George E. Pataki
George E. Pataki
George Elmer Patakiis an American lawyer and politician who served as the 53rd Governor of New York. A member of the Republican Party, Pataki was a lawyer who was elected Mayor of his home town of Peekskill, later going on to be elected to State Assembly, then State Senate. In 1994, Pataki ran for governor against three-term incumbent Mario Cuomo, defeating him by over a three-point margin as part of the Republican Revolution of 1994. Pataki, succeeding a three-term governor,...
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September 11 wasn't just aimed at destroying the two towers and killing thousands of people. It was aimed at dividing us and frightening us and taking away our freedom and taking away our confidence,
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The ordinary civilians who risked their lives -- and thousands lost their lives in countless acts of heroism that we'll never know about -- somehow it's important that the public be reminded of that,
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It's one thing to deal with the tragedy as America had to after September 11. It's another to run into the buildings while they're still burning,
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The Hudson Valley (north of New York City) has been very hard hit. There are tens of thousands of homes without power. The commuter rail lines (north of the city) have been really washed out, so it's going to take some time to get them back to normal.