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Christine Gregoire

Christine "Chris" O'Grady Gregoire (/ˈɡrɛɡwɑːr/; born March 24, 1947) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 22nd Governor of the state of Washington from 2005 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Gregoire defeated Republican candidate Dino Rossi in 2004 and again in 2008. She is the second female governor of Washington. She was the National Governors Association chairwoman for the 2010–11 term. After she left the governorship, some sources reported that she was being considered for a position in Barack Obama's cabinet in his second term, possibly in the State Department, or as United States Secretary of the Interior. However, John Kerry became the United States Secretary of State, while Sally Jewell was nominated for the position of Interior Secretary.

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We have lots of studies about what's wrong with our education system. We need to accept responsibility, be bold, find solutions and move forward to make education a centerpiece of our economic development.

Centerpiece, Economic, Lots, Moving, Needs, Responsibility

Education can lift individuals out of poverty and into rewarding careers.

Careers, Education, Individual, Individuals, Lift, Poverty

We are thinking ahead to long-term care, aware that many folks don't plan ahead and won't be ready. We want to see to it that people will have choices.

Ahead, Aware, Choices, Long, People, Thinking

We need to take advantage of the opportunity we have now to create a vision and become great.

Advantage, Become, Create, Needs, Opportunity, Vision

One of the most powerful tools for empowering individuals and communities is making certain that any individual who wants to receive a quality education can do so.

Communities, Community, Empowering, Individuals, Powerful

Education is the foundation upon which we build our future.

Build, Discouraging, Education, Foundation, Welfare Reform

We may disagree on some things, but we can do so without being disagreeable.

Can Do, Disagree, Disagreeable, May, Things

The US government should not be in the business of discrimination.

Business, Discrimination, Government, Sexuality

I will never be able to create a budget from scratch with the amount of time that I have, but my instructions remain the same: Give me a budget that has no new revenue.

Able, Give, Giving Up, Instructions, Remain, Scratches

I'm free. I'm free to say what I feel.

Feels, Free, Say

It's our responsibility to pass on what we inherited, not to squander it, but to build on it.

Build, Feminist, Inherited, Pass, Responsibility, Squander

Vernon Reis opened the world to me through books. He taught me that while I was physically firmly planted in blue-collar Auburn, Washington in the 50s and early 60s, intellectually I could go anywhere, explore anything, and sample exciting new ideas simply by opening a book.

60S, Blue, Book, Exciting, Ideas, Vernon

Truly, the challenges we face are not Democratic challenges or Republican challenges. In fact, they are not political challenges at all; they are fiscal challenges, and educational challenges, and the challenges of figuring out how to take care of each other.

Care, Educational, Feminist, Political

It was very constraining, much more than I ever would have thought, to run for governor.

Constraining, Governor, Governors, Run, Running, Thought

We all leave personal legacies for the people we know and love.

And Love, Know, Leave, Legacy, People

If we want unity, we must all be unifiers. If we want accountability, each of us must be accountable for all we do.

Accountability, Accountable, Unity, Want

There is just no reason why the richest nation in the world can't provide health care to all its people.

Care, Health, Nation, People, Provide, World

Surely no issue unites us more than our appreciation for our military personnel who are bringing aid to devastated countries, defending us against terrorism, and fighting to make a free election possible in Iraq.

Appreciation, Bringing, Country, Military, Terrorism