Bill Richardson
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"William Blaine" ""Bill"" "Richardson III" is an American politician who was List of Governors of New Mexico/30th Governor of New Mexico, from 2003 to 2011. He was United States Ambassador to the United Nations/U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and United States Secretary of Energy/Energy Secretary in the Presidency of Bill Clinton/Clinton administration and has also served as a United States House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman, chairman of the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and chairman of the Democratic Governors Association. In December 2008, he was nominated for the United States Cabinet/cabinet-level position of United States Secretary of Commerce/Commerce Secretary in the first Barack Obama/Obama administration but withdrew a month later as he was investigated for possibly improper business dealings in New Mexico. Although the investigation was later dropped, it was seen to have damaged Richardson's career, as his second and final term as New Mexico governor concluded.

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We as a people, as a state, and as a community, have too much promise, too much potential, and too much at stake to go any other way than forward. We are too strong in our hearts, too innovative in our minds, and too firm in our beliefs to retreat from our goals.

I support the offshore oil and gas leasing moratoriums that the Bush Administration has continued off coastal states including California and Florida. Now I want to ask the coastal states, the Bush Administration, and Congress to support leasing moratoriums for some ecologically sensitive onshore areas, as well.

Education enables people and societies to be what they can be.

I'm soggy but happy at the great exposure for New Mexico. It was a continuing, freezing rain. But the warmth of the crowd made up for soggy, very cold rain.

Raising a family is difficult enough. But it's even more difficult for single parents struggling to make ends meet. They don't need more obstacles. They need more opportunities.

We're a superpower with a Third World grid.

We cannot accomplish all that we need to do without working together.

As the future home of Rocket Racing League, we look forward to welcoming the hundreds of thousands of people who will come to New Mexico to enjoy NASCAR in the sky.

Sixty-four teams start [NCAA tournament] and they're whittled down to just one. Kind of reminds me of what we've done with our allies.

You're talking to a country [North Korea] that is very, very unsteady, that is very weird, the way they act. But that's the way they are.

Americans will get to hear a different point-of-view from a Governor who is working to solve problems people care about.

Our future will not be determined by chance, but rather by the choices we make today, and in the days and weeks ahead.