Andrew Card

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Andrew Hill Card, Jr.
21st White House Chief of Staff
In office January 20, 2001 – April 14, 2006
President	George W. Bush
Deputy	Joe Hagin Joshua Bolton Harriet Miers Karl Rove
Preceded by	John Podesta
Succeeded by	Joshua Bolten
11th United States Secretary of Transportation
In office February 24, 1992 – January 20, 1993
President	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Samuel K. Skinner
Succeeded by	Federico Peña
Born	May 10, 1947 (1947-05-10) (age 62) Holbrook, Massachusetts
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Kathleene Card
Children	Tabetha, Rachel, Andrew
Residence	Virginia
Alma mater	University of South Carolina United States Merchant Marine Academy John F. Kennedy School of Government (Harvard University)
Military service
Service/branch	United States Merchant Marines
Years of service	1966-1967

Andrew Hill "Andy" Card Jr. (born May 10, 1947) is a Republican American politician, former United States Cabinet member, and head of President George W. Bush's White House Iraq Group. Card served as U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President George H. W. Bush and the White House Chief of Staff under George W. Bush. He announced his resignation as Chief of Staff March 28, 2006, effective April 14, 2006.

A native of Holbrook, Massachusetts, he and his wife Kathy have three children and four grandchildren. A dedicated Chief of Staff, he was once asked by his wife "Are you married to me or George W. Bush?"^[1]

[edit] Early life

Card was active in the Boy Scouts of America's Old Colony Council and earned the rank of Life Scout. His dedication to Scouting was later recognized when he was bestowed the rank of Honorary Eagle Scout by a hometown troop.^{[2][citation needed]} Later, he graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering. He also attended the United States Merchant Marine Academy and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.^[3] Card served in the United States Merchant Marine from 1966 to 1967.

Card got his start in politics serving in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1975–1983. He ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for Governor of Massachusetts in 1982.

[edit] Private career

From 1993 to 1998, Card was President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Automobile Manufacturers Association (AAMA), the trade association whose members were Chrysler Corporation, Ford Motor Company and General Motors Corporation. The AAMA dissolved in December 1998. From 1999 until his selection as President Bush's Chief of Staff, Card was General Motors' Vice President of Government Relations. Card directed the company's international, national, state and local government affairs activities and represented GM on matters of public policy before Congress and the Administration.

He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Union Pacific Railroad. The railroad announced on July 27, 2006 that Card was elected to the board, increasing the board's size to 10 members.^[4]

[edit] Government career

Card informs President Bush about the second WTC tower being struck on 9/11, after having privately informed him of the first strike.

Card, along with George W. Bush, Laura Bush, Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, and Condoleezza Rice pay their respects to Pope John Paul II before the pope's funeral.

[edit] Under Ronald Reagan

Card first served in the West Wing under President Ronald Reagan, as Special Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and subsequently as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, where he was liaison to governors, statewide elected officials, state legislators, mayors and other elected officials.

[edit] Under George H. W. Bush

From 1989 to 1992, Card served in President George H. W. Bush's administration as Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy. From 1992 until 1993, Card served as the 11th U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President George H. W. Bush. In August 1992, at the request of President Bush, Secretary Card coordinated the administration's disaster relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Andrew. Later that year, Secretary Card directed President Bush's transition office during the transition from the Bush Administration to the Clinton Administration.

[edit] George W. Bush's Chief of Staff

In 2000, Card was asked by then Texas Governor George W. Bush to run the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. Card was instrumental in raising over $160 million that it cost to run the convention.

On November 26, 2000, Card was appointed to be chief of staff for then President-Elect George W. Bush upon Bush's January 20, 2001 inauguration.

On September 11, 2001, it was Card who whispered in Bush's ear while the President was conducting an education event at Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida that terrorists had attacked the United States.^[5]

On November 26, 2005, Card experienced a close call along with 12 other passengers aboard a Gulfstream twin-engine plane when smoke began pouring into the cockpit during the flight. The plane was bound for Washington, D.C., but the pilot managed to land safely at the Nashville International Airport. No injuries were reported.

On March 28, 2006, the White House announced that Card would resign as Chief of Staff and be replaced by United States Office of Management and Budget director Joshua B. Bolten.^[6] Card's resignation was effective April 14, 2006.^[7] As White House Chief of Staff, Card was well regarded by both sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill. In an interview about Card leaving the White House with Dana Bash from CNN Senator Dick Durbin (D), then Minority Whip and later Majority Whip said, "He's one of the most reasonable, professional people in this White House, a person whose word is very good...." ^[8]

In his book State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III, Bob Woodward states that Card resigned because he was concerned that the war in Iraq would be seen as another Vietnam War, after twice failing to persuade the President to dismiss Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense,^[9] with the support of First Lady Laura Bush on his second attempt.^[10]

[edit] Post-resignation

When Card received an honorary degree from UMass in May 2007 the audience drowned out his acceptance speech with boos and sign-waving due to his support of the war in Iraq. Graduating students and many faculty members wore signs on their gowns to protest his being granted an honorary degree.^[11]

On October 30, 2007, Card gave a brief interview to The Harvard Crimson, in which he stated that he resigned because "the president needed for me to leave, and the administration needed to have me leave," and that he did not want to leave the White House. These statements seem to contradict the official reasons given for his resignation, in that they imply that he did not take the initiative in the decision.^[12]

In February 2009, Card made statements to the press criticizing newly-elected President Obama for not wearing a suit coat in the Oval Office while working there ^[13]. In response, various websites posted a picture of Andrew Card in an Oval Office meeting with President George W. Bush and then-CIA director George Tenet, who was in shirtsleeves, as well as pictures of Presidents George W. Bush, Clinton, Reagan, Carter, Ford, and Kennedy wearing shirtsleeves in the Oval Office. ^{[14] [15]}

In May 2009, Card made a speech at the University of South Carolina during their 100th alumni anniversary celebration

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Andrew Card

• Letter from Congressman Henry Waxman to Card asking if Bush knowingly signed into law a bill that didn't pass
• Washington Post feature on Andrew Card, published before the 2005 Presidential Inauguration

[edit] References

v • d • e White House Chiefs of Staff John R. Steelman • Sherman Adams • Wilton Persons • W. Marvin Watson • H. R. Haldeman • Alexander Haig • Donald Rumsfeld • Dick Cheney • Hamilton Jordan • Jack Watson • James Baker • Donald Regan • Howard Baker • Kenneth Duberstein • John H. Sununu • Samuel K. Skinner • James Baker • Mack McLarty • Leon Panetta • Erskine Bowles • John Podesta • Andrew Card • Joshua Bolten • Rahm Emanuel

v • d • e United States Secretaries of Transportation Boyd • Volpe • Brinegar • Coleman • Adams • Goldschmidt • Lewis • Dole • Burnley • Skinner • Card • Peña • Slater • Mineta • Peters • LaHood

v • d • e Cabinet of President George H. W. Bush (1989–1993)   Cabinet Secretary of State James Baker (1989 – 1992) • Lawrence Eagleburger (1992 – 1993) Secretary of the Treasury Nicholas F. Brady (1989 – 1993) Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney (1989 – 1993) Attorney General Dick Thornburgh (1989 – 1991) • William Barr (1991 – 1993) Secretary of the Interior Manuel Lujan, Jr. (1989 – 1993) Secretary of the Agriculture Clayton K. Yeutter (1989 – 1991) • Edward Madigan (1991 – 1993) Secretary of Commerce Robert Mosbacher (1989 – 1992) • Barbara Hackman Franklin (1992 – 1993) Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole (1989 – 1990) • Lynn Morley Martin (1990 – 1993) Secretary of Health and Human Services Louis Wade Sullivan (1989 – 1993) Secretary of Education Lauro Cavazos (1989 – 1990) • Lamar Alexander (1991 – 1993) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jack Kemp (1989 – 1993) Secretary of Transportation Samuel K. Skinner (1989 – 1992) • Andrew Card (1992 - 1993) Secretary of Energy James D. Watkins (1989 – 1993) Secretary of Veterans Affairs Ed Derwinski (1989 – 1992)   Cabinet-level Vice President Dan Quayle (1989 – 1993) Trade Representative Carla A. Hills (1989 – 1993) Director of the Office of Management and Budget Richard Darman (1989 – 1993)

v • d • e Cabinet of President George W. Bush (2001–2009)   Cabinet Secretary of State Colin Powell (2001–2005) • Condoleezza Rice (2005–2009) Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill (2001–2002) • John Snow (2003–2006) • Henry Paulson (2006–2009) Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (2001–2006) • Robert Gates (2006–2009) Attorney General John Ashcroft (2001–2005) • Alberto Gonzales (2005–2007) • Michael Mukasey (2007–2009) Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton (2001–2006) • Dirk Kempthorne (2006–2009) Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman (2001–2005) • Mike Johanns (2005–2007) • Ed Schafer (2008–2009) Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans (2001–2005) • Carlos Gutierrez (2005–2009) Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao (2001–2009) Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson (2001–2005) • Mike Leavitt (2005–2009) Secretary of Education Rod Paige (2001–2005) • Margaret Spellings (2005–2009) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Mel Martinez (2001–2003) • Alphonso Jackson (2003–2008) • Steve Preston (2008–2009) Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta (2001–2006) • Mary Peters (2006–2009) Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham (2001–2005) • Samuel Bodman (2005–2009) Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony Principi (2001–2005) • Jim Nicholson (2005–2007) • James Peake (2007–2009) Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge (2003–2005) • Michael Chertoff (2005–2009)   Cabinet-level Vice President Dick Cheney (2001–2009) White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card (2001–2006) • Joshua Bolten (2006–2009) Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Christine Whitman (2001–2003) • Mike Leavitt (2003–2005) • Stephen Johnson (2005–2009) Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mitch Daniels (2001–2003) • Joshua Bolten (2003–2006) • Rob Portman (2006–2007) • Jim Nussle (2007–2009) Director of National Drug Control Policy John Walters (2001–2009) Trade Representative Robert Zoellick (2001–2005) • Rob Portman (2005–2006) • Susan Schwab (2006–2009) Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Joe Allbaugh (2001–2003)