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Top billing, of course, goes to her boss, George W. Bush (MBA 75), but Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao (MBA 79) is also making a name for herself in the new administration. Chao, who has previously served in several government posts and as president of United Way of America, arrived in the United States from Taiwan as an eight-year-old speaking no English, the New York Times (February 26, 2001) reported. I was very lucky to grow up in a family that believed in hard work and education, said Chao, who favors outreach and access over minority quotas and numerical goals. The American philosophy is equal opportunity for everyone, but you cant guarantee results. We are a meritocracy. Her own experience with education is one reason why Chao, a 1993 recipient of an HBS Alumni Achievement Award, wants to help promote and encourage workers to get into the practice of lifelong learning.
Other HBS alumni are also feeling welcome inside the Beltway. Among them is longtime conservative tax strategist Grover Norquist (MBA 81), president of Americans for Tax Reform, who has the Bush administrations ear, the New York Times (March 19, 2001) declared. Indeed, Norquist said, There isnt an us and them with this administration. They is us. We is them. Of the conservative movement, Norquist observed, Part of what were doing is bringing the business community in. They should be an integral part of the center-right coalition. What does the business community want? Deregulation. Free trade. Tax cuts.
Norquist dismissed those observers who contend that social and economic conservatives often are a mismatch. Its like the physicists who tell you bumblebees cant fly, he said. But bumblebees fly.
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