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These are news articles and editorials on issues related to Hispanics appointed to serve at the national or state level.

2005

• Oct. 4. Beto Gonzalez, Assistant Secretary of Education.
  Mr. Beto Gonzalez, a Mexican son of farm workers was recently appointed to the position of Acting Secretary for the Office of Vocational and Adult Education at the U.S. Department of Education.
• August 31. USHCC Foundation Elects New Board of Directors.
  USHCC foundation elects Massey Villareal, previous RNHA Chair as its chairman.
• June 8. An American success story -- Gonzales.
  San Francisco Chronicle. Alberto Gonzalez neither hides nor flaunts ethnicity.
• May 9. Anniversary of Latino Nominee Brings Sadness to our Community.
  Miguel Estrada, an Honduran immigrant was the first judicial appointee ever denied a vote in Senate by the use of filibusters.
• April 29. El gurú cibernético de Bush.
  El Universal. El Universal, Mexico City's largest circulation newspaper, did this profile about Pedro Celis' work at Microsoft and in the PITAC. In Spanish.

2004

• November 30. Bush Nominates Kellogg Executive for Commerce Secretary.
  New York Times. President Bush nominated Carlos M. Gutierrez, among the most prominent Hispanic business executives in the United States, to be his commerce secretary.
• November 4. The Bush Mandate.
  WSJ. Justice Miguel Estrada, and other second-term possibilities.
• September 13. Es mexicano la base de SQL en Microsoft.
  El Norte. Article in Spanish of Pedro Celis, Microsoft SQL Server Architect who is originally from Monterrey Mexico and was appointed by President Bush to serve in the PITAC (President's Information Technology Advisory Committee)
• April 12. Miami man is top Bush campaigner.
  Miami Herald. Rudy Fernandez, a Cuban who grew up in Miami, is one of the top operatives in the reelection campaign of President Bush.

2003

• Sept. 5. A Wake-Up Call.
  WSJ. We failed Miguel Estrada and allowed Senate Democrats to erect a glass ceiling.
• May 26. U. S. treasurer mulls running for U. S. Senate in California.
  Pasadena Star: Rosario Marin, the first naturalized citizen to become U. S. Treasurer will be leaving that post in June, and the expectation is that she will challenge Barbara Boxer for the U.S. Senate.
• May 19. Bush's Supreme Challenge.
  Time Magazine: Will Alberto Gonzales be our next Supreme Court Justice? Bush has his eye on a mysterious, unassuming man.
• May 13. Bush Administration Official Has Come A Long Ways.
  Yakima Herald-Republic: Daniel Garza, a former Toppenish police officer and city councilman, is proud to say he is a Republican who works for President George W. Bush as the Department of the Interior's deputy director for external and intergovernmental affairs.
• March 10. We the (Hispanic) People . . ..
  Wall Street Journal article By HENRY BONILLA, LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART, MARIO DIAZ-BALART, DEVIN NUNES, and ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN. The Democratic filibuster against federal appellate court nominee Miguel Estrada has been nothing less than a partisan assault on the goal of achieving diversity in our nation's highest public institutions.
• March 10. Washington State Senate asks U.S. Senate to confirm Miguel Estrada.
  Press release by the Washington State Senate in support of the Estrada nomination.
• March 7. Democrats take judicial confirmation battles to a new low.
  A statement by the President expressing his disapproval of the Senate vote to continue to filibuster.
  An article by the Wall Street Journal explaining that this is not business as usual.
  A press release by the Washington State Republican Party on the Estrada nomination.
• March 7. Cantwell, Murray fight Estrada vote.
  An article from Columbian on Washington Senators opposition to Estrada,
  An editorial on the Seattle Times by WRNHA members Tony Tocora and Steve Cuevas,
  A news article on the Seattle Times with coverage of the rally in support of Estrada in Seattle.
• March 3. Coup Against the Constitution.
  A cartoon and two articles on the importance of the Estrada nomination to the presidency.
• Feb 28. Support for Miguel Estrada Across the Country.
  Editorial boards and writers across the nation continue to voice their opposition to the Estrada filibuster in articles over this holiday weekend.
• Feb 26. President Calls for Action on Judicial Nominee.
  Two interesting articles (Fox News and Washington Times) on how the opposition to Estrada is a travesty. Miguel Estrada is the first Hispanic ever to be nominated for the D.C. circuit court of appeals.
• Feb 24. Washington House Democrats block move asking U.S. Senate for Estrada confirmation.
  Press release by Washington State Representative  Mary Skinner in support of legislation to urge the U. S. Senate to approve the nomination of Miguel Estrada.
• Feb 22. Judgment call: Appellate nominee inflames Democrats.
  Seattle Times: "If the Democrats defeat him, boy are they handing Bush a campaign issue to use in the Hispanic community".
• Feb 14. Bush Picks Latina for Appeals Court.
  San Jose Mercury News. In a move that could bolster Latino representation on the nation's largest federal appeals court, President Bush on Thursday nominated Consuelo Maria Callahan to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Feb 14. Delay on Estrada: Democratic debacle.
  Boston Herald Editorial: Apparently what truly scares the living daylights out of
  Senate Democrats is that such a high-profile judgeship would surely put him in
  line to become the first Hispanic to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
• Feb 6. Blocking a judge because he's Hispanic .
  Wall Street Journal: If Democrats want to filibuster, Republicans should keep the debate going, for weeks if need be. Democrats who refuse even to give Mr. Estrada a confirmation vote should be made to pay a political price.
• Feb 5. Filibustering Judges.
  Washington Post Editorial: Mr. Estrada's nomination in no way justifies a filibuster.

2002

• October 31. U.S. Treasurer is a Real Inspiration.
  Yakima Herald: Treasurer Proves Dreams Are Within Students' Grasp.
• September 27. Partisanship powers Hispanic Caucus.
  Dallas Morning News: Congressional group turns on judicial candidate.
• September 26. Will a "Hispanic Clarence Thomas" face a Senate star chamber?
  Wall Street Journal Editorial on Miguel Estrada's nomination.
• September 26. Cantwell urged to approve Hispanic judicial nominee.
  Joint press release of the WRNHA and the Washington State Republican Party urging Senator Maria Cantwell to approve the nomination of Miguel Estrada in the Senate Judiciary committee.
• September 24. Nominee for Court Faces Two Battles.
  Washington Post: Article covers several viewpoints on Miguel Estrada nomination.
• September 24. Senator Hatch comments regarding Hispanics and the D.C. Court of Appeals.
  Senator Hatch critical of a hearing on the balance of the D.C. Court of Appeals two days before Miguel Estrada is scheduled to testify regarding his appointment to that court.
• July 16. Hector Barreto.
  Washington Post: Profile on Hector Barreto published in the Washington Post, and opportunities to meet him in his visit to Washington State.
• May 24. The Estrada Gambit.
  Wall Street Journal Editorial critical of Senator Patrick Lehay handling of Miguel Estrada nomination to the D.C. Court of appeals.
• March 18. Al Gonzalez could be the next supreme court justice.
  USA Today article on Al Gonzalez and his potential to be appointed to the US Supreme Court.
• February 28. Idaho Republican Governor appoints first Hispanic to appellate bench.
  Spokane Review: Judge Sergio Guitierrez became the first Hispanic and Gov. Dirk Kempthorne's first appointment to the state's appellate bench.

2001

• December 13. While Caracas Burns.
  Wall Street Journal Editorial. Sen. Dodd's petulance threatens national security.
• December 11. Hispanic judges.
  Dallas Morning News: Bush should get chance to seat his choices
• November 27. Judicial Profiling.
  Wall Street Journal: Mr. Estrada is being sidelined because he is a keen legal mind who happens to be Hispanic and therefore might someday become the first Hispanic member of the U.S. Supreme Court. Welcome to the world of judicial profiling.
• August 16. First foreign born (Mexican) sworn as 41st US Treasurer.
  Rosario Marin was sworn in today as the 41st U.S. Treasurer by Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill. She was confirmed by the Senate on Aug. 3, 2001.
• August 1. Mr. Garza Goes to Washington.
  Yakima Herald-Republic: Dan Garza, a Toppenish city councilman, a leader in President Bush's state campaign and a state liquor agent, has been named Hispanic media coordinator for the U.S. Department of Interior in Washington, D.C.
• July 9. The Liberal Hacienda.
  Wall Street Journal: Here's today's political diversity quiz: When is an Hispanic-American not really Hispanic?
  Answer: When he's one of President Bush's potential nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court.