Richard (Dick) Gordon Darman was born May 10, 1943. He served as Director of the Office of Management and Budget for the first Bush administration from 1989 to 1993. Darman was regarded as provocative and intelligent by Washington insiders. He is criticized by some economists for being too focused on the budget deficit and is sometimes blamed for convincing Bush (41) to renege on his promise of Read my lips: No new taxes, which is widely believed to have contributed to Bush's defeat in the election of 1992. May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is a body within the Executive Office of the President of the United States which is tasked with coordinating United States Federal agencies. ... George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States (1989–1993). ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Bush delivering the famous line at the 1988 convention Read my lips: No new taxes was a famous pledge made by Republican Presidential candidate George H.W. Bush at the 1988 Republican convention in his acceptance speech on August 18. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ...
Prior to serving as Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Darman held other governmental positions, including: Assistant to the President of the United States (1981-85); Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Treasury (1985-87); and Assistant U.S. Secretary of Commerce (1976-77). The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is a body within the Executive Office of the President of the United States which is tasked with coordinating United States Federal agencies. ...
Darman graduated from Harvard College in 1964 and from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1967. 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Since May 1, 2003, Darman has been Chairman of the Board of AES Corporation, an electric utility company. 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Darman is also a Senior Advisor affiliated with the Carlyle Group. The Carlyle Group is a Washington, D.C. based global private equity investment firm with more than $24 billion of equity capital. ...
Some sources suggest that Darman is also a member of the Trilateral Commission. The Trilateral Commission is a private organization, founded in 1973 at the initiative of David Rockefeller, of over 300 private citizens from Europe, Japan, and North America to promote closer cooperation between these three areas. ...
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Who's in Control? Polar Politics and the Sensible Center (1996; ISBN 0684811235)
Richard (Dick) Gordon Darman was born May 10, 1943.
Darman was regarded as provocative and intelligent by Washington insiders.
He is criticized by some economists for being too focused on the budget deficit and is sometimes blamed for convincing Bush (41) to renege on his promise of Read my lips: No new taxes, which is widely believed to have contributed to Bush's defeat in the election of 1992.
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