James Baker was White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of the Treasury under Ronald Reagan. He was then White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of State under George Bush. He’s 87 years old and from Texas.
He was famous for the Plaza Accords in 1985 to bring down the value of the dollar. He ran George H. W. Bush’s unsuccessful campaign for the Republican nomination in 1980 and led Ronald Reagan’s blow out campaign of 1984 where he captured every state by Minnesota.
He then ran George Bush’s successful campaign in 1992. Some conservatives accused him of undermining conservatism in the Reagan Administration. He was a former Democrat and became a Republican.
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