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two good endorsements :)
Ambassador Edward L. Romero, Dr. Arturo Valenzuela and Mr. Jose Villarreal announced their endorsements of Wes Clark's
Hispanic Leaders Endorse Clark
Monday, Ambassador Edward L. Romero, Dr. Arturo Valenzuela and Mr. Jose Villarreal announced their endorsements of Wes Clark's campaign for President.
"I am deeply gratified to have the endorsements of these three distinguished leaders," Clark said. "Their leadership has been invaluable to the Hispanic community and will be a great benefit to my campaign. I am thrilled to have them on board."
Ambassador Romero served as U.S. Ambassador to Spain in the Clinton Administration. Founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Advanced Sciences, Inc., Ambassador Romero's career includes a host of successful business and public service ventures. As co-founder of the Hispanic Cultural Foundation and the National Hispanic Cultural Center in New Mexico and a member of the President's Hispanic Advisory Committee, Ambassador Romero is one of America's most well known Hispanic leaders. Ambassador Romero will serve as New Mexico State Chair of the campaign.
Mr. Jose Villarreal is a partner at the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, where he focuses on public law and policy, as well as public finance. Long active in the Democratic Party, Mr. Villarreal was National Treasurer of the Gore-Lieberman 2000 campaign. He worked in the Clinton White House as associate director of presidential personnel and he has held numerous leadership positions in a variety of important Hispanic political and cultural organizations.
Dr. Arturo Valenzuela served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Latin America on the Clinton Administration's National Security Council. Dr. Valenzuela is an expert on Latin American politics. He is currently the Director of the Center for Latin American Studies at the Edmund A Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
A range of issues important to the Hispanic/Latino community will be discussed in the conference call which will be hosted by Clark's New Mexico Communications Director, Luis Vizcaino.
awsome to hear the good news
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