterfowl,waterfowlers and wildlife.

We pass appreciation for the life and work of Jim, along with our sympathies to his family.

D.A. (Don) Young Executive Vice President Ducks Unlimited

James D. Range Obituary

James D. Range, 63, died peacefully, surrounded by family and loved ones, on Tuesday, January 20at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota after an extraordinarily courageous battle with kidney cancer.

Range was one of the nation’s most prominent champions of natural resource conservation. He was known in Washington and throughout the United States as a skilled policy strategist with an extraordinary bipartisan network of friends and contacts. Along with his political adeptness, he possessed an oratorical gift and was known as someone who always spoke from his heart with passionate conviction. A life-long outdoorsman, Range was instrumental in the conservation and continued protection of many different corners of the American landscape and was a passionate advocate for the country’s fish and wildlife and their habitat. Perhaps best known as a long-time advisor to former Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker, he also was known personally to countless people as a beloved confidant, friend and mentor.

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In his professional life, Jim was a SeniorLegislative Policy advisor for Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell and Berkowitzlaw firm, where he specialized in conservation advocacy and environmental, regulatory, and legislative policy. Earlier in his career on Capitol Hill, Jim wasinstrumental in the creation orreauthorization of many of the nation’s most important and notable conservationlaws.

At the time of his death, Range worked as senior policy advisor in the law firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz and served as Chairman of the Board of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, an organization he co-founded in 2002. He was instrumental in the founding of the Bipartisan Policy Center and worked as an advisor to that organization.

Mr. Range was chief counsel to Senator Baker during the period between 1980 and 1984 when the senator served as Majority Leader. From 1973 to 1980, Range served as minority counsel to the U.S. Senate's Committee on the Environment and Public Works. He was counsel to the National Commission on Water Quality in 1972.

From 1984 through 1992, Range worked as Vice President of Government Affairs for Waste Management, Inc., and from 1992 to 1994, Range served in the identical capacity for Rust International, Inc., a subsidiary of WMX Technologies, Inc.

“Jim Range was a dedicated, loyal and trusted member of my staff who helped to fashion some of this country's most vital environmental legislation,” Sen. Baker said. “Of all his efforts to promote comprehensive oversight concerning clean air and clean water, Jim was especially helpful with a project that was of particular importance to me. He was an essential part of the team that was able to come up with a unique approach that allowed the creation of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area located in Tennessee and Kentucky. Were it not for Jim Range and a fewothers, this idea would have never been possible. Jim and I continued working together, outside of our formal positions in government, to try to influence responsible care for our country's all important natural resources in a bipartisan spirit. I will miss Jim’s counsel, but more importantly, I will miss him.”

In his 1986 book “Running in Place: Inside the Senate,” James A. Miller described Range as “… a legislative cowboy – a southern, tough-talking, Jack Daniels-drinking, boyishly handsome, charismatic lawyer who long ago made the right connections on his way up north. … At 36, the blustery Range has become one of a handful of key aides recognized by senators and staff alike as an authoritative source of crucial information about the Senate’s agenda.”

Many of Jim’s beneficial contributions to natural resource law are well-known. He played an instrumental role in the crafting and final passage of a string of landmark laws, including the Clean Water Act, but his true cumulative influence on behalf of America’s fish and wildlife resources is inestimable. Jim attributed much of the success he and his colleagues had in the policymaking arena to their ability to work in a bipartisan fashion, putting America's outdoor resources above party politics. He often paraphrased President Ronald Reagan, saying, “It’s amazing what you can get done in this town when you don’t worry about who gets the credit.”

Aside from service as Chairman of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership’s Board of Directors, Range served on the Boards of Directors for Trout Unlimited, Ducks Unlimited, the Wetlands America Trust, the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation, the American Sportfishing Association, the American Bird Conservancy, the Pacific Forest Trust, the Yellowstone Park Foundation, and the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust.

An original board member and Chair of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Range also was a White House appointee to the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, the Sportfishing and Boating Partnership Council and the Valles Caldera Trust.

In 2003, Range received the U.S. Department of the Interior's Great Blue Heron Award, the highest honor given to an individual at the national level by the Department. He was also awarded the 2003Outdoor Life Magazine Conservationist of the Year Award and the Norville Prosser Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the American Sportfishing Association.

Range was profiled by Time magazine in 2005 for his efforts to expand the availability of conservation easements, and a Wall Street Journal story that same year highlighted Range’s successful efforts to engineer the rollback of an excise tax that was unintentionally placing American fly rod manufacturers at a huge competitive disadvantage. Of Range and Rod DeArment, a former chief of staff to Bob Dole when he was Senate majority leader, the Journal reported, “The men worked together to push through pillars of the Reagan agenda -- tax cuts in 1981 and the last big reform of the Social Security system in 1983 -- but also were allies in a little-noticed 1984 law that placed excise taxes on fishing gear and some motor fuels into a trust fund that sponsored stateprograms to clean up rivers and improve fishing ecosystems.”

When still serving as chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico said of Range, "Jim Range has been one of those rare individuals who



At the time of his death, Range worked as senior policy advisor in the law firm of Baker, Donelson,Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz and served as Chairman of the Board of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, an organization he co-founded in 2002.

Mr. Range was chief counsel to Senator Baker during the period between 1980 and 1984 when the senator served as Majority Leader. From 1973 to 1980, Range served as minority counsel to theU.S. Senate's Committee on the Environment and Public Works. He was counsel to the National Commission on Water Quality in 1972.

In his 1986 book “Running in Place: Inside the Senate,” James A. Miller described Range as “… alegislative cowboy – a southern, tough-talking, Jack Daniels-drinking, boyishly handsome, charismatic lawyer who long ago made the right connections on his way up north. … At 36, theblustery Range has become one of a handful of key aides recognized by senators and staff alike as an authoritative source of crucial information about the Senate’s agenda.”

In 2003, Range received the U.S. Department of the Interior's Great Blue Heron Award, the highest honor given to an individual at the national level by the Department.

has dedicated his life to bringing opposing parties together to unite for a common good. He did it asa senior staff in the United States Senate working on clean air, clean water, and wildlife issues. He is still doing it in the conservation field now with the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership. I truly believe that if extremists on both sides of the environmental spectrum could learn from Jim'swisdom and work, the whole country would be better off."

Range enjoyed a wide variety of outdoor activities, but loved hunting and fishing the most. He pursued both passions all over the world but ended up falling in love with Montana and its trout andgame birds. He spent as much time as he could at his property on the Missouri River in Craig, Montana, the Flyway Ranch. Range graciously hosted many important events over the years for leaders from political, business, non-governmental organization and media circles. It was his personal bastion of respite as he found relief from his many commitments and busy schedule on thewaters of the Missouri River with a fly rod in his hands.

In addition to hunting and fishing Jim enjoyed pastimes close to home. Jim was an avid backyard birder and loved tending to his perennial garden. He had a special place in his heart for orchids, which he raised in a greenhouse dedicated to that purpose. He had a multitude of bird feeders that he faithfully replenished throughout the year. Jim’s back garden in the springtime was a magical oasis of colorful blossoms and birds, scent and song, where he loved to work in the early morning and relax in the evenings. Jim was also a renowned gourmet cook. Friends far and wide were drawn to his table, where they knew they would enjoy an exceptional meal—usually featuring freshgame or fish—numerous libations and lively political debate that would last late into the early morning hours.

Growing up in Johnson City, Jim learned his love of the outdoors in the mountains of Tennessee. Hewas an Eagle Scout, acting as an aquatics instructor at Camp Tom Howard, attending National Camping School and working at Philmont Scout Ranch. He attended Science Hill High School. Rangeattained a B.S. degree at Tulane University, a M.S. in fisheries biology from Tennessee Tech, and graduated from the University of Miami School of Law.

Jim is survived by twin daughters Kimberly Range Truesdale and Allison Range, both of Arlington, Va.; his father Dr. James J. (Bud) Range of Johnson City, Tenn. and Marco Island, Fla.; brothers Harry of Marietta, Ga., John Neel of Braselton, Ga. and Peter of Richmond Hills, Ga.; and friend Anni Ince-McKillop and her two children, Greg and Jess McKillop of Washington, DC. Range was preceded in death by his mother, Estelle Range.



For Immediate ReleaseOffice of the Press Secretary

August 1, 2001

President Bush to Nominate Six Individuals to Serve as US Attorneys and Two Individuals to Serve as Members of the Federal Judiciary

President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate six individuals to serve as United States Attorneys and his intention to nominate two individuals to serve as members of the federal judiciary.

The President intends to nominate Timothy M. Burgess to be United States Attorney for the District of Alaska. He has served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Alaska since 1989, and was an Associate with Gilmore and Franklin in Anchorage, from 1987 to 1989. Burgess received his undergraduate degree and M. B. A. from the University of Alaska and his J. D. from Northeastern University.

The President intends to nominate Harry S. Mattice, Jr. to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee. He is presently Of Counsel to Baker, Donelson, Bearman and Caldwell in Chattanooga. In 1997, he served as Senior Counsel to the United States Senate Committee on Government Affairs. From 1981 to 1997, and then again from 1998 to 2000, Mattice was with Miller and Martin in Chattanooga, first as an Associate and then as a Partner. He received both his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Tennessee.

The President intends to nominate Robert G. McCampbell to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. He is currently a Partner with Crowe and Dunlevy in Oklahoma City, and from 1987 to 1994, he was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. Before joining the U.S. Attorneys office, he was an Associate with Crowe and Dunlevey. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and Yale Law School.

The President intends to nominate Paul J. McNulty to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. He presently serves as Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice and from 1999 to 2001, he was Chief Counsel and Director of Legislative Operations in the Office of Majority Leader of the House of Representatives. From 1995 to 1999, he served with the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, first as Chief Counsel to the Subcommittee on Crime and then as Director of Communications and Chief Counsel to the Committee. McNulty was Counsel to Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge from 1993 to 1995, and he served with the Department of Justice from 1990 to 1993 as Deputy Director of the Office of Policy Development and then as Director and Chief Spokesman for the Office of Policy and Communications. He was Minority Counsel to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime from 1987 to 1990, and from 1985 to 1987 he was Director of Legal Services at the Legal Services Corporation. From 1983 to 1985, he served as Counsel to the U.S. House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. He is a graduate of Grove City College and Capital University School of Law.

The President intends to nominate Michael W. Mosman to be United States Attorney for the District of Oregon. He has served as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon since 1988. From 1986 to 1988, Mosman was an Associate with Miller, Nash in Portland. He is a graduate of Utah State University and Brigham Young University Law School.

The President intends to nominate Strom Thurmond, Jr. to be United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina. He has served as Assistant Solicitor for the Second Judicial Circuit for South Carolina since 1999. From 1998 to 1999, he was a Partner with Strom, Young and Thurmond. He received both his undergraduate and Law degrees from the University of South Carolina.

The President intends to nominate Marian B. Horn to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims.

The President intends to nominate Charles F. Lettow to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims.

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John Tuck is a Senior Policy Advisor at Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell. From February 1989 to 1992, Tuck served as the former Under Secretary of Energy. Prior to working at the Energy Department, he served in several positions at the White House including Assistant to the President. From 1981 to 1986, Tuck worked in the U.S. Senate as Assistant Secretary for the Majority, and also held a number of other positions on Capitol Hill including Chief of the Minority Floor Information Services from 1977 to 1980. Mr. Tuck was commissioned in the U.S. Navy from 1967 to 1973 and served as a Captain in the Naval Reserve until he retired in 1994. He holds a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University.

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John Tuck is a Senior Policy Advisor at Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell.

Prior to working at the Energy Department, he served in several positions at the White House including Assistant tothe President. From 1981 to 1986, Tuck worked in the U.S. Senate asAssistant Secretary for the Majority, and also held a number of otherpositions on Capitol Hill including Chief of the Minority Floor Information Services from 1977 to 1980

Eric Washburn

Eric Washburn, Partner, has extensive expertise in energy and environmental policy in both the public and private sectors.

Prior to joining BlueWater Strategies, Mr. Washburn ran his own consulting firm and was a senior public policy advisor at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell, and Berkowitz where he provided business and governmental affairs advice to industry, non-profit and philanthropic foundation clients on a broad range of natural resources and energy issues.

For over ten years prior to that, Mr. Washburn worked in various policy-making and management capacities in the United States Senate. From June 2001 until 2003, he worked for then-U.S. Senate Majority Leader Thomas A. Daschle as a senior policy advisor, overseeing development and U.S. Senate passage of the Energy Policy Act of 2002. Previously Mr. Washburn worked for Senator Harry Reid as the Democratic staff director of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee. Before joining the EPW Committee, he was Senate Democratic Leader Daschle’s legislative director for four years, during which time he wrote the legislation establishing the national renewable fuel standard.

Mr. Washburn’s initial service in Congress was as a legislative assistant to Senator Daschle for energy and environmental issues, where he led the development of Senate Democratic Caucus strategy on a range of issues, including energy-related tax policy, renewable energy, oil and gas extraction, global climate change, and the Clean Air Act.

Prior to working in the U.S. Senate, Mr. Washburn consulted with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM), and the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment. Mr. Washburn is also currently counsel to the Bipartisan Policy Center/National Commission on Energy Policy and to the American Coalition for Ethanol.

Mr. Washburn holds a master’s degree in forest science from the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and a bachelor’s degree in psychobiology from Bowdoin College. He and his wife, Robin, have two children.

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Mr. Washburn ran his own consulting firm and was a senior publicpolicy advisor at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell, and Berkowitz

For over ten years prior to that, Mr. Washburn worked in various policy-making and management capacities in the UnitedStates Senate. From June 2001 until 2003, he worked for then-U.S. Senate Majority Leader Thomas A. Daschle as a senior policy advisor, overseeing development and U.S. Senate passage of the Energy Policy Act of 2002. Previously Mr. Washburnworked for Senator Harry Reid as the Democratic staff director of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW)Committee. Before joining the EPW Committee, he was Senate Democratic Leader Daschle’s legislative director for fourryears, during which time he wrote the legislation establishing the national renewable fuel standard.

Mr. Washburn’s initial service in Congress was as a legislative assistant to Senator Daschle for energy and environmentalissues, where he led the development of Senate Democratic Caucus strategy on a range of issues, including energy-related tax policy, renewable energy, oil and gas extraction, global climate change, and the Clean Air Act.

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