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Title: Arnold Schwarzenneger


1
Who Are They?
2
Sonia Sotomayor
  • US Supreme Court Justice, in her fourth term on
    Court
  • Third Female in Courts History
  • First Latino/Latina on the Court
  • Recently published her autobiography

3
Eric Swalwell
  • Democratic Congressman in his 1st term
  • Currently represents the 15th Congressional
    District of California (CV, San Ramon,
    Pleasanton, etc)
  • Born in Iowa but grew up in Dublin (graduated
    from Dublin HS in 1999)
  • Wants Congress to be more tech-savvyhe tweeted
    out a picture of us when we met with him

4
Kamala Harris
  • California Attorney General since 2011
  • Gained national attention with her refusal to
    support the same-sex marriage amendment to the CA
    state constitution
  • Obama called her the best looking attorney
    general, then apologized for commenting on her
    appearance

5
John Boehner
  • Speaker of the House of Representatives
  • Republican representative from Ohio, since 1991
  • In charge of assigning committees and deciding
    which bills to debate
  • As Speaker, he is second in line for the
    presidency

6
Hillary Clinton
  • Former US Secretary of State
  • Will possibly be a 2016 presidential candidate
  • Most traveled Secretary of State in US history
  • Narrowly lost Democratic presidential nomination
    in 2008
  • Former Senator from NY and Former First Lady

7
Rush Limbaugh
  • Conservative radio talk show host
  • Influential in keeping the Republicans focused
    and right wing (very conservative)
  • Is opposed to the Affordable Care Act. President
    Obama said that Republicans in Congress are too
    concerned about what Limbaugh says about them

8
Dianne Feinstein
  • Senior Senator from California, Democrat,
    reelected last year
  • Holds the record for winning the most votes in a
    Senate election
  • Former mayor of San Francisco
  • Sent out her first tweet last year when her
    challenger in the election said she was out of
    touch

9
Edward Snowden
  • Former NSA employee accused of treason
  • Worked as a computer expert, leaked top-secret
    details of mass surveillance programs (used by
    the British and US)
  • US revoked his passport after he left Hawaii for
    Hong Kong, then went to Russia
  • Russia granted him asylum for one year but US
    wants him extradited for trial

10
Barbara Boxer
  • Junior Senator from California
  • Currently serving her fourth term in office
  • Lobbying for a 10 minimum wage
  • Meets with CV students on Close Up trip almost
    every year

11
Chris Christie
  • Republican Governor of New Jersey
  • Was the keynote speaker at the Republican
    National Convention
  • Has nominated an openly gay man to be on the NJ
    Supreme Court and a Muslim to be on state
    Superior Court
  • Will possibly be a 2016 presidential candidate

12
John Kerry
  • US Secretary of State, appointed January 2013
  • Former Senator from Massachusetts, Democrat
  • Ran for President in 2004
  • Currently dealing with Syria and the use of
    chemical weapons in the Civil War

13
Chuck Hagel
  • Secretary of Defense, appointed January 2013
  • Former Senator from Nebraska, Republican
  • Has stated that US is ready to go regarding
    Syria and that US does not need UN approval

14
Barack Obama
  • First non-white President of the US, his first
    inauguration was attended by approx. 2,000,000
    people
  • Former senator from Illinois
  • Has averaged a 49 approval rating for his
    presidency
  • Spoke at 50th anniversary of March on Washington

15
Jerry Brown
  • Current Governor of CA
  • Has held many political offices in the past
  • Mayor of Oakland, 1998-2006 Attorney General of
    CA, 2007-11
  • CA Governor, 1975-83 CA Secretary of State,
    1971-75

16
Rachel Maddow
  • Host of Liberal MSNBC TV Talk Show and Radio Show
  • CVHS Grad, class of 90
  • Was a Rhodes Scholar to Oxford
  • http//youtu.be/wd-lG2YoZUQ

17
Michelle Obama
  • First Lady of the US
  • Advocates for assistance to military families
  • Has promoted a healthy eating campaign to try to
    reverse the US trend of childhood obesity
  • Planted an organic garden and installed beehives
    on the South Lawn of the White House
  • Went to Princeton and got her law degree from
    Harvard

18
John Roberts
  • Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court
  • Under his leadership, Court has become more
    conservative
  • He was in the minority in wanting to uphold the
    constitutionality of DoMA

19
Joe Biden
  • Vice-President of the United States
  • Former Senator from Delaware (was elected in 1973
    when he was 30)
  • Known for misspeaking and/or not using a filter
    when speaking (ex. Once told a man in a
    wheelchair, Stand up, Chuck, let em see ya!)

20
Nancy Pelosi
  • Democratic California Congresswoman
  • Former Speaker of the House of Representatives
    (first woman to hold the job)
  • Now the Minority Leader of the House of
    Representative

21
Anthony Weiner
  • Former Democratic Congressman who resigned after
    mistakenly publicly tweeting an inappropriate
    picture of himself that was not intended for his
    wife
  • Now running for NYC mayor, saying that hed
    changed, but then new images that hed recently
    sexted were made public
  • He has refused to drop out of the race
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