Gary Locke stories:
Boeing: continuing to make headlines
Oct 6th, 2009 - The Seattle Times
We should strengthen the unions
Boeing has received more than enough perks from the state of Washington ["Gregoire's business case to Boeing leaves a lot to be desired," Opinion, Oct...US Commerce Secretary Locke: Didn't Raise Rio Tinto Issue With Wen
Jul 16th, 2009 - CNNMoney
BEIJING -(Dow Jones)- U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said Thursday heraised the issue of China's investigation into the alleged espionage caseagainst four employees of Rio Tinto PLC (RTP) with Chinese officials...
Pension Benefit Guaranty Board Gives Little Oversight, GAO Says
May 19th, 2009 - Bloomberg
May 19 (Bloomberg) -- The board of the government-ownedPension Benefit Guaranty Corp. that pays pensions to 44 millionAmericans hasn’t met in 15 months and lacks the resources forproper oversight...
Departing Aide Is at Obama's Side
Apr 22nd, 2009 - Washington Post
NEWTON, Iowa, April 22 -- One day after stepping down as White House communications director, Ellen L. Moran accompanied President Obama here to visit a plant that makes wind turbine towers. The president came to promote his energy agenda...
Expert on 'Sampling' Tapped to Lead Census
Apr 2nd, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama Thursday nominated Robert Groves, a sociology professor at the University of Michigan, to be the next director of the Census Bureau, a choice that riled some Republican lawmakers. Mr...
Gary Locke videos from YouTube:
3:25Gary Locke at Commerce
The former Washington governor was named on February 25, 2009 as President Obama's choice to lead the Commerce Department. Learn about Gov. Lockes past and his plans for the department. (this video is public domain)
1:09Gary Locke's Father
Gary Locke's Father speaking about his son. In this short interview he speaks Taishanese Cantonese (Chinese).
2:12Obama Names Gary Locke Commerce Secretary
President Barack Obama named former Washington Gov. Gary Locke as his nominee for Commerce secretary Wednesday, trying a third time to fill a key Cabinet post for a country in recession. (Feb. 25)
9:29Swearing In Sebelius and Locke
The President and Vice President attend the ceremonial swearing-in of Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in the East Room. The Vice President delivers the oath of office. (public domain)
Gary Locke from WikiPedia:
Gary Faye Locke (born January 21, 1950) is an American politician. He is the current United States Secretary of Commerce and was the 21st Governor of Washington, serving from 1997 to 2005. Locke was the first, and remains the only, Chinese American to serve as governor of a state in United States history.
Locke was born on January 21, 1950 in Seattle, Washington. A third-generation American with paternal ancestry from Taishan, Guangdong in China, Locke is the second of five children of James, a native of the United States, and Julie Locke from Hong Kong, which at that time was a dependent territory of the United Kingdom. His parents gave him the Chinese name of ??? (pronounced Lok Gaa-Fai in Cantonese). He did not learn to speak English until he was five years old.
He graduated with honors from Seattle’s Franklin High School in 1968. Locke achieved Eagle Scout and received the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America.
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