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Ron Reagan, 2004 News

son of former president Ronald Reagan, angered many Republicans by speaking out against the Bush administration's stem-cell research policy. He spoke at the Democratic National Convention in…

John Negroponte, 2005 News

diplomat, was confirmed in April as the country's first national intelligence director. A career diplomat, Negroponte has held eight diplomatic posts and was Ronald Reagan's deputy assistant…

Alexander Haig

Name at birth: Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr.Al Haig graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1947, served in Europe and Asia until 1960, worked in Washington until a combat tour in…

Edward Teller

Edward Teller is known as one of the creators of the 1950s super-bomb called the hydrogen bomb -- the "H Bomb." Teller received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Leipzig (Germany) in 1930…

Georgia O’Keeffe

Georgia O'Keeffe was born in Wisconsin, raised in Virginia and schooled in Chicago and New York, but she is generally associated with the American southwest, particularly New Mexico. She was one of…

Pat Buchanan

A famously outspoken conservative, Pat Buchanan was a speechwriter and political advisor to President Richard Nixon and later served as communications director for president Ronald Reagan. In 1982…

Stephen G. Breyer

Stephen Gerald Breyer has been an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court since 1994. A native of San Francisco, Stephen Breyer earned undergraduate degrees from Stanford University in…

History of Camp David

A brief history of the Presidential mountain retreat and its famous guests by David Johnson President Kennedy with JFK, Jr., at Camp David. (Source: John F. Kennedy Library)…

Coretta Scott King

Coretta Scott King was the wife of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., and a civil rights leader in her own right. The couple met in Boston, where Coretta Scott was studying voice at the…

Geoffrey Beene

Geoffrey Beene was one of New York's most famous fashion designers, recognized for his artistic and technical skills and for creating simple, comfortable and dressy women's wear. A native of…