"If there's a silver lining it's that the loss accelerates the tough conversations that we need to have as Democrats," said Ron Kirk, the former Dallas mayor and former U.S. trade representative under Obama.
Date: Nov 15, 2016
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Schumer's New York win makes him next Senate minority leader
five additional Senate seats, or four if Hillary Clinton won the presidential election with Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., as her vice president, who would have been available to break 50-50 tie votes; they gained only one as Democrat Tammy Duckworth defeated incumbent Republican Sen. Ron Kirk in Illinois.
Democrats picked up a Senate seat in Illinois, as Rep. Tammy Duckworth beat incumbent Republican Sen. Ron Kirk. And Democrats still had possible pickup opportunities in Missouri, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania.
Date: Nov 08, 2016
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Dallas had finally shaken the nickname 'City of Hate'
It changed. It changed for the better. Our first black mayor, Ron Kirk. Our first black city manager, Richard Knight. Our first black school superintendent, Marvin Edwards. Those relations, they began to be mended, Gentry said. But she cited a litany of recent events that angered people: hatred of
Date: Jul 09, 2016
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Economy, Regs, & Taxes Sanders Is Just Another Tax-Evading Liberal Hypocrite
Former Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD), former Governor Bill Richardson (D-NM), Nancy Killefer (Obama nominee for Deputy Director of OMB), Hilda Solis (former Obama Labor Secretary), Ron Kirk (Obama appointee as White House chief trade representative), and literally dozens of Obama administration appoint
Date: Apr 20, 2016
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
The Revenant: Why the writer of the novel tailored for a Leonardo DiCaprio ...
unke left his law firm and moved the family to Missoula, Montana, where he became an adjunct professor at the University of Montana. But when Ron Kirk, the former mayor of Dallas, was appointed as President Obamas first US trade representative, one name kept coming up for the WTO job: Michael Punke.
Date: Dec 25, 2015
Category: Entertainment
Source: Google
Export-Import Bank's expiration a victory for billionaire Koch brothers
The GOP's conventional allies in the business community scrambled to salvage the bank, but they were late to recognize the threat they faced. "It caught a lot of people off guard," said Ron Kirk, a former U.S. trade representative in the Obama administration.
Date: Jul 02, 2015
Category: Business
Source: Google
New Pro-Trade Board Will Sharpen Dems' Divide on the Issue
Heading a pro-trade advisory board being announced Tuesday are former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, former Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire and former US. Trade Representative and Dallas mayor Ron Kirk.