Dave Reichert

Reichert was born in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, the son of Marlys Ann (née Troeger) and George F. Reichert.{{cite web

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|title=Dave Reichert Elected U.S. Representative District 8 Washington

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|access-date=August 8, 2007

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|url-status=dead

}} He is the eldest of seven children and a grandson of the town marshal.{{cite web

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|title=Congressman Dave Reichert

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}} His family moved to Washington in 1951, living first in Renton, then later moving to Kent, where he attended Kent Meridian High School. In 1968, he graduated and went to Concordia Lutheran College in Portland, Oregon on a partial football scholarship. He earned an Associate of Arts degree in social work in 1970.{{cite news

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|title=Seattle P-I, LWV Voter's Guide – Dave Reichert

|newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer

}}

In 1971 he joined the Air Force Reserves' 939th Military Airlift Group. He saw active duty for six months and served until 1976.{{cite web

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Reichert began serving with the King County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) in 1972.{{cite news

|url=http://www.metrokc.gov/exec/news/1997/030597nr1.htm

|title=Sims appoints police professional as new King County Sheriff

|publisher=King County, Washington

|date=March 5, 1997

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001001094146/http://www.metrokc.gov/exec/news/1997/030597nr1.htm|archive-date=October 1, 2000}} He was a member of the Green River Task Force, formed to track down the "Green River killer". In 1984, he and fellow King County homicide detective Robert Keppel met with incarcerated serial killer Ted Bundy to form a psychological profile of the Green River killer.{{Cite news|first=Peyton|last=Whitely|url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/aug/07/ted-bundy-helped-green-river-investigation/|title=Ted Bundy Helped Green River Investigation Detective Says Bundy Met With King County Officials Probing Killings|work=The Spokesman-Review|date=August 7, 1995|access-date=March 31, 2017|language=en}} In 2001, DNA evidence identified Gary Leon Ridgway as the Green River killer. In 2004, Reichert published the memoir Chasing the Devil: My Twenty-Year Quest to Capture the Green River Killer.{{cite book |last=Reichert |first=David |date=2004 |title=Chasing the Devil: My Twenty-Year Quest to Capture the Green River Killer. |url=https://archive.org/details/chasingdevilmytw00reic_0/page/320 |location=New York City |publisher=Little, Brown and Company |isbn=978-0316156325 |access-date=December 25, 2013 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/chasingdevilmytw00reic_0/page/320 320] |url-access=registration }}

In 1971, during his second year in law enforcement, Reichert responded to a domestic violence call in which a knife-wielding man was attempting to kill his wife. The man attacked Reichert and slit his throat, which required stitches and surgery.{{cite news |last1=Kamb |first1=Lewis |title=Reichert touts law record, but critics don't see it his way |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Reichert-touts-law-record-but-critics-don-t-see-1216577.php |newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date=October 5, 2006 |access-date=July 2, 2023}} In an interview, Reichert said of the incident, "I was able to save [the wife], and we got into a scuffle and fell over a coffee table in the living room, and he slit my throat with a butcher knife, ending up with forty-five stitches in my neck."{{Citation|title=Office Space: Dave Reichert's Washington Precinct| date=December 30, 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLtGTjesq8I |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/GLtGTjesq8I |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2021-04-07}}{{cbignore}} He was awarded with one of his two Medals of Valor for his bravery.

In 1997, he was appointed sheriff of King County, Washington, by King County Executive Ron Sims. In 2001, he ran unopposed for a second four-year term.{{cite web

|url=http://www.metrokc.gov/elections/2001nov/pamphlet/file2.htm

|title=King County Elections King County Local Voters Pamphlet November 6, 2001 General Election

|publisher=King County, Washington

|year=2001

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011124160734/http://www.metrokc.gov/elections/2001nov/pamphlet/file2.htm|archive-date=November 24, 2001}}

Reichert served as president of the Washington State Sheriffs Association. He was an executive board member of the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs.

In 2004 Reichert won the 2004 National Sheriffs' Association's Sheriff of the Year award, two valor awards, and the Washington State attorney general's award for courageous action.

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In 2004, Reichert ran for Congress. He bowed out of the Republican primary debate, however, because two other candidates had run ads critical of him.{{cite news|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20040901&slug=reichert01e|title=Offended by ads, Reichert walks out on forum|newspaper=Seattle Times|first=Warren |last=Cornwall|date=September 1, 2004}}{{cite news|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/local/188797_reichert01.html|title=Campaign 2004: Reichert walks out on forum – Citing 'dirty politics,' sheriff refuses to share stage with rivals in race|newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|first=Chris|last=McGann|date=September 1, 2004}}

He defeated his Democratic opponent, KIRO talk show host Dave Ross, in the 2004 election, 52% to 47%. He succeeded retiring Republican Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn.

At the same time, the Democratic presidential nominee, Senator John Kerry won, 51% to 48%, against President George W. Bush in the {{ushr|Washington|8|8th district}}. That made Reichert one of just 17 House Republicans{{citation needed | date=October 2013}} elected in a district that also voted for the Democratic candidate for the presidency.{{cite news

|url = http://www.cqpolitics.com/2006/08/burners_fundraising_makes_wash.html

|title = Updated Forecast: Republican Reichert Faces Tougher Fight in Wash.

|publisher = CQ Politics

|first = Rachel

|last = Kapochunas

|date = August 1, 2006

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060822050509/http://www.cqpolitics.com/2006/08/burners_fundraising_makes_wash.html

|archive-date = August 22, 2006

}}

ARMPAC, a political action committee of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, donated $20,000 to his election campaign.{{cite news|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002542677_hastings06.html|title=Hastings says ethics panel won't investigate DeLay|newspaper=Seattle Times|first=Alicia|last=Mundy|date=October 6, 2005}}{{cite news|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/local/194476_fundraising09.html|title=Campaign 2004: DeLay to help Reichert campaign – Democrats label him 'ethically challenged'|newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|first=Chris |last=McGann|date=October 9, 2004}}

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He faced Democratic candidate Darcy Burner in November 2006; he was re-elected with 51% of the vote.{{cite news |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003396331_8thdistrictbox11.html |title=Reichert appears headed for victory |newspaper=The Seattle Times |date=November 11, 2006 |access-date=August 12, 2008}}

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In a repeat of the 2006 election matchup, he faced Democratic candidate Darcy Burner. He won the general election with 53% of the vote to Burner's 47%.{{cite web|url=http://vote.wa.gov/elections/wei/Results.aspx?ElectionID=26&RaceID=12&JurisdictionTypeID=3&ViewMode=Results|title=November 4, 2008 General Election|access-date=December 31, 2008|publisher=Washington Secretary of State|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081127111357/http://vote.wa.gov/Elections/WEI/Results.aspx?ElectionID=26&RaceID=12&JurisdictionTypeID=3&ViewMode=Results|archive-date=November 27, 2008}}

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He was challenged by Democratic candidate Suzan DelBene.

{{cite web |url=http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/bel/community/83910037.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906181742/http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/bel/community/83910037.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 6, 2012 |title=Democrats tap DelBene in 8th District congressional race – Bellevue Reporter |publisher=Pnwlocalnews.com |date=February 9, 2010 |access-date=August 29, 2010 }} He won re-election with 52% of the vote.{{citation needed | date=October 2013}}

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He was challenged by Democratic candidate Karen Porterfield, and won with almost 60% of the vote.{{cite web|last=Reed|first=Sam|title=Congressional District 8 elections|url=http://vote.wa.gov/results/20121106/CongressionalDistrict8.html|publisher=Washington Secretary of State}}

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He was challenged by Democratic candidate Jason Ritchie, and won with 63% of the vote.{{cite web|title=Congressional District 8 elections|url=http://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20141104/Federal-All.html|publisher=Washington Secretary of State}}

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He was challenged by Democratic candidate Tony Ventrella, and won with 60% of the vote.{{cite web|title=Congressional District 8 elections|url=http://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20161108/CongressionalDistrict8.html|publisher=Washington Secretary of State}}

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• Committee on Ways and Means
• Subcommittee on Trade
• Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, chair{{cite web|url=http://blogs.seattletimes.com/politicsnorthwest/2013/01/15/rep-dave-reichert-to-chair-ways-and-means-subcommittee-on-welfare-programs/|title=Rep. Dave Reichert to chair Ways and Means subcommittee on welfare programs}}{{cite web|url=http://www.davereichert.com|title=Dave Reichert for Congress – Washington's 8th Congressional District|website=Dave Reichert for Congress|access-date=July 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029223101/https://davereichert.com/|archive-date=October 29, 2018|url-status=dead}}

• House Baltic Caucus{{cite web|title=Members|url=http://housebalticcaucus.webs.com/members|publisher=House Baltic Caucus|access-date=February 21, 2018|archive-date=June 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619215630/https://housebalticcaucus.webs.com/members|url-status=dead}}
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• U.S.-Japan Caucus{{cite web|title=Members|url=https://usjapancaucus-castro.house.gov/members| publisher=U.S. - Japan Caucus|access-date=December 1, 2018}}

Reichert was a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership.{{cite web|url=http://www.republicanmainstreet.org/members/|title=RMSP Members|access-date=June 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717000609/http://www.republicanmainstreet.org/members/|archive-date=July 17, 2012|url-status=dead}} He was ranked as the 21st most bipartisan member of the U.S. House of Representatives during the 114th congress by The Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy.{{Citation|url=http://www.thelugarcenter.org/assets/htmldocuments/The%20Lugar%20Center%20-%20McCourt%20School%20Bipartisan%20Index%20114th%20Congress%20House%20Scores.pdf|title=The Lugar Center - McCourt School Bipartisan Index|publisher=The Lugar Center|date=March 7, 2016|access-date=April 30, 2017}}

Reichert has opposed abortion during his congressional career.{{Cite web |last=Zodrow |first=Andru |date=2024-08-24 |title=Donald Trump and Dave Reichert pivot on abortion rights |url=https://www.nbcrightnow.com/regional/donald-trump-and-dave-reichert-pivot-on-abortion-rights/article_003a45ce-13dd-5718-abe1-975eac215862.html |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=NonStop Local Tri-Cities/Yakima |language=en}} He voted repeatedly for bills to restrict abortions after 20 weeks.{{cite web |date=June 12, 2024 |title=Reichert works to fend off Democrats' claims he'd try to restrict abortion as governor • Washington State Standard |url=https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/06/12/reichert-works-to-fend-off-democrats-claims-hed-try-to-restrict-abortion-as-governor/}} During the 2024 gubernatorial campaign, Reichert has attempted to soften his prior views on abortion and has said he will uphold current abortion laws if elected.{{Cite web |last=Nerbovig |first=Ashley |date=19 September 2024 |title=Six Takeaways from Washington State’s Second Governor’s Debate |url=https://www.thestranger.com/elections-2024/2024/09/19/79701018/six-takeaways-from-washington-states-second-governors-debate |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=The Stranger |language=en}}

Reichert was not present for the vote on then-House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan's 2012 budget, which Ryan dubbed "The Path to Prosperity";{{cite web |url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll277.xml |title= Final Vote Results for Roll Call 277 |access-date=July 30, 2011 |publisher=Library of Congress}} Reichert had intended to vote in favor of it, but was called away to Washington state following the death of his mother.{{cite web |url=http://www.reichert.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=237245 |title=Reichert Statement on 2012 Budget |access-date=July 30, 2011 |publisher=U.S. House of Representatives |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810213127/http://reichert.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=237245 |archive-date=August 10, 2011 |url-status=dead }} However, he did vote for the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act{{cite web |url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll606.xml |title= Final Vote Results for Roll Call 606 |access-date=July 30, 2011 |publisher= Library of Congress}} and the Budget Control Act of 2011.{{cite web |url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll677.xml |title= Final Vote Results for Roll Call 677 |access-date=July 30, 2011 |publisher= Library of Congress}} Both acts required Congress to pass a balanced budget amendment prior to raising the United States debt ceiling. This was supported primarily by Republicans and opposed by Democrats.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/07/29/us/politics/how-different-types-of-republicans-voted-on-the-revised-debt-plan.html?ref=politics |title= How Different Types of Republicans Voted on the Revised Debt Plan |access-date=August 1, 2011 |date=August 1, 2011 |work=The New York Times}} In the final vote to lift the debt ceiling, until 2013, he voted with the Republican majority in favor.{{cite web |url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll690.xml |title= Final Vote Results for Roll Call 690 |access-date=August 2, 2011 |publisher=Library of Congress}}

Reichert was one of 15 Republican House members to vote in favor of repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", the ban on openly gay military service personnel.{{cite news|first=Chris|last=Geidner|url=http://www.metroweekly.com/poliglot/2010/12/breaking-house-passes-dadt-rep.html|title=House Passes DADT Repeal Bill|newspaper=Metro Weekly|date=December 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021205547/http://www.metroweekly.com/poliglot/2010/12/breaking-house-passes-dadt-rep.html |archive-date=October 21, 2013 }}{{cite news|url=http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/111/house/2/638|title=House Vote 638 – Repeals 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118070035/http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/111/house/2/638 |archive-date=January 18, 2016}}

In 2017, Reichert declared his support for Executive Order 13769, which imposed a temporary ban on citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries entering the U.S. He stated that "My first and most important job is protecting families in our region and the American people ... We must be absolutely certain we have systems in place capable of thoroughly vetting anyone applying for refugee status on American soil."{{cite web|last1=Blake|first1=Aaron|title=Coffman, Gardner join Republicans against President Trump's travel ban; here's where the rest stand|url=http://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/29/republicans-on-trump-travel-ban/|website=Denver Post|date=January 29, 2017 |access-date=January 30, 2017}}

Reichert supported reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.{{cite web | first=Jennifer | last=Bendery | author-link=Jennifer Bendery | url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/11/violence-against-women-act-john-boehner-eric-cantor_n_2278549.html | title=Violence Against Women Act: John Boehner, Eric Cantor Pressured By Republicans To Act | date=December 11, 2012 | website=Huffington Post}}

He was the main sponsor of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Improving Opportunities for Youth in Foster Care Act, a bill which would require states to take action to address the problem of sex trafficking of children in the foster care system.{{cite press release|url=http://waysandmeans.house.gov/uploadedfiles/preventing_trafficking_summary.pdf|title=Summary of the "Preventing Sex Trafficking and Improving Opportunities for Youth in Foster Care Act"|publisher=House Ways and Means Committee (U.S. Congress)|date=February 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224185726/http://waysandmeans.house.gov/uploadedfiles/preventing_trafficking_summary.pdf |archive-date=February 24, 2014 |accessdate=February 19, 2014}}{{cite press release|url=http://waysandmeans.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=369942|title=Reichert, Doggett, Introduce Bill to Prevent Child Sex Trafficking|publisher=House Ways and Means Committee, Chairman Dave Camp (U.S. Congress)|date=February 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224185143/http://waysandmeans.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=369942 |archive-date=February 24, 2014|accessdate=February 19, 2014}}

On March 4, 2014, Reichert introduced the Preserving Welfare for Needs Not Weed Act (H.R. 4137; 113th Congress), a bill that would prevent the use of electronic benefit transfer cards in businesses that sell marijuana.{{cite news|last1=Marcos|first1=Cristina|title=House passes bill to prevent using welfare benefits at marijuana stores|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/217979-house-passes-bill-to-prevent-using-welfare-benefits-at-marijuana/|access-date=September 18, 2014|work=The Hill|date=September 16, 2014}}

Reichert favored repealing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).{{Cite news|url=https://patch.com/washington/sammamish/rep-reichert-affordable-care-act-repeal-replace-going-happen|title=Rep Reichert: Affordable Care Act Repeal And Replace 'Going To Happen'|date=February 23, 2017|work=Sammamish-Issaquah, WA Patch|access-date=April 3, 2017|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.healthreformvotes.org/congress/400660|title=Rep. David Reichert votes on Obamacare|work=HealthReformVotes.org|access-date=April 3, 2017|language=en}}

Reichert was one of only 20 Republicans to vote against the American Health Care Act of 2017 (also known as Trumpcare).{{Cite news|url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2017/roll256.xml|title=Final Vote Results for Roll Call 256|date=May 24, 2017|work=Sammamish-Issaquah, WA Patch|access-date=April 3, 2017|language=en-US}}

Reichert has voiced personal opposition to same-sex marriage, saying in 2024 that "marriage is between a man and a woman".{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Rich |date=16 April 2024 |title=In Meeting with Republicans, Dave Reichert Denies the Existence of Trans People and Claims "Marriage Is Between a Man and a Woman" |url=https://www.thestranger.com/elections-2024/2024/04/16/79471627/dave-reichert-to-pierce-county-republicans-marriage-is-between-a-man-and-a-woman |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=The Stranger |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Lindsay |first=Jeanie |date=2024-04-17 |title=Republicans shrug off anti-LGBT comments from top Washington governor candidate |url=https://www.kuow.org/stories/republicans-dismiss-wa-democrats-criticism-of-gop-candidate-s-anti-lgbtq-remarks |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=www.kuow.org |language=en}} He stated that he doesn't intend to restrict same-sex marriage if elected governor during the 2024 gubernatorial election.

He has also made critical remarks towards transgender people, once responding to a question that asked what defines "a woman" saying that "There’s only man and woman. I was raised with that as a Christian. And marriage is between a man and a woman." Reichert has also said that "I don’t believe that transgender men should be competing against girls and women in sports."

In February 2017, while serving on the Ways and Means Committee, he voted against a measure that would have led to a request of the Treasury Department for President Donald Trump's tax returns.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/02/these-23-republicans-passed-on-a-chance-to-get-trumps-tax-returns/516768/|title=These 23 Republicans Passed on a Chance to Get Trump's Tax Returns|last=Friedersdorf|first=Conor|newspaper=The Atlantic|access-date=February 16, 2017|language=en-US}}

Reichert had signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge by the Americans for Tax Reform, a group run by Grover Norquist.{{cite web|url=http://www.atr.org/current-taxpayer-protection-pledge-signers-th-a2851 |title=The Taxpayer Protection Pledge Signers 112th Congressional List |access-date=July 30, 2011 |publisher=Americans for Tax Reform |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725024055/http://www.atr.org/current-taxpayer-protection-pledge-signers-th-a2851 |archive-date=July 25, 2011 }} The pledge commits the signer to oppose any legislation that raises taxes or eliminates tax deductions. On August 1, 2012, he also voted to extend the Bush tax cuts.{{citation needed | date=October 2013}}

On April 10, 2014, Reichert introduced the Permanent S Corporation Built-in Gains Recognition Period Act of 2014 (H.R. 4453; 113th Congress), a bill that would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce from 10 to 5 years the period during which the built-in gains of an S corporation are subject to tax and to make such reduction permanent.{{cite web|title=H.R. 4453 – Summary|url=http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4453|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=June 9, 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Marcos|first1=Cristina|title=This week: Lawmakers to debate appropriations, VA, student loans|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/scheduling/208546-this-week-lawmakers-to-debate-appropriations-va-student-loans/|access-date=June 10, 2014|work=The Hill|date=June 9, 2014}}

He is married to Julie, whom he met in college. They live in Kent and have three grown children: Angela, Tabitha, and Daniel, and six grandchildren.{{cite web|url=http://www.house.gov/reichert/biography.shtml|title=Congressman Dave Reichert|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811012203/http://www.house.gov/reichert/biography.shtml|archive-date=August 11, 2007}} He is a member of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.{{cite web|url=http://www.lcms.org/pages/rpage.asp?NavID=7247|title=Congress includes 19 Lutherans|date=December 27, 2004|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427004051/http://www.lcms.org/pages/rpage.asp?NavID=7247|archive-date=April 27, 2009}} He is of German descent.

In 2010, following an injury he sustained from being hit in the head by a tree branch while chopping firewood in his backyard, he developed a subdural hematoma requiring emergency surgery.{{cite news|last=Hunt|first=Kasie|title=Dave Reichert knocks down health rumors|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43033.html|access-date=October 2, 2010|newspaper=Politico|date=October 2, 2010}}

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