Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson
William Blaine "Bill" Richardson IIIis an American politician who was 30th Governor of New Mexico, from 2003 to 2011. He was U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Energy Secretary in the Clinton administration and has also served as a U.S. Congressman, chairman of the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and chairman of the Democratic Governors Association. In December 2008, he was nominated for the cabinet-level position of Secretary of Commerce in the first Obama administration but withdrew a month later...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 November 1947
CityPasadena, CA
CountryUnited States of America
On Iran, I thought he was quite good and positive ... I think our policy toward Iran makes sense, it includes the Europeans, the International Atomic Energy Agency, it includes diplomacy, the right to say we're going to defend Israel. I was pleased to see it wasn't mixed up in some of that 'axis of evil' stuff he sometimes says.
We want to make sure there are additional security measures and resources to contain the flow of information through e-mail, fax, cyber and other forms of technological communication,
make sure American families keep warm this winter.
I'm also sending a message to the Congress and the American people that we will do everything we can to guard our nation's secrets.
If independent voters start breaking our way in this election, that's a good omen for '06 and '08. It's a good signal that we retain New Jersey, and it's even better if we win in a Southern state like Virginia.
What is important to us is not just that OPEC and other nations make a decision to increase production, but that they do it and get oil into the market because this is not just the United States, ... ...What is most important here is consumer and producing countries need to have a stable price, and that helps them both.
What I should have said, what I didn't take into account, is that the lab culture needs to be changed, ... I didn't take in the human element.
What I worry about is a new fiefdom within an already big fiefdom,
What I want to do is, I want business leaders, small business, employers, to come together, ... A moderate (increase). A reasonable one that everybody can handle.
We cannot have a full economic recovery, we cannot ensure the security of this country, while the states are in the midst of the worst fiscal crisis in half a century. Direct aid to cash-strapped states is perhaps the most direct way to immediately jump-start an ailing economy.
We want to engage the Chinese, we don't want to isolate them, ... We want to talk to them about nuclear non-proliferation, about warhead safety, about cooperation on science. We're not giving them extra technology, sensitive technology, nuclear information.
What we are calling the second space age will open up a wide range of commercial opportunities, including point-to-point cargo delivery, with personal and business travel.
What California needs is a less congested transmission system, ... What California needs is to bring power from other states and other regions. The lack of federal legislation to permit that is hurting California.
The president, the vice president and I apologize for the suffering these men and women have been through, suffering from the effects of cancer, chronic beryllium disease and other illnesses.