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jon huntsman

"Jon Huntsman’s Record: Governor, Ambassador, Entrepreneur | Huntsman 2012." //Jon Huntsman: 2012 Republican Presidential Candidate//. 17 Nov. 2011. Web. 17 Nov. 2011. [].


 * 1) he was elected governor of Utah in 2004
 * 2) helped dozens of free trade agreements with African and Asian nations
 * 3) weathered the economic storm and grew jobs when othe rest of the country suffered from substantial job losses
 * 4) he went on a two year mission trip to taiwan where he learned to speak Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese Hokkein when he was just 19
 * 5) obama asked him to serve his country again, and was unanimously confermed by the U.S. senate as ambassador to China in 2009
 * 6) hes a successful buisnessman with hands on job creation experience and served as an executive in his family buisness, which built hundreds of products and provided thousands of jobs for people
 * 7) he cut taxes by more than $400 in Utah, which is the largest tax cut in the states history
 * 8) jon passed comprehensive, market-based health care reform in 2008
 * 9) he was named U.S ambassador to singapore,
 * 10) became the youngest head of an American diplomatic mission in a century
 * 11) he turned heads by shunning motorcades, preferring instead to ride his bike and interact with the Chineese people
 * 12) worked closely with American buisness owners to facilitate commerce in the growing Asian market bringing jobs and capital back to America
 * 13) occasionally butted heads with the Chineese government as he stidently advocated for the release of American citizens that were wrongfully imprisioned
 * 14) he helped his buisness expand globally by using his international experience and language skills
 * 15) begain implanting his 10-point plan for jumpstarting Utah's economy in 2004, shortly after being elected Governor
 * 16) cut waste and made government more efficient rather than raising taxes or use of accounting gimmicks
 * 17) deliverd forms that give consumers to choose and negotiate their own coverage in competitive marketplace
 * 18) signed landmark legislation to protect the sanctity of unborn life and defend the 2nd Amendment
 * 19) he commited to the service raising above partisan politics
 * 20) graduated from the University of Pennsylvania

"Jon Huntsman, Jr." //Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia//. 17 Nov. 2011. Web. 17 Nov. 2011. [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Huntsman,_Jr.].


 * 1) worked as a White House staff assistant for Ronald Regan
 * 2) appointed as the Deputy assistant Secretary of Commerce by George W. Bush
 * 3) served as a CEO of his family's Huntsman Corporation
 * 4) he won the re-election for Governor in Utah, in 2008 with nearly 78% votes
 * 5) served as a chairman of the Western Governors Association while he was governor
 * 6) he was a member of the Executive committee of the National Governors Assocaition
 * 7) was a state delegate for the 1988 Republican National Convention in the 1988 presidential election
 * 8) he turned down the nomination to be the U.S Ambassador to Indonesia
 * 9) Utah was ranked number one in job growth in the nation and number four in the country for job creation during Huntsman's tenure.
 * 10) state budget rose from $16.7 to $22.8 billion during his tenure
 * 11) proposed the largest state budget in the states history
 * 12) he proposed eliminating the corporate franchise tax for small buisness makeing a little less than $5 million
 * 13) supported cap and trade policies
 * 14) signed western climite initiative
 * 15) he signed into law the Parent Choice in Education Act in 2007
 * 16) delivered a nominating speech for Sarah Palin, Alaska's governor, the parties nomine for vice president
 * 17) in 2008, Huntsman supported John McCain's and provided more than $500,00 for McCain's presidential campaign
 * 18) hes a conservative
 * 19) appeared in an advertisement sponsered by Environmental defense
 * 20) joined other western governors urging the senate to pass comprehensive immigration reform

(@Sarah_Kunin), Sarah Kunin. "Jon Huntsman Biography | Republican 2012 Presidential Candidates - ABC News." //ABCNews.com: Daily News, Breaking News and Video Broadcasts - ABC News//. 20 Sept. 2011. Web. 18 Nov. 2011. <http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/voice-vote-meet-jon-huntsman/story?id=14563408


 * 1) successful career in state politics
 * 2) decades of public service
 * 3) has a backround as a privite sector
 * 4) one of Utah's wealthiest buisnessmen with about $1 billion
 * 5) created the "clamshell" container for McDonald's Big Mac
 * 6) he joined the Nixon Administration
 * 7) Associate Administrator of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
 * 8) started a successful lawn-mowing buisness at the age of 10 while his father worked alongside with the president
 * 9) he was in a band
 * 10) became a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity while in college
 * 11) went to the University of Utah but eventually embarked on a two year mission trip to Tiwain
 * 12) joined Huntsman Corporation as project manager and secretary
 * 13) while being the manager and secretary of the Huntsman Corporation, he managed to stay in touch with politics as the Utah state director for the Reagan-Bush campaign
 * 14) adopted 2 girls, one from China, and the other from India
 * 15) in 1989 he begain serving under a second president when George H.W was president
 * 16) traveled around the country and world for about 40 weeks a year
 * 17) in 2009 he left his position of governor
 * 18) he thought China was unique
 * 19) stepped down from his post as ambassader to China on April 30
 * 20) Obama was pleased with the work Huntsman did as ambassader