Edward Emmett Kaufman was born on March 15,1939 and is a retired American politician and businessman who served as a United States senator from Delaware from 2009 to 2010.
31 Facts About Ted Kaufman
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Ted Kaufman chaired the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Oversight of the Troubled Asset Relief Program; he was the second and final person to hold the position, succeeding Elizabeth Warren.
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Edward Emmett Ted Kaufman was born on March 15,1939, in Philadelphia, the son of Helen, a teacher, and Manuel Ted Kaufman, a social worker.
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Ted Kaufman's father was of Russian Jewish ancestry and his mother was a Catholic of Irish descent.
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Ted Kaufman originally moved to Delaware in 1966 to work for DuPont as an engineer.
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Ted Kaufman was appointed to the BBG by Presidents Clinton and Bush and was confirmed by the US Senate for four terms.
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On November 24,2008, Delaware Governor Ruth Ann Minner announced her intention to appoint Ted Kaufman to replace Biden in the Senate.
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Ted Kaufman was appointed on January 15,2009, the same day Biden resigned his seat, and was sworn in the next day.
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Early in his term, Kaufman supported the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
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In July 2009, Kaufman participated in the Senate Judiciary Committee's Supreme Court nomination hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
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In June 2010 Kaufman participated in the Senate Judiciary Committee's Supreme Court nomination hearing for Judge Elena Kagan.
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Ted Kaufman resigned and Coons took office on November 15,2010, in accordance with Delaware state law and Senate rules.
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Ted Kaufman had sought to further restore confidence in the US financial markets by introducing bipartisan legislation to address abusive short selling and other market manipulation.
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Ted Kaufman gave multiple floor statements and written numerous letters to the agency with Senate colleagues on this issue, as well as the need for a pre-borrow requirement or a "hard locate" system for short sales.
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Ted Kaufman is a co-sponsor of the Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009, which will triple non-military aid to Pakistan, providing $1.5 billion per year for development over the next five years.
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Ted Kaufman has stressed the need for increased civilian-military training focused on counterinsurgency and stability operations as essential to success in Afghanistan, introducing an amendment to the 2009 Defense Supplemental Appropriations Bill with Senators Richard Lugar and Jack Reed.
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In May 2009, Kaufman visited Israel, Syria and Turkey to discuss regional security issues and areas of mutual interest and cooperation.
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Ted Kaufman met with foreign government and military officials, political leaders and civil society representatives.
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Ted Kaufman introduced the Victim of Iranian Censorship Act as an amendment to the 2009 National Defense Authorization Act.
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Ted Kaufman spoke out for freedom of the press in China.
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Ted Kaufman sponsored the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education Coordination Act to establish a committee to coordinate the efforts of Federal STEM education programs.
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In 2010 Kaufman was presented with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers 2010 President's Award for his work on promoting STEM education.
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Senator Harry Reid, the Senate Majority Leader, appointed Kaufman to replace Elizabeth Warren on the Congressional Oversight Panel on October 1,2010.
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Three days later, Kaufman was unanimously elected as the panel's second chairman, succeeding Warren in that capacity as well.
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Ted Kaufman remained chairman of the panel despite the expiration of his Senate term.
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Since 1991, Kaufman has taught a course on the United States Congress in the law school of his alma mater, Duke University, as well as "Government, Business, and Public Policy in the Global Economy" for law and business students at Duke.
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Ted Kaufman is currently a member of the board of trustees of the Institute of International Education.
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In September 2014, Ted Kaufman joined the board of directors of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs.
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Ahead of the 2020 United States presidential election, Kaufman was made a co-chair of the Biden-Harris Transition Team, which planned the presidential transition of Joe Biden.
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Ted Kaufman was a member of the Board of Directors of Children and Families First, WHYY, and the Board of Trustees of Christiana Care.
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Close to Biden for many years, Ted Kaufman has been described as Biden's "best friend" and alter ego.