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TABLE OF CONTENTS
BIOGRAPHY
AND
TIMELINE
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BRIEF
OVERVIEW
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BIOGRAPHICAL
TIMELINE
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TOP
HITS
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SOCIAL
ISSUES
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ABORTION
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STEM
CELL
RESEARCH
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GAY
RIGHTS
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SECOND
AMENDMENT
ISSUES
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AFFIRMATIVE
ACTION
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JUDICIAL
ISSUES
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CONFEDERATE
FLAG/SOUTHERN
ISSUES
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ECONOMIC
ISSUES
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SPENDING
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TAXES
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STATE
FEES
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BUSH
TAX
CUTS
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JOBS
AND
ECONOMY
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FOREIGN
POLICY
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EXPERIENCE
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IRAQ
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IRAN
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TERRORISM
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CHINA.....................................................................................................................................................................................
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CUBA/VENEZUELA
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81
GENERAL
ISSUES
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84
DOMESTIC
POLICY
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CAMPAIGN
FINANCE
REFORM
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IMMIGRATION
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HEALTH
CARE
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ENERGY
AND
ENVIRONMENT
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EDUCATION..........................................................................................................................................................................
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CRIME
AND
PUBLIC
SAFETY
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SOCIAL
SECURITY
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VETERANS
ISSUES
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BUSINESS
RECORD
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GENERAL
BAIN
OVERVIEW
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BAIN
CAPITAL
AND
DREXEL
BURNHAM
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BAIN
&
CO.
AND
IRAN
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DAMON
CLINICAL
LABORATORIES
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AMPAD
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HAIER
GROUP
AND
MAYTAG
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STREAM
INTERNATIONAL,
INC.
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MODUS
MEDIA,
INC.
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DDi
CORP.
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ALLIANCE
LAUNDRY
SYSTEMS
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IMAGITAS
INC.
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GS
INDUSTRIES,
INC.
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FLIP
‐
FLOPS
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TOP
ROMNEY
TURNAROUNDS
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ANALYSTS
ON
ROMNEY’S
SHIFTING
VALUES
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POLITICAL
ISSUES
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QUESTIONABLE
REPUBLICAN
CREDENTIALS
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ROMNEY
VS.
HIS
ADVISERS
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REPUBLICAN
GOVERNOR’S
ASSOCIATION
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CAMPAIGN
ETHICS
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BOSTON
VIDEO
ARCHIVE
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VIDEO
CURRENTLY
AVAILABLE
FOR
USE
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VIDEO
WAITING
TO
BE
COPIED
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BIOGRAPHY AND TIMELINE
BRIEF OVERVIEW
Full Name:
Willard Mitt Romney
Born:
March 12, 1947, Detroit, Michigan
Family:
Wife Ann (married 37 years); five sons, ten grandchildren
Residences:
171 Marsh Street Belmont, MA 02478 2005 assessed value: $3.162 million 87 Claflin Road Wolfeboro, NH 03894 2006 estimated value: $5 million
The Boston Herald
noted Romney’s “$5 million Lake Winnipesaukee estate … features a three-story, six-bedroom, 3-bathroom house, a sprawling $200,000 stone boathouse and a recently renovated $500,000 carriage house with guest quarters.”
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Vacation home Deer Valley, UT 2006 estimated value: $5.2 million
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Education:
The Cranbrook School, Bloomfield Hills, MI (1965) Stanford University (1965-66, departed for 30-month mission after freshman year) B.A., Brigham Young University (1971) M.B.A., Harvard Business School; J.D., Harvard Law School (1975)
Employment:
Consultant, Boston Consulting Group (1975-77) Consultant, Bain & Company, Inc. (1977) Vice President, Bain & Company, Inc. (1978-84) Co-founder and managing general partner, Bain Capital, Inc. (1984-99) Interim CEO, Bain & Company, Inc. (1991-93) President and CEO, Salt Lake Organizing Committee (1999-2002)
Political Career:
Republican nominee for U.S. Senate from Massachusetts (1994) Governor of Massachusetts (2003-07) Chairman, Republican Governors Association (2005-06)
BIOGRAPHICAL TIMELINE
March 12, 1947
Romney is born in Detroit, MI, youngest of four children of future Michigan Gov. George Romney and his wife Lenore.
Spring 1965
Graduates from the Cranbrook School, an exclusive, all-male prep school in Bloomfield Hills, MI.
August 1965
Enrolls at Stanford University, where he spends only one year.
June 1966
Departs for France on a Mormon mission that will last 2½ years.
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The Boston Herald
, 7/29/05
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Deseret Morning News
, 12/24/06
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