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Newt Gingrich
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Newt Gingrich is well-known as the architect of the
“Contract with America” that led the Republican Party to victory in 1994
by capturing the majority in the U.S. House for the first time in forty
years. After he was elected Speaker, he disrupted the status quo by moving
power out of Washington and back to the American people. Under his leadership,
Congress passed welfare reform, passed the first balanced budget in a
generation, and passed the first tax cut in sixteen years. In addition,
the Congress restored funding to strengthen our defense and intelligence
capabilities, an action later lauded by the bipartisan 9/11 Commission.
But there is a lot more to Newt Gingrich than these
remarkable achievements. As an author, Newt has published nine books including
the best sellers, Contract with America and To Renew America and his most
recent book, Winning the Future: A 21st Century Contract with America.
In June 2005, Never Call Retreat concluded Newt's series of active history
studies in the lessons of warfare based on a fictional account of the
Battle of Gettysburg and its aftermath. And in Saving Lives & Saving Money,
Newt demonstrates how to transform health and healthcare into a 21st century
system.
In his post-Speaker role, Newt has become one of
the most highly sought-after public speakers, accepting invitations to
speak before some of the most prestigious organizations in the world.
Because of his own unquenchable thirst for knowledge, Newt is able to
share unique and unparalleled insights on a wide range of topics. His
audiences find him to be not only an educational but also an inspirational
speaker.
Widely recognized for his commitment to a better
system of health for all Americans, his leadership helped save Medicare
from bankruptcy, prompted FDA reform to help the seriously ill and initiated
a new focus on research, prevention, and wellness. His contributions have
been so great that the American Diabetes Association awarded him their
highest non-medical award and the March of Dimes named him their 1995
Citizen of the Year. Today he serves as a Board Member of the Juvenile
Diabetes Foundation.
In his book, Saving Lives and Saving Money, Newt
describes his vision of a 21st Century System of Health and Healthcare
that is centered on the individual, prevention focused, knowledge intense,
and innovation rich. Moreover, he makes the case for a market-mediated
system that will improve choice and quality while driving down costs.
To foster such a modern health system that provides better outcomes at
lower cost, Newt launched the Center for Health Transformation (www.healthtransformation.net).
Newt also serves with former Senator Bob Kerrey as
Co-chairman of the National Commission for Quality Long-term Care. The
commission will make recommendations to policymakers and the public on
how to transform healthcare services for the frail elderly and disabled
in order to maximize independence and achieve a high quality of life and
quality of care for our aging population.
Recognized internationally as an expert on world
history, military issues, and international affairs, Newt serves as a
Member of the Defense Policy Board. Newt is the longest-serving teacher
of the Joint War Fighting course for Major Generals. He also teaches officers
from all five services as a Distinguished Visiting Scholar and Professor
at the National Defense University . Newt serves on the Terrorism Task
Force for the Council on Foreign Relations. He is an Editorial Board Member
of the Johns Hopkins University journal, Biosecurity and Bioterrorism,
and is an Advisory Board Member of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.
Recently, Newt was named co-Chair of the UN Task Force, a bi-partisan
Congressional effort to reform the United Nations.
In 1999, Gingrich was appointed to the United States
Commission on National Security/21st Century, the Hart/Rudman Commission
to examine our national security challenges as far out as 2025. The Commission's
report is the most profound rethinking of defense strategy since 1947.
The report concluded that the number one threat to the United States was
the likelihood over the next 25 years of a weapon of mass destruction
-- nuclear, chemical, and/or biological being used against one or more
major cities unless our defense and intelligence structures underwent
a massive transformation. That report was published six months before
September 11.
Because of his work on the Commission, Newt Gingrich
is credited with the idea contained in the report of a Homeland Security
Agency with a Secretary to serve on the Cabinet level. President George
W. Bush has since created the Department of Homeland Security.
Newt Gingrich is Chairman of the Gingrich Group,
a communications and consulting firm that specializes in transformational
change, with offices in Atlanta and Washington, DC . He serves as a Senior
Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC, a Distinguished
Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University in Palo
Alto, California and is an Honorary Chairman of the NanoBusiness Alliance.
Newt is also a news and political analyst for the Fox News Channel.
Newt Gingrich is a leading advocate of increased
Federal funding for basic science research. In 2001, he was the recipient
of the Science Coalition's first Science Pioneer award, given to him for
his outstanding contributions to educating the public about science and
its benefits to society.
A strong advocate of volunteerism, Gingrich has long
championed the positive impact every individual can have on society. He
has raised millions of dollars for charity, donating both time and money
to a wide array of causes, including Habitat for Humanity, United Cerebral
Palsy, the American Cancer Society, and ZooAtlanta. A former environmental
studies professor, he is widely recognized for his commitment to the environment
and to the advancement of a new, common-sense environmentalism. In 1998,
the Georgia Wildlife Federation named him Legislative Conservationist
of the Year.
Newt was first elected to Congress in 1978 where
he served the Sixth District of Georgia for twenty years. In 1995, he
was elected Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives where he served
until 1999. The Washington Times has called him “the indispensable leader”
and Time magazine, in naming him Man of the Year for 1995, said, “Leaders
make things possible. Exceptional leaders make them inevitable. Newt Gingrich
belongs in the category of the exceptional.”
His experiences as the son of a career soldier convinced
him at an early age to dedicate his life to his country and to the protection
of freedom. Realizing the importance of understanding the past in order
to protect the future, he immersed himself in the study of history, receiving
his Bachelor’s degree from Emory University and Master’s and Doctorate
in Modern European History from Tulane University . Before his election
to Congress, he taught History and Environmental Studies at West Georgia
College for eight years.
He resides in Virginia with his wife, Callista. The
Gingrich family includes two daughters, two sons-in-law and two grandchildren.
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Compiled by Thomas George
editor@BoycottLiberalism.com
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