Arnold Schwarzenneger

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Who Are They?
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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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!)

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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

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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