To: Howlin
Here comes Gordon Slate! He's is FURIOUS with Richard Clarke's lies; watch for softballs that Condi will knock out of the park!I didn't know who he was, but his clear, concise questioning was greatly appreciated after the emotion-fondling of Gorelick!
1,615 posted on
04/08/2004 7:50:13 AM PDT by
Kieri
(Who's waiting for the return of her beloved Farscape!)
To: Kieri
I didn't know who he was, but his clear, concise questioning was greatly appreciated after the emotion-fondling of Gorelick! Slade Gorton (R), former Senator from Washington. He's a pretty sharp fellow. Former state AG, IIRC, before becoming a big wheel in WA state politics.
1,637 posted on
04/08/2004 7:51:50 AM PDT by
r9etb
To: Kieri
In my haste, I got his name wrong: it's SLATE GORDON.........LOL.
1,664 posted on
04/08/2004 7:54:32 AM PDT by
Howlin
("NO OVERRIDING EXTERNAL THREATS" -Bill Clinton, 12/2000)
To: Kieri
Slade Gorton is of counsel at Preston Gates & Ellis LLP. Prior to joining the firm, he represented Washington State in the United States Senate for 18 years, from 1982-2000. While in the Senate, Gorton served on the Appropriations, Budget, Commerce, Science and Transportation, and Energy and Natural Resources Committees. He served as chairman of the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee (1995-2001), the Commerce Subcommittees on Consumer Affairs (1995-99), and Aviation (1999-2000). He was also a member of the Republican leadership as counsel to the Majority Leader (1996-2000). Gorton began his political career in 1958 as a Washington state representative; he went on to serve as State House majority leader. In 1968, he was elected attorney general of Washington state, where he argued 14 cases before the Supreme Court. Gorton also served on the president's consumer Advisory Council (1975-77) and on the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission (1969-1981). He was chairman of the Washington State Law & Justice Commission (1969-76), served as an instructor in Constitutional law to public administration graduate students at the University of Puget Sound (1977), and has served on the Board of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center since 1987. In 2001, Gorton served on the National Commission on Federal Election Reform.
1,683 posted on
04/08/2004 7:55:44 AM PDT by
Howlin
("NO OVERRIDING EXTERNAL THREATS" -Bill Clinton, 12/2000)
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