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03/17/2017

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Greg Abbott
Definition
Texas Governor, confined to wheelchair due to an auto accident
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Dan Patrick
Definition
Texas Lt. Governor
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John Cornyn
Definition
U.S. Senator elected in 2002, #2 Senate Majority Whip
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Ted Cruz
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U.S. Senator elected in 2013, unsuccessfully ran for GOP presidential nominee in 2016
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Ken Paxton
Definition
Attorney General, facing legal troubles for fraud
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Sharon Keller
Definition
Presiding Judge of Court of Criminal Appeals
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Glenn Hagar
Definition
TX State Comptroller
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Sid Miller
Definition
Agriculture Commissioner (TX)
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Cathie Adams
Definition
Chairperson of the Republican Party of TX
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Wendy Davis
Definition
TX State Senator from Tarrant County; noted for her filibuster against an abortion bill; former Democratic candidate for governor (lost to Abbott)
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Joaquin Castro
Definition
U.S. House of Representatives; from San Antonio; appointed to high prestige House Intelligence Committee
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Chris Kyle
Definition
US Navy SEAL; most deadly sniper in military history; bestselling author; killed aiding returning soldiers; estate involved in defamation suit against Jessie Ventura
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Wendy Kopp
Definition
Founder of Teach for All and Teach for America, which recruits teachers from "cream of the crop" Americans
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Rick Perry
Definition
Former governor; two time Republican nomination for president of the U.S.; U.S. Secretary of Energy
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Cecile Richards
Definition
President of Planned Parenthood
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Donald Trump
Definition
Real estate tycoon who surprised us all by receiving GOP nomination as well as winning the presidency
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Mike Pence
Definition
2017 VP; Governor of Indiana
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Rex Tillerson
Definition
an American energy executive, civil engineer, and diplomat who is the 69th and current United States Secretary of State, serving since February 1, 2017
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Steven Mnuchin
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an American politician and hedge fund manager who is the 77th and current United States Secretary of the Treasury, during the Presidency of Donald Trump.
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James Mattis
Definition
the 26th and current United States Secretary of Defense, serving in the Trump Administration.
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Jeff Sessions
Definition
US Attorney General
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John F. Kelly
Definition
US Secretary of Homeland Security
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Reince Priebus
Definition
White House Chief of Staff
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Chris Christie
Definition
Current Governor of New Jersey; former GOP candidate for president of the US
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Hillary Clinton
Definition
Former Secretary of State; former Senator of New York; first woman to be the presidential nominee of a major party
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Mike Hubbard
Definition
former Alabama House Speaker found guilty on 12 counts of public corruption for using power and position to benefit his companies and clients
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Eric Holder
Definition
Former Attorney General who elicited criticism when he declared that the Snowden leak of government secrets may have been for the good of the country
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Paul Ryan
Definition
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
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President Ashraf Ghani
Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah
Definition
Afghanistan
Term
President Serzh Sargsyan
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan
Definition
Armenia
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President Xi Jinping (also General Secretary of Communist Party)
Premier State Council Li Keqiang
Definition
China
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President Pranab Mukherjee
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Definition
India
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President Joko Widodo
Definition
Indonesia
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Emperor Akihito
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Definition
Japan
Term
President Rodrigo Duterte
Definition
Phillipines
Term
President Park Guen-hye
Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn
Definition
South Korea
Term
President Tsai Ing-wen
President of Executive Yuan, Lin Chuan
Definition
Taiwan
Term
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim
Definition
Turkey
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President Petro Poroshenko
Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman
Definition
Ukraine
Term
Dalai Lama
Definition
Exiled spiritual leader of the Tibetan Buddhists; recent visit to the U.S. and meeting with President Obama was condemned by China
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Ban Ki-moon
Definition
Secretary General of the UN from South Korea
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Tsai Ing-wen
Definition
First female president of Taiwan (the Republic of China)
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Malala Yousafzai
Definition
Youngest Nobel Prize winner ever; activist for female education in Pakistan; shot in the head for her role in advocacy by Taliban gunman and survived
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President Hassan Rouhani
Definition
Iran
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President Fuad Masum
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi
Definition
Iraq
Term
President Rueven Rivlin
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Definition
Israel
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King Abdullah II
Prime Minister Hani Al-Mulki
Definition
Jordan
Term
President Micheal Auon
Definition
Lebanon
Term
President Htin Kyaw
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi
Definition
Myanmar
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Kim Jong-un
Definition
North Korea
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President Mamnoon Hussain
Definition
Pakistan
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President Mahmoud Abbas
Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Definition
Palestine
Term
King and Prime Minister Mohammad bin Salman
Definition
Saudi Arabia
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President Bashar al-Assad
Definition
Syria
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President Abd Rabbuh Mansur
Definition
Yemen
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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Definition
Founder and leader Islamic State (ISIS)
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Raul Castro
Definition
Cuba
Term
President Jimmy Morales
Definition
Guatemala
Term
President Jovenel Moise
Definition
Haiti
Term
Fidel Castro
Definition
Former dictator who died recently
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Definition
Canada
Term
President Enrique Pena Nieto
Definition
Mexico
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Joaquin Guzman
Definition
"El Chapo"
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Robert Hall
Definition
Canadian held by ISIS militant Abu Sayyuf in the Philippines who was killed after his ransom demands were not met
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull
Definition
Australia
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Prime Minister John Key
Definition
New Zealand
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