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Paige Assesses the Bush Administration’s Accomplishments in Education

Sept. 23, 2004, 1:20 p.m.

A career educator, Education Secretary Rod Paige has guided his department through some sweeping changes since taking office in early 2001. And while the department has given its share of attention to higher education, its principal focus has been on reforming education at its most basic level.

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February 9, 2012

Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.

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