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No Retreat, No Surrender: One American's Fight with Tom DeLay
The Common Good hosted the honorable Tom DeLay to discuss his memoir in which he opens up about his controversial career.
The Common Good hosted the honorable Tom DeLay to discuss his memoir in which he opens up about his controversial career.
In this eagerly awaited memoir, DeLay shares fascinating stories from his entire career, starting with his early, raucous days in Texas; his personal conversion to Christ, and how that changed his personal and political life. DeLay also discusses his victories against the odds, with the slimmest of margins; his passionate dedication to abused and neglected children; and his battle to fend off a 10-year barrage of malicious and frivolous allegations of wrongdoing, which ultimately led to his decision to resign from Congress.
Thomas Dale “Tom” DeLay is a former member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Texas’s 22nd congressional district from 1984 until 2006. He was Republican Party (GOP) House Majority Leader from 2003 to 2005, when he resigned because of criminal money laundering charges in connection with a campaign finance investigation.
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The Road to the White House: Tom Vilsack
The Common Good hosted Democratic governor Tom Vilsack for a luncheon and to discuss his formal announcement to be a candidate for President for 2008.
The Common Good hosted Democratic governor Tom Vilsack for a luncheon and to discuss his formal announcement to be a candidate for President for 2008.
Tom Vilsack serves as the Nation’s 30th Secretary of Agriculture. As leader of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Vilsack is working hard to strengthen the American agricultural economy, build vibrant rural communities and create new markets for the tremendous innovation of rural America. In five years at the Department, Vilsack has worked to implement President Obama’s agenda to put Americans back to work and create an economy built to last. USDA has supported America’s farmers, ranchers and growers who are driving the rural economy forward, provided food assistance to millions of Americans, carried out record conservation efforts, made record investments in our rural communities and helped provide a safe, sufficient and nutritious food supply for the American people.
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