1. Tom Ridge had just started his law studies when he was drafted to Vietnam in 1970.
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1. Tom Ridge had just started his law studies when he was drafted to Vietnam in 1970.
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3. Tom Ridge went on to inform viewers that he instead set about making sure that Sundays were designated for family meals.
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6. Tom Ridge was the first secretary of the Department of Homeland Security under President George W Bush.
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7. Tom Ridge will make the announcement 5 pm at the Brewerie at Union Station, he said in an interview with the Erie Times-News.
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8. Tom Ridge was hospitalized in critical condition in Texas after a cardiac event November 16, 2017.
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9. Tom Ridge wrote in his memoir that then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and then-Attorney General John Ashcroft pressured him to raise the terror alert level, running up to the 2004 elections, because of a pre-election message critical of President Bush from Osama Bin Laden.
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10. Tom Ridge explains the challenges and decision making processes of the newly formed department, and gives his own views as to the future of the security of the United States of America.
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11. In 2016, Tom Ridge endorsed Jeb Bush and subsequently John Kasich after Bush's withdrawal from the 2016 Republican presidential primaries.
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12. Tom Ridge headed the organization with former Senator Joe Lieberman, and the Study Panel assembled in Washington DC for four meetings concerning current biodefense programs.
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14. Tom Ridge spoke at a conference in support of the removal of the People's Mujahedin of Iran from the United States State Department list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
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16. On May 7, 2009, Tom Ridge announced that he would not be a candidate for the US Senate in 2010.
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17. In 2010, it was reported that Tom Ridge had appeared on MSNBC Hardball With Chris Matthews promoting nuclear energy as part of a "green agenda [to].
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18. In February 2005, Tom Ridge was named to the board of Home Depot.
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20. Tom Ridge left the White House and became the first Secretary of Homeland Security.
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21. Tom Ridge formally resigned as Pennsylvania's governor on October 5, 2001.
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22. Tom Ridge created the Link-to-Learn initiative to increase the effective use of technology in public schools and universities.
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23. Tom Ridge proposed the creation of public charter schools in Pennsylvania and in establishing alternate schools for disruptive students.
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24. Tom Ridge separated the Commonwealth's environmental regulatory and conservation programs into two new agencies; the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
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26. Tom Ridge created and grew a "Rainy Day" Fund balance to over $1 billion to be utilized during an economic downturn or recession.
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27. Tom Ridge served as governor until his resignation to become the Director of Homeland Security in 2001.
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29. Tom Ridge became assistant district attorney in Erie County, Pennsylvania in 1980 and prosecuted 86 cases in two years.
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30. In November 1969, Tom Ridge arrived as a sergeant in South Vietnam where he would serve for six months as a staff sergeant with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry, 11th Infantry Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division during the Vietnam War.
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32. Tom Ridge was educated at St Andrews Elementary School and Cathedral Preparatory School and did well both academically and in sports.
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33. Tom Ridge was raised in veterans' public housing in Erie, Pennsylvania.
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34. Tom Ridge was born in Munhall, Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh's Steel Valley, the eldest of three children.
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35. Tom Ridge spent time campaigning with Senator John McCain during his 2008 bid for the presidency and was believed by some to have been on the short list of potential running mates.
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36. Tom Ridge won the election, and was reelected in 1998 with the most votes for a Republican governor in Pennsylvania in more than half a century.
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37. Tom Ridge was born in Munhall, Pennsylvania and raised in veterans' public housing in Erie, Pennsylvania.
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