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Contents 1 Parent topics 2 Subtopics 2.1 Senior appointments 2.2 Critics 2.2.1 Congressional 2.2.2 Media 3 Other related topics 3.1 List of Presidents

Parent topics

• 2008 United States presidential election [r]: The 55th quadrennial United States presidential election held on November 4, 2008. [e]
• Illinois [r]: A state in the midwest of the United States, which became the 21st state in 1818 and now is a major economic and political center, holding the third largest city, Chicago [e]
• United States [r]: Add brief definition or description
• U.S. Democratic Party [r]: One of the two major political parties in the United States; usually described as center-left. [e]

Subtopics

• Obama administration
• Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008

Senior appointments

• David Axelrod [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Dennis Blair [r]: Director of National Intelligence in the Obama administration; Deputy Executive Director and Guiding Coalition, Project for National Security Reform; retired Admiral, United States Navy; only destroyer captain known to have water-skied behind his warship [e]
• Hillary Clinton [r]: U.S. Secretary of State since January 2009; Democratic Party contender for the presidential nomination, 2008; former First Lady (born 1947). [e]
• Steven Chu [r]: U.S. Secretary of Energy in the Obama administration. Nobel Prize recipient in Physics. [e]
• Tom Daschle [r]: Withdrawn nominee United States Secretary of Health and Human Services of the Obama administration; former U.S. Senator [e]
• Shaun Donovan [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Rahm Emanuel [r]: Chief of Staff to President Barack Obama; former U.S. Representative (D-Illinois) replaced by Michael Quigley; 0% "true liberal" 2008 rating from American Conservative Union [e]
• Robert Gates [r]: U.S. Secretary of Defense in the Obama and George W. Bush Administrations; Member, Iraq Study Group; former Director of Central Intelligence [e]
• Timothy Geithner [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Robert Gibbs [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Judd Gregg [r]: U.S. Senator (R-New Hampshire); Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, participant 2009 White House Forum on Health Reform [e]
• Richard Holbrooke [r]: United States diplomat, currently the U.S. special envoy to South Asia, including Afghanistan; director, National Endowment for Democracy; Director, Atlantic Council [e]
• Eric Holder [r]: (born January 21, 1951) Current United States Attorney General in the Obama administration [e]
• Valery Jarrett [r]: Add brief definition or description
• James L. Jones [r]: Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs in the Obama Administration, he is a retired United States Marine Corps general, whose last active duty assignment was NATO military and United States European Command senior officer; previously Commandant of the Marine Corps [e]
• George Mitchell [r]: Obama administration special envoy to the Middle East; Member, International Crisis Group; successful mediator in Northern Ireland; retired U.S. Senator [e]
• Janet Napolitano [r]: United States Secretary of Homeland Security in the Obama Administration; former Governor of Arizona [e]
• Peter Orszag [r]: Director of the Office of Management and Budget in the Obama administration [e]
• Ray LaHood [r]: U.S. Secretary of Transportation and former U.S. Representative (R-Illinois); adviser, Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation [e]
• Leon Panetta [r]: Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Obama administration; Member, Iraq Study Group; Chief of Staff in the Clinton Administration; former Member of Congress [e]
• Susan Rice [r]: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in the Obama administration; previously senior fellow in foreign policy, Brookings Institution [e]
• Ken Salazar [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Hilda Solis [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Eric Shinseki [r]: U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the Obama Administration, and a retired four-star general whose last assignment was Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army [e]
• Tom Vilsack [r]: Add brief definition or description

Critics

Congressional

• Joe Wilson [r]: U.S. Representative (R-South Carolina), U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor; U.S. House Armed Services Committee; House Committee on Education and Labor; House Foreign Affairs Commitee; Republican Policy Committee; Republican Study Committee; adviser, Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation; Assistant Republican Whip; former Congressional staff [e]

Media

• Glenn Beck [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Ann Coulter [r]: Controversial American conservative author and media personality; "favorite columnist", American Conservative Union; columnist, WorldNetDaily [e]
• Rush Limbaugh [r]: American radio host and right-wing political commentator; "favorite columnist", American Conservative Union [e]
• Bill O'Reilly [r]: American broadcaster, author, radio host and political commentator. Host of The O'Reilly Factor on Fox. [e]

Other related topics

• Joe Biden [r]: (1942–) Current Vice President of the United States; formerly U.S. senator from Delaware [e]
• Hillary Clinton [r]: U.S. Secretary of State since January 2009; Democratic Party contender for the presidential nomination, 2008; former First Lady (born 1947). [e]
• Jeremiah Wright [r]: Add brief definition or description

List of Presidents

1. George Washington [r]: First President of the United States (1789-1797) and commander in chief of the Continental Army. [e]
2. John Adams [r]: (1735-1826) An American Founding Father, diplomat, and the second President of the United States from 1797-1801. [e]
3. Thomas Jefferson [r]: (1743-1826) Third President of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence. [e]
4. James Madison [r]: (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836), An American politician, political theorist, Secretary of State, fourth President of the United States of America (1809–1817) and one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States. [e]
5. James Monroe [r]: (1758-1831) The fifth president of the United States (1817-1825), best known for sponsoring the Monroe Doctrine, and for presiding over a lessening of partisan tensions known as the "Era of Good Feelings." [e]
6. John Quincy Adams [r]: (1767-1848) was the sixth president of the United States (1825-1829), and the son of President John Adams (1797-1801). [e]
7. Andrew Jackson [r]: An American general who defeated the British at New Orleans in 1815 and was U.S. President from 1829-1837. [e]
8. Martin Van Buren [r]: (1782-1862) An American politician and President of the United States (1837-1841). [e]
9. William Henry Harrison [r]: (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was the first governor of Indiana Territory, a senator representing Ohio and the 9th President of the United States. [e]
10. John Tyler [r]: (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) A United States politician and the tenth President of the United States (1841-1845). [e]
11. James K. Polk [r]: (1795–1849) Eleventh President of the U.S.A. [e]
12. Zachary Taylor [r]: (1784–1850) President of the United States from 1849 to 1850, led the U.S. army in the Mexican-American War. [e]
13. Millard Fillmore [r]: The thirteenth President of the United States following the death of President Zachary Taylor. [e]
14. Franklin Pierce [r]: (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) The 14th President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. [e]
15. James Buchanan [r]: Only U.S. President (15th), 1857-1861, that never married. Democratic Senator and Secretary of State under President James K. Polk. [e]
16. Abraham Lincoln [r]: (1809-65) Born in Illinois, President of the United States during the American Civil War. [e]
17. Andrew Johnson [r]: The 17th president of the United States of America (1865-69) after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in April 1865. [e]
18. Ulysses S. Grant [r]: (1822-1885) American general and 18th president of the United States (1869-1877). [e]
19. Rutherford B. Hayes [r]: (1822-1893) The Republican President of the United States, 1877-1881. [e]
20. James Garfield [r]: The 20th President of the United States, serving in 1881, and a Republican U.S. Congressman from Ohio. [e]
21. Chester A. Arthur [r]: The 21st President of the United States. [e]
22. Grover Cleveland [r]: The 22^nd and 24^th President of the United States, and the only one to serve two non-consecutive terms. [e]
23. Benjamin Harrison [r]: (1833 - 1901) The 23rd President of the United States, elected in 1888 but defeated by Grover Cleveland in 1892. [e]
24. Grover Cleveland
25. William McKinley [r]: (1843–1901) Twenty-fifth President of the United States, Governor of Ohio. [e]
26. Theodore Roosevelt [r]: (1858-1919), Twenty-sixth President of the United States, naturalist, historian, political reformer, and Progressive Era politician. [e]
27. William Howard Taft [r]: (1857 – 1930) The 27th President and 10th Chief Justice of the United States. [e]
28. Woodrow Wilson [r]: 28th U.S. President (1913-1921); founded the Federal Reserve and brought his country to fight both the Mexicans in the Mexican Revolution and the Central Powers in World War One. [e]
29. Warren G. Harding [r]: President of the USA, 1921-23, his administration is best known for the scandals that erupted. [e]
30. Calvin Coolidge [r]: President of the United States 1923-1929, who took office after President Warren G. Harding's death. [e]
31. Herbert Hoover [r]: US President from 1929 to 1933. [e]
32. Franklin D. Roosevelt [r]: (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often called FDR, the President of the United States 1933 to 1945. [e]
33. Harry S. Truman [r]: (1884-1972) President of the U.S. from 1945 to 1953. [e]
34. Dwight D. Eisenhower [r]: (1890-1969) A career soldier who was the top Allied commander in Europe in World War II, and who later served as the 34th president of the United States (1953-1961). [e]
35. John F. Kennedy [r]: American politician (1917-1963); president 1961-1963; assassinated in Dallas. [e]
36. Lyndon B. Johnson [r]: American politician (1908-1973); president 1963–1969; known for his civil rights bills and "The Great Society". [e]
37. Richard Nixon [r]: American politician (1913–1994); President of the United States 1969–1974. Known for ending the Vietnam War and for the Watergate scandal. [e]
38. Gerald Ford [r]: (1913-2006) The 38th President of the United States (1974-77), the first not elected as either president or vice-president. [e]
39. Jimmy Carter [r]: President of the USA from 1977 to 1981, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. [e]
40. Ronald Reagan [r]: Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States. [e]
41. George H. W. Bush [r]: (1924–) 41st U.S. President (Republican), elected in 1988 and serving one term; Director of Central Intelligence; U.S. Ambassador to China; youngest naval aviator in WWII [e]
42. Bill Clinton [r]: US Democratic politician (1946– ); Governor of Arkansas 1983–1992; President of the United States 1993–2001, husband of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [e]
43. George W. Bush [r]: (1946–) 43rd U.S. President (Republican), elected in 2000 and re-elected in 2004. [e]
44. Barack Obama