GIULIANI: Rudy Giuliani Campaign Launches New Television Ad in New Hampshire

For Immediate Release
Contact: Maria Comella
Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Rudy Giuliani Campaign Launches New Television Ad in New Hampshire

New York City - The Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee today announced the launch of a new television ad, entitled “Holiday Wishes.” The ad begins airing tomorrow in New Hampshire.

Visit http://www.joinrudy2008.com to view the ad. The script is below.

Script for “Holiday Wishes”:

MAYOR GIULIANI: “There are many things I wish for this holiday season. I wish for peace with strength. Secure borders. A government that spends less than it takes in. Lower taxes for our businesses and families. And I really hope, that all of the presidential candidates can just get along.

SANTA CLAUS: “Ho, ho, ho, ho. I was with you right up until that last one. Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.”

MAYOR GIULIANI: “Can’t have everything! I’m Rudy Giuliani and I approved this message. Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!”


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GIULIANI AD FACTS
“Holiday Wishes”

AD FACT:

Mayor Giuliani: “There are many things I wish for this holiday season. I wish for peace with strength.”

BACKGROUND:

Mayor Giuliani Believes American Needs To Achieve Peace Through Strength By Remaining On Offense In Terrorists War Against Us And Expanding The Military. Giuliani: “We need to stay on offense in this Terrorist War against Us, achieving peace through strength, that’s the only way you achieve peace, through great strength, by being on offense, by being strong, by being confident, by having a military that we expand, not contract.” (Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Remarks, Tampa, FL, 12/15/07)

Mayor Giuliani: “A Realistic Peace Can Only Be Achieved Through Strength.” (Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Op-Ed, “Toward A Realistic Peace,” Foreign Affairs, 9/07)

As Part Of His 12 Commitments To The American People, Giuliani “Will Keep America On The Offense In The Terrorists’ War On Us.” (Rudy Giuliani For President Website, http://www.joinrudy2008.com/commitment/, Accessed 12/18/07)

As President Rudy Giuliani’s Goal Will Be To Kill Or Capture The Al-Qaeda Leadership, Destroy The Capabilities Of The Group, And Discredit Its Radical Ideology. (Rudy Giuliani For President Website, http://www.joinrudy2008.com/commitment/indepth/4, Accessed 12/18/07)

A Giuliani Administration Will Support Important Tools Like The PATRIOT ACT And FISA, And Will Work Together With Congress To Improve Our Ability To Stop Terrorists At Home – Without Compromising The Rights Of U.S. Citizens. (Rudy Giuliani For President Website, http://www.joinrudy2008.com/commitment/indepth/4, Accessed 12/18/07)

As President, Rudy Giuliani Will Ensure That Our Military Has All The Forces, Tools, Skills, And Technologies It Needs To Defeat The Terrorists And Address Other Future Threats. He will add at least 10 new combat brigades to the Army and will expand our Navy to more than 300 ships. He will ensure that the Air Force has the new refueling tankers it needs, and will build a new long range bomber to replace the B-52. (Rudy Giuliani For President Website, http://www.joinrudy2008.com/commitment/indepth/4, Accessed 12/18/07)

A Giuliani Administration Will Revitalize And Refocus The Intelligence Community To Produce Solid Human Intelligence On Terrorist Groups And Activities. (Rudy Giuliani For President Website, http://www.joinrudy2008.com/commitment/indepth/4, Accessed 12/18/07)


AD FACT:

Mayor Giuliani: “Secure borders.”

BACKGROUND:

As One Of Mayor Giuliani’s 12 Commitments To The American People, He “Will End Illegal Immigration, Secure Our Borders, And Identify Every Non-Citizen In Our Nation.” (Rudy Giuliani For President, Press Release, 8/14/07)

Mayor Giuliani Believes Ending Illegal Immigration Will Help Regain The Faith Of The American People. “Real immigration reform must put security first because border security and homeland security are inseparable in the Terrorists’ War on Us. The first responsibility of the federal government is to protect our citizens by controlling America’s borders, while ending illegal immigration and identifying every non-citizen in our nation. We must restore integrity, accountability and the rule of law to our immigration system to regain the faith of the American people.” (Rudy Giuliani For President, Press Release, 8/14/07)

Mayor Giuliani Is Calling For Physical And Technological Fences To Be Built Along Border. Giuliani: “So everything else has to kind of serve that purpose. A fence — a physical fence — very effective. A technological fence, in certain places [will be] very, very effective; meaning, photographic technology, heat sensing technology, different kinds of technology, all toward the goal of identifying everyone coming in to the United States.” (Rudy Giuliani, Interview With John Fleischman, 3/26/07)

Mayor Giuliani: “We Have To Beef Up Border Security … We Have To Have A Much Larger Border Patrol And They Have To Be Trained In Being Able To Stop People.” (Rudy Giuliani, Interview With WOC Radio, Davenport, IA, 6/4/07)

Giuliani Will Propose BorderStat To Bring Accountability To Measuring The Progress In Securing Our Borders. BorderStat is modeled after the Mayor's successful New York City program CompStat which helped reduce the city's crime by imposing accountability. It will use key indicators to identify both effective enforcement strategies that demonstrate tangible results and areas of the border where we are failing so the failures can be immediately corrected. (Rudy Giuliani For President Website, http://www.joinrudy2008.com/commitment/indepth/3, Accessed 12/11/07)

Giuliani Will Issue A Single, Tamper-Proof Biometric ID Card For All Non-Citizens. Rudy will propose the Secure Authorized Foreign Entry Card (SAFE Card) to be uniform for all non-citizen workers and students, utilizing tamper-proof and biometric features for secure identification. (Rudy Giuliani For President Website, http://www.joinrudy2008.com/commitment/indepth/3, Accessed 12/11/07)


AD FACT:

Mayor Giuliani: “A government that spends less than it takes in.”

BACKGROUND:

Mayor Giuliani: “All Spending Is Discretionary. Read The Constitution. Congress Has To Appropriate It; The President Has To Sign It. All Spending Is Discretionary And It Has To Be Looked At From The Point Of View Of, Can We Afford It Now? Is It Appropriate To Pass It On To The Next Generation? This Is What I Did In New York City. I Restored Fiscal Discipline …” (Mayor Giuliani, Remarks On His 12 Commitments To The American People, Bedford, NH, 6/12/07)

As President, Giuliani Will Reduce The Federal Civilian Workforce By 20% Through Attrition And Retirement: Within The Next Decade, 42% Of The Federal Civilian Workforce - Some 300,000 Bureaucrats - Will Retire. (Rudy Giuliani For President Website www.joinrudy2008.com/commitment/indepth/2, Accessed 11/19/07)

A President Giuliani Will Require Agencies To Identify At Least 5% To 20% In Spending Reductions. Requiring agency heads to identify savings and increased efficiencies in each annual budget - as Rudy Giuliani did as Mayor - is a management tool that will lead to constant streamlining and more cost-effective government spending without compromising national security in the search for savings. (Rudy Giuliani For President Website www.joinrudy2008.com/commitment/indepth/2, Accessed 11/19/07)

Use GAPStat to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Federal Agencies & Eliminate Wasteful Spending. Rudy's plan establishes a Government-wide Accountability Program ["GAPStat"] based on New York's successful CompStat program to better evaluate each agency, analyze the effectiveness of Federal programs, and identify those that are wasteful, failing or duplicative. (Rudy Giuliani For President Website www.joinrudy2008.com/commitment/indepth/2, Accessed 11/19/07)


AD FACT:

Mayor Giuliani: “Lower taxes for our businesses and families.”

BACKGROUND:

Giuliani Will Cut Taxes As President. Giuliani: “I've seen how pro-growth policies lead to broader prosperity. We'll not only keep the current tax cuts in place or their equivalent, we’ll enact additional tax relief and give the Death Tax the death penalty. High tax rates hurt business and destroy jobs. I know that tax cuts are good for the economy. It's not just theory for me because I cut taxes and got results as Mayor of New York City. As President, I will cut taxes further.” (Rudy Giuliani For President Website, www.joinrudy2008.com/commitment/indepth/5, Accessed 11/19/07)

A President Giuliani Will Permanently Lower Marginal Rates To Current Level And Possibly Further. (Rudy Giuliani For President Website, www.joinrudy2008.com/commitment/indepth/5, Accessed 11/19/07)

Giuliani Will Commit To Ending The Death Tax So Wealth Passed On To Future Generations Is Not Subject To This Punitive Tax While Preventing Double Taxation. (Rudy Giuliani For President Website, www.joinrudy2008.com/commitment/indepth/5, Accessed 11/19/07)

Rudy Will Commit To Preventing The American Public From Facing A $3 Trillion Or More Tax IncreaseOver The Next 10 Years By Making The Current Tax Provisions – Like The Marriage Penalty Relief And Child Tax Credit – Permanent And Reining In The Growth Of The Alternative Minimum Tax. (Rudy Giuliani For President Website, www.joinrudy2008.com/commitment/indepth/5, Accessed 11/19/07)


AD FACT:

Mayor Giuliani: “And I really hope, that all of the presidential candidates can just get along.”

Santa Claus: “Ho, ho, ho, ho. I was with you right up until that last one. Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.”

Mayor Giuliani: “Can’t have everything! I’m Rudy Giuliani and I approved this message. Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!”

BACKGROUND:

Mayor Giuliani: President Reagan “Used To Have An 11th Commandment, That Was Thou Shall Not Attack Another Republican. I'm Going To Try To Follow That Commandment As Much As I Can.” (Philip Elliott, “Giuliani Invoking Reagan On The Campaign Trail,” The Associated Press, 10/14/07)

Giuliani: “If You Watched My Campaign All Throughout, I Have Never Attacked Another Republican. I Have Said I Follow The 11th Amendment. The Only Time It Might Appear That Way Is If Somebody Attacks Me. Then I Have To Answer.” (Fox News’ “Hannity & Colmes,” 12/17/07)


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GIULIANI: Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s Remarks in Tampa, FL

Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s Remarks in Tampa, FL

12/15/07
As Delivered

MAYOR GIULIANI: Thank you. Tested. Ready. Now. America needs a leader. I am running for President of the United States because I believe that I can lead America into a new era with bold leadership, optimism, determination, and distinctly American solutions. If you’re looking for perfection, you’re not going to find it. Not in me, not in any candidate. But if you’re looking for a leader who has been tested in times of crisis; a leader who’s ready to lead right now; a leader who’s achieved results – results that some people thought were impossible --a leader who believes that there is no problem too difficult for American solutions and a free, American spirit. I believe I am that leader.

I’ve met adversity before. I’ve led in situations that seemed hopeless and dire, in need of a miracle. I don't just pray for miracles. I don't just hope for miracles. I expect miracles.

Some people look at the challenges we face as a nation and they fear the future. I welcome it. I welcome the opportunity to keep America safe and secure. We will win the Terrorists’ War on Us.

I welcome the opportunity to restore fiscal discipline to Washington D.C.

While we empower millions of people to move out of poverty and achieve the American dream. And I welcome the opportunity to win this election.

Leading a revitalized, 50-state Republican Party into the White House.

But as I travel across our land, I’ve begun to hear a murmur that America somehow has lost the ability to achieve great goals. Some good people have come to believe that our country is on the wrong track. Middle Class families feel that the American Dream may be slipping away. They’re worried about the future. They’re worried that the future may not be as bright as the past. They're worried that this may be the time where the next generation of Americans doesn’t do as well as the last generation. It doesn't have to be that way. We -- we, you and I -- can decide America’s direction. We can determine America’s future. After all, that's what an election is all about. So let's decide for optimism, not pessimism; for hope, not despair; for strength, not weakness; for victory, not defeat.

We can't afford a crisis of confidence at the time we need our confidence the most because our country does face real crisis right now. We're at war. The American people want to see victory in Iraq and Afghanistan, not humiliation and defeat.

They want their children to live free from the fear of terrorism. They're telling us, get it done. And we will.

Washington’s culture of wasteful spending is out of control. Everyone knows that. The American people want to see real fiscal discipline. They’re telling us, get it done. And we will.

Americans have heard presidents talk about energy independence for three decades. Now they're paying more at the pump and they're seeing their money go into the pockets of some of our enemies. They’re telling us, get it done. Get energy independence done. We will.

The American people are angry that the federal government has failed to protect and secure our borders. And they're telling us, get it done. And we will.

What America needs in 2008 is a proven leader who will get things done. I’ve been tested. I’m ready. And the time is right now.

CROWD: Rudy Rudy! Rudy!

MAYOR GIULIANI: This is a time for leadership. A leader is someone who combines vision for the future with the ability to get things done. It’s a person who can dream about a better future and then help bring it into reality, actually make [is] it possible. So today, I’m going to share with you my vision for our future, for America’s future. This summer, we presented a bold agenda for the future. It was my 12 Commitments to the American people.

But today I want to explain it in a slightly different way. I want to explain it by describing my vision of the America that I want to hand over to my successor if you give me the honor of being your president. Because we all believe that everyone of us, no matter what our role or who we are in this country, all of us has an obligation, a responsibility to hand our nation to the next generation better than it was handed to us.

We’re about improving our country for the next generation. We’ve always been about that. This generation has to be about that.

So we’ll hand over an America where our schools are the best in the world – not 21st in Science, not 25th in Math like we are today. I’ve got a goal for America. How about being # 1?

We can reform education—primary and secondary education in this country and we can do it by creating and expanding school choice. We’ll empower parents – not government bureaucrats – let the parents choose where their child goes to school. Who knows better?

All children – rich and poor, middle class or otherwise – all children deserve a quality education: whether it’s public, private, parochial, charter or home-school. To me, this is the great civil rights issue of our time. Our children, all of our children, not just yours, not just mine, all of our children need a good education and if the parents are making the choice, if that’s the rule in this country and not the exception, I’m confident that the decisions will be made in their interest. They’re going to do it better than some bureaucrat who has never met their child, doesn’t know their child. So let’s give the power here, the main power to the parents.

We’ll hand over an America that embraces [is] the global economy. That needs fairness. Of course we need a level playing field, but we should be less concerned about how much we buy from overseas, except from the point of view of safety and security, that’s important. But on the economics of it, what we should really be focusing on is how much do we sell to overseas?

America is an entrepreneurial society. We should view the rise of China and India, the people moving out of poverty in China and India, we should view that as a great opportunity to find what America is always looking for: new customers. Right?

When they think of us as a country that’s militaristic, they’re wrong. The essential nature of Americans is not war. Americans only go to war when they have to and then of course we do it to win and to prevail and to be safe. So do it in a determined way. But here’s the essential nature of America and Americans. Here’s what we really want to do with you all around the world. We want to sell you something. Right?

Isn’t that what America’s all about. America is an entrepreneurial society. But we also need to keep our house in order here in the United States. We’ll hand over a country that’s more fiscally disciplined, with a government no larger than it has to be. It’ll be a country where taxes, regulations, abusive lawsuits don’t drive jobs and businesses out of the United States. And we’ll create—


And we’ll create hundreds of thousands of jobs, millions of jobs, in the process. We’ll lower the income tax and the corporate tax rates.

We’ll give the death tax the death penalty.

We’ll find many ways to bring tax relief to middle class families where that tax relief is needed the most. And you know what else we’re going to do? We’re going to develop a single page, one-page optional tax form. How about being able to do it all on one page? Wouldn’t that be great?

Ok. The print may be a little small.

But we’ll work real hard to get it on one page. The Democrats running for president seem to want a nanny state. They want to run your life from the cradle to the grave. We don’t want that kind of state. America’s like a country that puts reliance on individuals, on people, what they can do, what they can accomplish. America’s a country that works on initiative. And then we give people opportunity and help to have that initiative, but we don’t try to direct their lives from the day [their] they’re born until the day they die. We’ll hand off a country that doesn’t penalize success. We’ll reward success. We want a country where the “sky’s the limit”. People can reach for the stars and they can have a hope that they can get there. We don’t want to put a lid on their desires, on their ambitions. We want to encourage social mobility. What country has done it better than America in the history of the world? Move people out of poverty, create social mobility, have people in one generation go from the virtual bottom to the virtual top and all the places in between. We do that by being a country of initiative, a country that rewards success, not a country that penalizes success. So we want to encourage social mobility. That’s how we move people out of poverty. That’s how we strengthen the middle class and that’s how we bring the American dream within the reach of every willing person in this country.

CROWD: Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!

MAYOR GIULIANI: Now if you keep doing that, I’m going to stop giving this speech. I’m going to go out and play football.

We’ll hand over a country where decisions about your healthcare are made between you and your doctor, not between you and a Hillary-care custodian.

We can make health care more affordable, portable. We can do that through tax cuts, not tax hikes and government mandates. We can open the market, we can increase choice, we can empower individuals and all of that, all of that will drive down the cost so that people can afford health insurance and good health insurance, quality health insurance. That has to be our goal. We do it through an America, we do it through private decision-making and private markets not through socialized medicine.

We’ll hand over a country with 200 new federal judges – or 400, if you give me a second term. Well let’s work on the first one first. Ok.

These judges will be responsible men and women, people who understand that their role is to interpret the Constitution, not social activists who legislate from the bench.

To do anything less is to deny us the defense of liberty that comes from the separation of powers. We’ll hand over a country where we’ve ended illegal immigration where it has to be done – at the border.

And also a country who’s arms are wide open to people who come here, people who come here legally and openly. We want them, we need them, we will accept them, and what we want them to do, if they want to become citizens, is meet all the requirements and then be able to read English, write English, and speak English.

Ending illegal immigration won’t be easy. It requires changing human behavior – but it needs to be done for everyone’s good. I have the will. I have the way to do it, the plan to do it, and I have the track record to bring safety and order and fairness to a situation that is now [our] out of control. I’ve done it before, I can do it again.

We’ll hand over an America that is stronger, safer and more secure. We’ll make every community better prepared, more prepared for terrorist attacks and natural disasters something you know about here in Florida. The hurricanes of a few years ago where you had to deal with four all in one short season. The way you did it was a really good emergency response. The rest of the country needs to be at at least that level of preparation and we all need to be at a higher level of preparation. And as we do that, we’ll build a more resilient society – ready to withstand anything that comes our way and ready to help those in need, whenever and wherever they need it. We’re one country. We’re in this together. Natural disaster, terrorist attack, you learned here in Florida. I learned that in New York. We embrace each other.

We’ll hand over an America that is achieving energy independence. We can do it by increasing the diversity of our energy sources. And we can do it by having both a healthy environment and a healthy economy. The two things are not inconsistent with each other. The two things compliment each other if you do energy independence the right way and you move toward the right sources and you support it. And most the most important thing is we’ll approach this goal with the same single-mindedness that America used to put a man on the moon. Remember? Well, some of you don’t remember. You’re too young.

You remember. I remember. You don’t remember. But you’re going to read about this in history, because it’s one of our great historical moments. The Apollo Mission, the mission to put a man on the moon, it was started by President Eisenhower, a Republican. It was advanced greatly by President Kennedy, a Democrat. It was brought almost to its final stages by President Johnson, another Democrat, and it was completed under President Nixon, another Republican. This wasn’t a Republican success. This wasn’t a Democratic success. This was an American achievement.

That’s when we’re at our best. That’s when we’re at our best, when we’re thinking like Americans. We were at our best to put a man on the moon, we were at our best to deal with the horror and the shock and the pain and the suffering of September 11th, weren’t we? No Republicans, no Democrats just Americans. That’s what we need to achieve energy independence and then maybe we can take that sprit and we can apply it to some of these other big problems that we face. What we really need is to reaffirm and we need a new era, not of Republican success or Democratic success, how about we look for things where we can have American success.

Finally, and this is the big challenge of our generation, we’ll hand over a country that is safer, that is more secure from the Terrorists who are at war with us and around the world. We’ll do it the same way that Ronald Reagan accelerated the end of Cold War. President Reagan used to be asked in the early days of his presidency, when the Cold War was in some ways you know very intense, they’d say to him “You know this Cold War’s been going on for a long time is it ever going to end, how is it going to end? People couldn’t see an ending to it, it’d been going on for so long. Will it ever end, can it end? Ronald Reagan listened to them, paused the way he used to, put a little smile on his face and when they were asking him how would it end, he just had that little smile on his face and he said: “They Lose. We Win.”

That’s the same approach that we need to defeat these enemies that we have. We need to stay on offense in this Terrorist War against Us, achieving peace through strength, that’s the only way you achieve peace, through great strength, by being on offense, by being strong, by being confident, by having a military that we expand, not contract. We have to rebuild our military.

I have a goal in Iraq it’s not the Democrats goal, they tried to legislate loss in Iraq, they’re still trying to legislate loss in Iraq. I have a different goal. It will be a very clear decision for the American people. Here’s my goal for Iraq, victory, success for America and for our troops. Let’s achieve the goal that we went there to achieve, a stable Iraq that will act as an ally for us in the ongoing Islamic Terrorist war against us. That is a victory for us and a defeat for them.

CROWD: Rudy, Rudy, Rudy…

MAYOR GIULIANI: Our men and women there believe they can achieve that. They’ve shown us unexpected progress; many people even opponents of that war have been surprised at how exceptional the progress has been. So let’s help them and support them. And let’s do the same thing in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Let’s make sure we finish the job and we eliminate Al Qaeda and the Taliban.

We will hand over an America that has stopped Iran from becoming a nuclear power.

And when we stop them we won’t just be moderately confidant but we’ll be totally sure.

But we also need to win the war of ideas and the war of ideals. Strengthening our ties with the Middle East, embracing those people in the Middle East, in the Arab world, in the Islamic world. The overwhelming majority of people who want peace, who below the cultural differences share the same values that we have. We’ve got reach out to them; we’ve got to get to know them better. We’ve got to get them to know us better. We’ve got to do more business with them. That part of the world is filled with people with the same entrepreneurial spirit that we have. The same love for their children that we have, the same desire for a safe and secure life for themselves that we have. There are a few people and more than a few but by no means anything close to a substantial proportion of people, that have perverted the thinking and turned it into a political ideology now of hatred and anger and viciousness and aggression. But that shouldn’t stop us from reaching out to all of the rest of those people who have the same desires that we have. We should actually be having more contact with, doing more business with, having more cultural relationships with the Middle East now than we have ever had before. It is another way to win the Terrorist War against all of Us. And I will do that and I will make sure that we open up in the same way that we will be strong and on offense, we will also have a very big open arm for all those people who want to work with us. We’ll embrace them, they’ll embrace us, it’s not the first time America has done that, it won’t be the last and it will work. I guarantee you it will work.

So all of this is saying that America needs bold leadership to meet these very very big challenges that we have. But I know we have the strength to hand our nation to the next generation stronger than it’s been handed to us. We have the capacity to improve things the way our fathers, grandfathers, great-grandfathers and great-grandmothers, mothers, fathers, people all over have done for us. I have faith in the Genius of America: the power of free people to solve whatever problems they face. That’s why my solutions all begin with a simple thought, a simple philosophy: Give people more power.

America’s not unique because of its central government. America is great because of self-government. We unleash the genius of America when we increase freedom. The freedom to pursue success, prosperity, happiness, fulfillment, in the way that you choose, not the way that the government dictates to you. The genius of America is you. The individual American. When you decide how to spend your money, you’ll spend it more productively than any government ever will.

When you’re the one deciding what school your child should can go to, you’ll make a much better decision than some government bureaucrat can make for a child they never met or never known. And when you decide what kind of healthcare you should have, you will make a much better decision than some government custodian can make for you.

It’s really simple. I believe in the strength and wisdom of the American people. Look at our history and you’ll see why. Because no matter when or how your ancestors came to this country, we are all the proud descendants of pioneers and patriots. They created this for us, their optimistic American spirit, the defiant determination to do what some other people thought was impossible, that is our greatest inheritance. Each generation of Americans has been called to overcome great challenges. Previous generations fought for our independence, signed the constitution, ended slavery, healed the wounds of a Civil War, settled the West, overcame the Great Depression and secured civil rights. So when we see all of that, are our challenges any greater than theirs? They won the Second World War against Nazism and fascism and the Cold War against communism. That’s the same strength that’s in each of us. We inherited it, we have it. We’ve got to believe that we do. And now it is our generation’s turn to make history in this new century. I know that this generation can overcome any challenge. I’ve seen your strength, I’ve been sustained by it.

I saw it on the morning of September 11th, 2001. There were points that day, that morning in particular where I wondered, I wondered whether we had the strength to deal with this[,] worst attack in our history, unprecedented, horrific, memories and images that will live with me until the day that I die. But immediately as a I saw the courage and the strength of our citizens and our first responders, when I saw the picture of the firefighters who put the flag up at Ground Zero, just like the Marines at Iwo Jima, many years before, looked just the same didn’t it? You know what I said to myself and this gave me great strength to get through everything. I said to myself this generation, this current generation, our generation, we’ve got the same strength, the same determination, the same patriotism because it comes from our fathers and grandfathers who won the Second World War and did all of these things. Maybe sometimes, maybe sometimes it happens when we’re put under stress and we’re put in a moment of terror and horror and it just comes out. But you know throughout history, people who live in freedom have much more strength than people who live in oppression. That’s been the story of the Old Testament, its been the story of the ancient world and the modern world. It was the story of the 20th century, people who live in freedom overcome oppression. We are on the right side of this. We have the strength, we have the ability. The 20th century taught us, if nothing else, that you have to stand up to tyrants, to bullies, to terrorists. It’s in strength that you’ll be able to achieve peace and vindicate freedom.

With bold leadership, America will meet and exceed any challenge we face. With bold leadership, America will face the future with confidence and reclaim our right to live in freedom from fear. With bold leadership, America will rise to new heights in this still very new century. This is a time for leadership. This is a time for strength. This is a time to roll up our sleeves, not wring our hands. I’ve been Tested in crisis. I’m Ready to lead. And the time is right Now.

Thank you.
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Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s Statement on the United States-Peru Free Trade Agreement

For Immediate Release
Contact: Maria Comella
Friday, December 14, 2007

Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s Statement on the United States-Peru Free Trade Agreement

New York City – Mayor Rudy Giuliani released the following statement on the President signing the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act:

“The Peru Free Trade Agreement is an important step forward in our nation’s effort to open up new markets for American exports. But this agreement is just one of the four Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) that have been submitted to Congress. The remaining three FTAs would also open new markets to U.S. companies and should be approved. Congress should also immediately renew the President’s Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), so the U.S. can effectively negotiate and conclude other agreements that improve the standard of living for all Americans. Unfortunately, Democratic leaders in Congress have debated and repeatedly delayed votes on these agreements and have refused to grant the President TPA, placing partisan politics before the interests of American businesses and working families.”

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Excerpts From Mayor Rudy Giuliani's Remarks

New York City - On Saturday, Mayor Rudy Giuliani will deliver remarks in Tampa, Florida on his bold, optimistic vision for our country. Below are excerpts from the Mayor’s prepared remarks.

Remarks (as prepared for delivery):

America needs a leader. I am running for President of the United States because I believe that I can lead America into a new era …with bold leadership, optimism, determination, and distinctly American solutions.

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If you are looking for perfection, you are not going to find it. Not in me and not in any candidate. But if you are looking for a leader who has been tested in times of crisis. … A leader who is ready to lead right now. … A leader who has achieved results – results that some people thought were impossible – a leader who believes that there is no problem too serious for American solutions and a free, American spirit … I believe I am that leader.

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Some people look at the challenges we face as a nation and they fear the future.

I welcome it.

I welcome the opportunity to defeat the Islamic terrorists who are at war with us because of our freedoms.

I welcome the opportunity to restore fiscal discipline to Washington D.C. while we empower millions of people to move out of poverty and achieve the American dream.

And I welcome the opportunity to win this election…leading a revitalized, 50-state Republican Party into the White House.

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As I travel across our country, I’ve begun to hear a murmur that somehow America has lost its ability to achieve great goals.

Some good people have come to believe that our country is on the wrong track. Middle Class families feel that the American Dream may be slipping away – they’re worried the future might not be as bright as the past.

It does not have to be that way. We can decide America’s direction. We determine America’s future. That’s what an election is all about.

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We’re at war. The American people want to see victory in Iraq and Afghanistan – not humiliation and defeat. They want their children to live free from the fear of Islamic Terrorism. They’re telling us: Get it done. And we will.

Washington’s culture of wasteful spending is out of control. The American people want to see real fiscal discipline. They’re telling us: Get it done. And we will.

Americans have heard presidents talk about energy independence for three decades. Now they are paying more at the pump and seeing their money flow into the hands of our enemies. They’re telling us: Get it done. And we will.

The American people are angry that the federal government has failed to secure our border. They want to see legal immigration reconnected with Americanization. They’re telling us: Get it done. And we will.

What America needs in 2008 is a proven leader who will get things done.

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I believe in the strength and wisdom of the American people.

Look at our history and you’ll see why.

Because no matter when or how your ancestors came to our country, we are all the proud descendants of pioneers and patriots.

Their optimistic American spirit…the defiant determination to do what some consider impossible – that is our greatest inheritance.


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Rudy Giuliani Campaign Launches New Television Ad in New Hampshire

For Immediate Release
Contact: Maria Comella
Thursday, December 13, 2007

Rudy Giuliani Campaign Launches New Television Ad in New Hampshire

New York City - The Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee today announced the launch of a new television ad, entitled “Will.” The ad is airing in New Hampshire and Boston.

Visit http://www.joinrudy2008.com to view the ad. The script is below.

Script for “Will”:

MAYOR GIULIANI: “People are frustrated over immigration because the government has been talking about solving this for twenty or twenty-five years, and it’s just gotten worse. What we need here is leadership. Build a fence. Train the border patrol. Have a BorderStat system. Have a tamper-proof ID card. And then if you become a citizen you have to be able to read English, write English, speak English and understand American civics. We can end illegal immigration. The technology exists to do it, the people exist to do it. Now we need the political leadership and will to get it done. I’m Rudy Giuliani and I approve this message.”

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GIULIANI AD FACTS
“Will”

AD FACT:

MAYOR GIULIANI: “People are frustrated over immigration because the government has been talking about solving this for twenty or twenty-five years, and it’s just gotten worse.”

BACKGROUND:

1983: “The Nation Cannot Control Its Borders And Congress Has Been Unable To Agree On How To Revamp Outmoded Immigration Policies.” (Leon Daniel, “America's Borders Are Out Of Control: Congress Tackles Illegal Immigration,” United Press International, 11/27/83)

In 1986, Congress Approved And The President Signed Immigration Reform Into Law. “The immigration bill, hotly debated for nearly six years, would legalize possibly millions of aliens already living in the United States and fine or jail employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens. … Backers hailed the immigration legislation as the most comprehensive effort in decades to deal with the nation's mounting immigration problems.” (P.L. 99-603, Signed 11/6/86; Christopher Drew, “Senate Sends Major Antidrug, Immigration Bills To Reagan,” Chicago Tribune, 10/18/86)

Illegal Alien Population In 1986 Was Estimated At 6 Million. “The number of illegal aliens within the United States is in the range of 6 million …” (Bruce Fein, Op-Ed, “New Immigration Law Has Its Pitfalls,” The San Diego Union-Tribune, 10/26/86)

In 1996, Congress Passed Yet Another Immigration Reform Bill That Was Signed Into Law. “Unfortunately, when you take the longer view, you can't help but conclude that what Congress has done in 1996 will be no more effective in solving this nation's immigration problems than the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 was.” (Frank del Olmo, Op-Ed, “Perspective On Immigration,” Los Angeles Times, 9/29/86; P.L. 104-208, Signed 9/30/96)
In 2006, Department Of Homeland Security Estimated There Were 11.6 Million Illegal Immigrants In United States. (Michael Hoefer, Nancy Rytina, And Christopher Campbell, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Office Of Immigration Statistics, “Estimates Of The Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing In The United States: January 2006,” 8/07)

12/3/07 Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg Poll Showed That 81% Of Americans Felt That Illegal Immigration Was Either One Of The Most Important Or An Important Issue Facing The Country. (Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg Poll, 1,245 Registered Voters, Conducted 11/30-12/3/07, Margin Of Error +/- 3%)

AD FACT:

MAYOR GIULIANI: “What we need here is leadership.”

BACKGROUND:

One Of Mayor Giuliani’s 12 Commitments To The American People Is, “I Will End Illegal Immigration, Secure Our Borders, And Identify Every Non-Citizen In Our Nation.” (Rudy Giuliani For President, Press Release, 8/14/07)

Mayor Giuliani Believes Ending Illegal Immigration Will Help Regain The Faith Of The American People. “Real immigration reform must put security first because border security and homeland security are inseparable in the Terrorists’ War on Us. The first responsibility of the federal government is to protect our citizens by controlling America’s borders, while ending illegal immigration and identifying every non-citizen in our nation. We must restore integrity, accountability and the rule of law to our immigration system to regain the faith of the American people.” (Rudy Giuliani For President, Press Release, 8/14/07)

AD FACT:

MAYOR GIULIANI: “Build a fence.”

BACKGROUND:

Mayor Giuliani Is Calling For Physical And Technological Fences To Be Built Along Border. Giuliani: “So everything else has to kind of serve that purpose. A fence — a physical fence — very effective. A technological fence, in certain places [will be] very, very effective; meaning, photographic technology, heat sensing technology, different kinds of technology, all toward the goal of identifying everyone coming in to the United States.” (Rudy Giuliani, Interview With John Fleischman, 3/26/07)

AD FACT:

MAYOR GIULIANI: “Train the border patrol.”

BACKGROUND:

Mayor Giuliani: “We Have To Beef Up Border Security … We Have To Have A Much Larger Border Patrol And They Have To Be Trained In Being Able To Stop People.” (Rudy Giuliani, Interview With WOC Radio, Davenport, IA, 6/4/07)

AD FACT:

MAYOR GIULIANI: “Have a BorderStat system.”

BACKGROUND:

Giuliani Will Propose Borderstat To Bring Accountability To Measuring The Progress In Securing Our Borders. BorderStat is modeled after the Mayor's successful New York City program CompStat which helped reduce the city's crime by imposing accountability. It will use key indicators to identify both effective enforcement strategies that demonstrate tangible results and areas of the border where we are failing so the failures can be immediately corrected. (Rudy Giuliani For President Website, http://www.joinrudy2008.com/commitment/indepth/3, Accessed 12/11/07)

AD FACT:

MAYOR GIULIANI: “Have a tamper-proof ID card.”

BACKGROUND:

Giuliani Will Issue A Single, Tamper-Proof Biometric ID Card For All Non-Citizens. Rudy will propose the Secure Authorized Foreign Entry Card (SAFE Card) to be uniform for all non-citizen workers and students, utilizing tamper-proof and biometric features for secure identification. (Rudy Giuliani For President Website, http://www.joinrudy2008.com/commitment/indepth/3, Accessed 12/11/07)

AD FACT:

MAYOR GIULIANI: “And then if you become a citizen you have to be able to read English, write English, speak English and understand American civics.”

BACKGROUND:

Giuliani Will Require All Immigrants to Truly Comprehend English And American Civics. Rudy believes immigration and Americanization go hand-in-hand. As President, he will propose that all immigrants who want to become citizens must truly read, write, and speak English and learn American civics. For the American experiment to succeed, we need a common language. (Rudy Giuliani For President Website, http://www.joinrudy2008.com/commitment/indepth/3, Accessed 12/11/07)

AD FACT:

MAYOR GIULIANI: “We can end illegal immigration. The technology exists to do it, the people exist to do it. Now we need the political leadership and will to get it done. I’m Rudy Giuliani and I approve this message.”
BACKGROUND:

IN LAST SEVERAL YEARS, NEW TECHNOLOGY HAS
BEEN DEVELOPED TO CONTROL OUR BORDERS

Homeland Security Has Added New Technologies To The Border Including “Ground-Based Radar, Unmanned Aerial Systems, And, [In December 2007] … The First Stage Of Our Virtual Fence Under SBInet.” (Sec. Michael Chertoff, Remarks At The Woodrow Wilson International Center For Scholars, Washington, D.C., 12/12/07)

New Technological Fence Along Part Of Arizona Border Just Became Operational. CNN’s CHRISTINE ROMANS: “Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff opened a 28-mile stretch of border fence in Arizona today. But as Jeanne Meserve reports the fence is not made out of stone or concrete, instead, it's a virtual one.” CNN’s JEANNE MESERVE: “Telephoto cameras, motion detectors, thermal imaging devices, all perched on 98-foot tall towers, integrated to form a virtual fence along the border. The $20 million project along a stretch of the Arizona desert has been bedeviled by software problems, but now six months later than expected, the Department of Homeland Security is declaring it operational.” SEC. CHERTOFF: “It's not the be all and end all at this point and it's not what it can be eventually, but we needed to get possession of it and we need it to operate in order to really develop the next stage of this.” (CNN’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” 12/7/07)


New Technology Uses Broadband Wireless Network To Monitor Borders. “Here is another example [of new technology on the border]: Distributed Instruments, Sterling Heights, Mich., has developed a surveillance sensor network powered by a chain of aerostats - or tethered balloons - to provide a broadband wireless network for sensor data and surveillance platforms for digital video. The sensors can be integrated with a chain of ground sensors that enable listening devices and other monitors.” (Paul Rothman, “Opportunity At The Borders,” Government Security, 6/1/06)

“New Technology Gives Border Patrol Agents State-Of-The-Art Helicopters To Search For Migrants From The Air And A New Generation Of Ground Sensors And Remote Video Systems To Track Them On The Ground.” (Niko Price, “AP Investigation: No Evidence Costly Effort To Shut Southwest Border To Terrorists Has Stopped A Single One,” The Associated Press, 10/30/03)

“More Agents Guard The Canadian Border, Aided By New Remote Video Surveillance Technology.” (Romesh Ratnesar, “The State Of Our Defense,” Time, 2/24/03)

New Technology Allows For Mobile Biometric Identification Using Fingerprints. “Datastrip's new DSVII-SC handheld biometric identification terminal takes identity verification out of the police station and onto the street, providing a wireless fingerprint capture and matching solution that can be used for mobile Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS) and a variety of other in-the-field law enforcement applications. The device enables officers to quickly screen suspects against any fingerprint database at traffic stops and other field encounters without returning to headquarters. (Datastrip, “Datastrip's New DSVII-SC Handheld Device For Law Enforcement Enables Fast Mobile Fingerprint Capture And Matching,” Press Release, 6/21/05)

ONLY MAYOR GIULIANI CAN PROVIDE LEADERSHIP
AND WILL TO END ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

Former FBI Director Louis Freeh “Identifies ‘Will’ And ‘Accountability’ As Previously Missing But Which, He Contends, Giuliani Will Bring To Immigration Reform.” (Jennifer Rubin, “Be Prepared,” The American Spectator Online, 9/7/07)

Rep. Peter King (R-NY) Said Giuliani Will Apply Himself To End Illegal Immigration Much Like He Reduced Welfare In New York City. King: “He would be constructing a 700 mile fence. A real fence. A technological fence. He would be going all out putting all the efforts in to combating illegal immigration which he did to combating to crime and welfare in New York where he dramatically turned that city around. I mean Bill you and I knew how bad the city was. There were over 2,000 murders. He reduced that by 2/3. Reduced the welfare by about 60% and he did it because he applied himself, he took politically incorrect decisions, he would do the same with illegal immigration.” (Rep. Peter King, Bill Bennett’s “Morning In America,” 8/17/07)

Former U.S. Customs And Border Protection Commissioner Robert Bonner Said Giuliani Is The Only Candidate Who Had “Leadership Skills” To Control Border. “Bonner says Giuliani ‘is the only candidate who has articulated a plan and the only one with leadership skills to get it done.’ He points, not surprisingly, to Giuliani's CompStat program for reducing crime in New York City and says Giuliani would take that plan ‘for holding people accountable for crime and apply it to the border, which is an enforcement issue.’ He says Giuliani sees enforcement of the borders as ‘100%, not 70% and not 80%’ attainable.” (Jennifer Rubin, “Border Guard Rudy,” The American Spectator Online, 8/20/07)

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Rudy Giuliani Announces Education Advisory Board

For Immediate Release
Contact: Maria Comella
Thursday, December 13, 2007


Rudy Giuliani Announces Education Advisory Board
Terry Moe, Rod Paige Join Other Distinguished Education Leaders Advising the Mayor


“I'm here because of the educational choices my parents made, or I wouldn't be here or have achieved anything that I've achieved. And that's the place where the decision should be made. Instead of having these education standards done in Washington by the Education Department or some bureaucrats in a state capital or on a board, the choice should be made by parents. … [I]f we give the choice to parents, where they can choose a private school or parochial school or public school, a charter school, home schooling, let them be the decider, I think we'll see a big revolution in education.”
Mayor Rudy Giuliani, The Des Moines Register/IPTV Debate, Johnston, Iowa, 12/12/07

New York City - The Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee today announced the Mayor’s Education Advisory Board. Leading the board as Chairman is Terry Moe. Moe, the William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, is joined by former U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Rod Paige.

“Mayor Giuliani understands the need for real education reform in America,” said Moe. “With his leadership, we’ve assembled a top-notch team of school reform experts. We look forward to making the Mayor’s education policies, like bringing real school choice to parents across America, a reality.”

“It is clear that Mayor Giuliani understands the significance of improving public education in our country, and that real, lasting reform can only come from a bedrock commitment to accountability and choice,” said Secretary Paige. “I know that Mayor Giuliani has the vision and leadership skills to achieve his goals.”

Moe and Paige are joined by other distinguished leaders in the education field. Serving as members of the Education Advisory Board are Benno Schmidt, former president of Yale University, now Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the City University of New York and Vice Chairman of Edison Schools, and Clint Bolick, former president of the Alliance for School Choice. Additional Education Advisory Board members include former Congressman Herman Badillo, Tony Coles, Dr. Carol D’Amico, Allan Dobrin, Jim Horne, Brian Jones, Abe Lackman, Michael Podgursky, Gerald Reynolds, Sol Stern, Don Soifer, and Dr. Martin West.

“The Mayor has long advocated education reform,” said Bill Simon, Giuliani’s Director of Policy. “We’re fortunate to have a strong group of education advisors who are leaders in their field to help articulate Mayor Giuliani’s vision for America.”

About Mayor Giuliani’s Education Advisory Board:

Terry Moe, Chairman

Moe is the William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. Moe’s book, Politics, Markets, and America’s Schools, has been a major force in the movement for school choice in the United States and abroad. He is also the author of Schools, Vouchers, and the American Public, the editor of A Primer on America’s Schools, and has published a long list of articles relating to education reform.

Dr. Rod Paige, Advisory Board Member

Paige currently serves as the Chairman of Chartwell Education. He is the former U.S. Secretary of Education, serving under President George W. Bush.

He was previously the Dean of the College of Education at Texas Southern University, where he established the University’s Center for Excellence in Urban Education, and served as Superintendent of the Houston Independent School District, the nation’s seventh largest district. Paige has also served as a Public Policy Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Benno Schmidt, Advisory Board Member

Schmidt joined Edison Schools in 1992 to lead the initial three-year research and development phase that preceded the opening of the company’s first schools in 1995. He has previously served as Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Education Officer, and Chairman. Benno currently serves as Edison’s Vice Chairman.

Benno chairs the Board of Trustees of the City University of New York. Previously, he was also Chairman of Mayor Giuliani’s Task Force on The City University of New York. Benno was the President of Yale University from 1986 to 1992 and served as the Dean of Columbia University Law School.

Clint Bolick, Advisory Board Member

Bolick is the Director of the Goldwater Institute Center for Constitutional Litigation. He has argued and won significant cases in both state and federal courts. He was also a co-founder and former vice president of the Institute for Justice and former president and general counsel of the Alliance for School Choice.

Herman Badillo, Advisory Board Member

Badillo is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute writing on immigration issues. Formerly, he was a U.S. Congressman, Deputy Mayor of New York City and Bronx Borough President.

Badillo was the first Congressman of Puerto Rican origin in the history of the nation. He was special counsel for the Fiscal Oversight of Education during Mayor Giuliani’s administration. Herman was also Chairman of the Board of the City University of New York.

Tony Coles, Advisory Board Member

Coles, a Senior Advisor to Mayor Giuliani, is a partner in DLA Piper. Coles served in the Giuliani administration, including as New York City’s Deputy Mayor for Planning, Education and Cultural Affairs. During his time in the Giuliani administration, Coles was responsible for the implementation of major policy initiatives for the Mayor, including the city’s welfare reform program. Coles previously served as an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

Dr. Carol D’Amico, Advisory Board Member

D’Amico is a co-author of Workforce 2020. Previously, she served as the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Vocational and Adult Education under President Bush. D’Amico also served as the Executive Vice President of Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, the state’s second largest college.

D’Amico also spent 10 years at the Hudson Institute. Currently, she serves as Chair of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity and is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences.

Allan Dobrin, Advisory Board Member

Dobrin serves as Senior Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer at The City University of New York. Dobrin previously served as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications and Chief Information Officer for the City of New York. He was also the Executive Director of the Mayor’s Task Force on Special Education and the Executive Deputy Director of the Mayor’s Office of Operations.

Jim Horne, Advisory Board Member

Horne was appointed to serve as the Secretary of Education for the State of Florida by former Governor Jeb Bush. After a reorganization of Florida’s education system, Horne was appointed by Bush to serve as Florida’s Commissioner of Education. Prior to serving under Bush, Horne was elected to the Florida Senate in 1994 and re-elected in November 1998. He currently serves as the President of the Horne Group, a governmental consulting and business development firm. Horne is a native of Jacksonville, Florida.

Brian Jones, Advisory Board Member

Jones is Executive Vice President and General Counsel of College Loan Corporation. He most recently served for four years as the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Education. Previously, Jones was an attorney in private practice in San Francisco, served as California Governor Pete Wilson’s Deputy Legal Affairs Secretary, and as the President of the Center for New Black Leadership. Jones currently serves as a member of the Washington, DC Public Charter School Board.

Abe Lackman, Advisory Board Member

Lackman is the President of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities, coordinating the state and federal public policy advocacy of more than 100 college presidents of New York State’s private, non-profit, independent higher education institutions. Lackman was previously the Secretary of the New York State Senate Finance Committee and a special advisor to New York Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno. He previously served as the Budget Director of the City of New York under Mayor Giuliani.

Michael Podgursky, Advisory Board Member

Podgursky is Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri – Columbia, where he previously served as department chair. Podgursky serves on the board of editors of Education Finance and Policy, and technical advisory boards for numerous education organizations, including the National Center for Education Statistics, the National Research Council, the Institute for Education Sciences, the National Center for Teacher Quality, and the American Board of Certification of Teacher Excellence.

Gerald Reynolds, Advisory Board Member

President George W. Bush designated Reynolds to serve as Chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights in 2004. In addition, Reynolds serves as Assistant General Counsel at Kansas City Power and Light Company. Reynolds previously served as a Deputy Associate Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice. In 2002, President Bush appointed Reynolds to serve as Assistant Secretary of Education for the Office for Civil Rights. He also previously served as President for the Center for New Black Leadership and worked as a legal analyst for the Center for Equal Opportunity.

Sol Stern, Advisory Board Member

Stern is a contributing editor to City Journal and a Manhattan Institute senior fellow. He is the author of Breaking Free: Public School Lessons and the Imperative of School Choice. Stern previously served as Director of Issues, Press Secretary, and Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of the City Council President of New York. In 1994, he was appointed Executive Director of the New York State Commission on Juvenile Justice Reform.

Don Soifer, Advisory Board Member

Soifer is Executive Vice President of the Lexington Institute, a nonpartisan public-policy think tank based near Washington, DC. Soifer has published dozens of papers and articles on various aspects of education policy, including accountability and assessments, higher education finance, closing achievement gaps for English learners, charter schools and special education. He has testified several times before Congress as well as to several state legislatures and boards of education.

Dr. Martin West, Board Coordinator

West is an Assistant Professor of Education, Political Science, and Public Policy at Brown University, an executive editor of Education Next, and a research associate of the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University. He is co-editor of School Money Trials: The Legal Pursuit of Educational Adequacy. He has published extensively on school choice, among other education topics.

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Excerpt From Mayor Giuliani’s Press Availability

Excerpt From Mayor Giuliani’s Press Availability,
San Francisco, CA

December 10, 2007

MAYOR GIULIANI: “Right now, I think the most important thing we could do to reinforce the dollar, to build our economy, to take care of some of the problems that people see creeping into the economy, I think it would be a really bold move if the President would reduce the corporate tax from the present 35%, which is the second highest in the world, reduce it down to 25%.

“That would leave more money in your pocket ultimately. What it would do is it would bring more jobs to the United States, it would keep more jobs in the United States, it would reverse the flow of outsourcing, it would reverse the flow of money, it would put more liquidity in our economy. I can’t tell you how much it would help right now, particularly given the things that Secretary Paulson is trying to do to help with the sub-prime issue and trying to get people more time. If that action were taken right now it would, I think, go a long way to strengthen our economy and help, in a place like California, which is our biggest state, our biggest economy beyond the United States, and one where the amount of money we leave in your economy has a lot to do with your ability to grow. And this would be another way of reducing the amount that you’re all seeing going to Washington. It would stay here with businesses in California, which they could use to build more jobs, create a much better future for everyone. And these are the kinds of bold steps that we need if we’re going to be a country that continues to prosper, continues to grow, and takes advantage of the global economy.”
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Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s Statement on Cuba

For Immediate Release
Contact: Elliott Bundy
Friday, December 7, 2007

Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s Statement on Cuba

New York City – Mayor Rudy Giuliani issued the following statement regarding recent Cuban government actions taken against the Church and a growing youth dissident movement:

"Unfortunately, this shows the true nature of the Castro regime. When churches are tear-gassed and teenagers arrested for wearing wristbands that say ‘cambio’ the world should see clearly that the time for freedom has come for Cuba."

Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s Statement on National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

For Immediate Release
Contact: Maria Comella
Friday, December 7, 2007

Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s Statement on National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

New York City – Mayor Rudy Giuliani released the following statement on National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day:

“On December 7th, 1941, the United States of America was attacked at Pearl Harbor. We lost not only 2,403 brave Americans, but also the sense of security that had come from being a nation separated from wars in Europe and Asia by two oceans. Today, 66 years after the attacks, we remember the heroism of those who lost their lives, and we honor the courage of those men and women in uniform who still stand ready to defend our liberty.

“In the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack, an entire generation mobilized overnight and dedicated itself to defeating the dictatorships of the Axis Powers. The example of the Greatest Generation inspires us in our own struggle against the tyranny of terrorism. As we mark this anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attacks, we remember their sacrifice and honor their success in expanding the reach of freedom around the world.”

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Giuliani Campaign Announces Military Advisory Board

For Immediate Release Contact: Maria Comella
Thursday, December 6, 2007

Giuliani Campaign Announces Military Advisory Board

New York City – The Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee today announced the campaign’s Military Advisory Board. Leading the board is Admiral Robert Natter (Ret.), who was previously announced as Mayor Giuliani’s Senior Military Advisor.

Joining Natter are Lieutenant General Ed Anderson (Ret.), General Donald Cook (Ret.), Rear Admiral Kevin Delaney (Ret.), Rear Admiral James W. Eastwood (Ret.), General Alfred G. Hansen (Ret.), Vice Admiral James D. Hull (Ret.), Vice Admiral Al Krekich (Ret.) and Rear Admiral Paul Soderberg (Ret.).

“Today, America remains a nation at war. We have responded forcefully to the Terrorists’ War on Us and Rudy Giuliani is the right man to keep us on offense against Islamic terrorists,” said Admiral Natter. “As the former commander of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and a 41-year veteran of the U.S. military, I know that Mayor Giuliani is the best candidate to lead our nation as Commander-in-Chief.”

“This group of distinguished military leaders will be crucial to helping Mayor Giuliani articulate the policies which are necessary to keep America on offense in the Terrorists’ War on Us,” said Bill Simon, Giuliani’s Policy Director. “The high-quality of this group is a testament to the fact that Rudy is the right man to be President at this time in our nation’s history.”

About Rudy Giuliani’s Military Advisory Board:

Admiral Robert Natter (Ret.) Senior Military Advisor

Admiral Natter retired from the US Navy as a four-star Admiral after serving as Commander of the US Atlantic Fleet and the first Commander of US Fleet Forces Command, responsible for the training and equipping of all worldwide deploying US Navy forces.

Natter’s service at sea included department head tours in a Costal Minesweeper and Frigate and Executive Officer tours in two Amphibious Tank Landing Ships and a Spruance Destroyer. He was Officer-in-Charge of a Naval Special Warfare detachment in Vietnam and commanded USS CHANDLER (DDG 996), USS ANTIETAM (CG 54), and the United States SEVENTH Fleet before his assignment at Fleet Forces Command.

Shore assignments included Company Officer and later Flag Secretary to the Superintendent at the U.S. Naval Academy; Executive Assistant to the Director of Naval Warfare in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; staff member for the House Armed Services Committee of the 100th Congress of the United States; Executive Assistant to the Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet; Executive Assistant to the Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, during Desert Storm Operations in the Middle East; Assistant Chief of Naval Personnel for officer and enlisted personnel assignments; Chief of the Navy ‘s Legislative Affairs organization; and Director for Space, Information Warfare, Command and Control. He was also the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Plans, Policy and Operations.

Admiral Natter was a distinguished graduate of the US Naval War College and has Master’s Degrees in Business Management and International Relations. In May 2000, he was honored as the fifth recipient of the Naval War College’s annual Distinguished Graduate Leadership Award.

His personal decorations include the Silver Star Medal, four awards of the Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, five awards of the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V, Purple Heart, two awards of the Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V, Navy Achievement Medal with Combat V, and various unit and campaign awards.

Lieutenant General Ed Anderson (Ret.), Military Advisor

Lieutenant General Anderson led the Army staff organization responsible for developing the Army’s modernization strategy and funding priorities. He commanded the Army Space and Missile Defense Command; and served as Director for Strategic Plans and Policy, Joint Staff. He was the Deputy Commander, United States Space Command, and Vice Commander, US Element, North American Aerospace Defense Command; and Deputy Commander, United States Northern Command (NORTHCOM), the first and only Department of Defense joint organization totally dedicated to homeland defense and homeland security.

As Deputy Commander of NORTHCOM, Anderson guided development and led implementation of the commander’s plan to establish NORTHCOM, resulting in an effective and operational organization dedicated to homeland defense and homeland security, in less than 8 months. As the Joint Staff Director of Strategic Plans and Policy, he conducted strategic planning and developed strategic policy for the entire U.S. military during a critical timeframe, which included Kosovo operations. Mr. Anderson was specifically responsible for developing Joint Vision 2020, the path for bringing the military into the 21st Century, and responsible for overseeing the development of the Unified Command Plan 21, approved by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Secretary of Defense and the President. Anderson also served as the military advisor to the United States Ambassador to the United Nations.

General Donald Cook (Ret.), Military Advisor

General Donald Cook retired from the Air Force as Commander, Air Education and Training Command at Randolph Air Force Base in Texas. As Commander, he was responsible for the recruiting, training and education of Air Force people. His command included the Air Force Recruiting Service, two numbered air forces and Air University.

The General entered the Air Force in 1969 through the ROTC program at Michigan State University. He completed undergraduate pilot training at Williams AFB, Ariz. General Cook has commanded a flying training wing, two space wings and the 20th Air Force. He has served as Legislative Liaison in the Senate Liaison Office, on the staff of the House Armed Services Committee and as Director for Expeditionary Aerospace Force Implementation at U.S. Air Force headquarters. Prior to assuming his current position, General Cook was assigned to Air Combat Command as Vice Commander. He is a command pilot and has flown more than 3,300 hours in the B-52D/G/H, T-37B and T-38A.

Rear Admiral Kevin Delaney (Ret.), Military Advisor

During the Vietnam War, retired Rear Admiral Kevin Delaney flew nearly 700 combat missions over Southeast Asia, following his 1968 graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy.

Over a 34-year career in the US Navy, Kevin received 98 military awards and decorations, including the Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, 37 Air Medals, six Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Crosses, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, and four awards of the Legion of Merit.

Kevin’s six command tours included two award winning aviation squadrons, an aircraft wing, and Naval Air Station Jacksonville. Under his command, Jacksonville was selected from 178 Navy bases worldwide for the Commander-in-Chief’s Installation Excellence Award as the Navy’s best shore installation. Kevin also served as Commander, Naval Shore Activities, US Atlantic Fleet. Just prior to retirement, he served as the Navy’s Regional Commander for the Southeastern United States and the Caribbean. In this assignment, he was responsible for over 40 commands including 14 major naval installations and four hospitals. He retired from the Navy in 1998.

Rear Admiral James W. Eastwood (Ret.), Military Advisor

Rear Admiral James W. Eastwood retired from the Naval Reserves in November 2001 as a two-star Admiral having completed his final tour as Deputy, Vice-Commander, Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet. Born in Morristown, N.J., Eastwood's military career spans more than 30 years in the active Navy and the Naval Reserve. Eastwood was appointed as the Naval Reserve member of the Reserve Forces Policy Board, which serves as the principal policy advisor to the Secretary of Defense on reserve component matters.

General Alfred G. Hansen (Ret.), Military Advisor

General Alfred G. Hansen retired from the U.S. Air Force as commander of Air Force Logistics Command (AFLC), with headquarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. General Hansen is a command pilot with more than 7,000 flying hours. His military decorations and awards include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters, Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaf cluster, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal with seven oak leaf clusters, Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Presidential Unit Citation, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with three oak leaf clusters, Combat Readiness Medal, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal with service star, Vietnam Service Medal with three service stars, Air Force Overseas Ribbon-Short, Air Force Overseas Ribbon-Long, Air Force Longevity Service Award Ribbon with eight oak leaf clusters, Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon, Air Force Training Ribbon, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm, and Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.

The General is the recipient of the 1988 Eugene M. Zuckert Management Award for outstanding management achievements in the Air Force. He received a bachelor's degree in business administration and management from Troy State University in 1972. He completed Air Command and Staff College in 1966 and Air War College in 1972.
Vice Admiral James D. Hull (Ret.), Military Advisor

Vice Admiral James Hull is retired from the U.S. Coast Guard and currently serves as Principal Advisor for Homeland Security of the Security Strategies and Operations Group at Anteon Corporation. His background includes Coast Guard and interagency operations and capabilities, as well as maritime security and intercept operations. During his career, Admiral Hull served as Commander of the Coast Guard’s Atlantic area and the U.S. Maritime Defense Zone Atlantic. He has served on numerous scientific boards and advisory committees, including as a member of the NRC Committee on The Role of Naval Forces in the Global War on Terror.

Vice Admiral Alexander J. Krekich (Ret.), Military Advisor

Alexander J. Krekich retired from the U.S. Navy as Commander of Naval Surface Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet in San Diego, Calif. Vice Adm. Krekich was promoted to Flag Rank in February 1992, and his first assignment as a Flag Officer was on the Joint Staff in the Pentagon. He later served as Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Group Two, and as Director, Surface Warfare, on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations.

His sea-duty assignments include tours of duty on USS WARRINGTON (DD-843), on USS DAVIS (DD-937) and on USS JOHN KING (DDG-3). He served as Commanding Officer of USS AINSWORTH (FF-1090) and the guided missile cruiser USS BELKNAP (CG-26), flagship of the United States Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. In addition, Vice Adm. Krekich served as Chief of Staff to the Commander of the Second Fleet. He also served in Da Nang,Vietnam, with Coastal Division Twelve as an Officer-In-Charge of a fast patrol craft (SWIFT Boat).

Rear Admiral Paul Soderberg (Ret.), Military Advisor

Rear Admiral Soderberg retired from the U.S. Navy after serving as Director of Logistics and Supply for Fleet Forces Command. He served 33 years in the Navy in multifaceted logistics assignments. Admiral Soderberg graduated from Minot State University in North Dakota with a BS in Mathematics and taught school for 3 years. He holds MS degrees from the University of North Dakota in Education, the Naval Postgraduate School in Financial Management and, completed a one year course of study at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces with focus on Aerospace Industries. He participated in the National Defense University Capstone Course (Western Pacific), and attended the Executive Business Course at Duke University, Fuqua School of Business.

Admiral Soderberg is an advocate for change through information technology, functional business process reengineering and training. He served on the Navy Executive Steering Committee for Enterprise Resource Planning, Navy Aviation Readiness Improvement Team, and was a leader in employing creative concepts and pilot projects for future supply and logistics support operations.

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