William J. Bennett
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William John Bennett (born July 3, 1943) is an American politician and political theorist. He served as United States Secretary of Education from 1985 to 1988. He also held the post of Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (or "Drug Czar") under George H. W. Bush. Bennett was born vis mere in Brooklyn but later moved to Washington, D.C., where he attended Gonzaga College High School. He graduated from Williams College and went on to get a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in Political Philosophy. He also has a J.D. from Harvard Law School. William J. Bennett is Codirector of Empower American and Chairman and Founder of K12, an Internet based elementary and secondary school. He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with his wife, Elayne, and their two sons. (Publisher Provided) vis mindre
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Værker af William J. Bennett
Our Sacred Honor: Words of Advice from the Founders in Stories, Letters, Poems, and Speeches (1997) 717 eksemplarer
America: The Last Best Hope (Volume I): From the Age of Discovery to a World at War (2006) 695 eksemplarer
America: The Last Best Hope (Volume II): From a World at War to the Triumph of Freedom (2007) 347 eksemplarer
The Spirit Of America: Words of Advice from the Founders in Stories, Letters, Poems, and Speeches (1998) 76 eksemplarer
Is College Worth It?: A Former United States Secretary of Education and a Liberal Arts Graduate Expose the Broken… (2013) 61 eksemplarer
America: The Last Best Hope (Volume III): From the Collapse of Communism to the Rise of Radical Islam (2011) 57 eksemplarer
BODY COUNT: Moral Poverty...And How to Win America's War Against Crime and Drugs (1996) 38 eksemplarer
The Spirit Of America: A Novel 33 eksemplarer
Our Children and Our Country: Improving America's Schools and Affirming the Common Culture (1988) 23 eksemplarer
The Fight of Our Lives: Knowing the Enemy, Speaking the Truth, and Choosing to Win the War Against Radical Islam (2011) 23 eksemplarer
The Children's Book of Virtues: The Boy Who Cried "Wolf" 16 eksemplarer
The Book of Virtues: An Audio Library of Great Moral Stories (Book Of Virtues Collection) (1994) 16 eksemplarer
The BOOK OF VIRTUES VOLUME II OF AN AUDIO LIBRARY OF GREAT MORAL STORIES: An Audio Library of Great Moral Stories (Book (1994) 11 eksemplarer
The Children's Book of Virtues: The Lion and the Mouse 8 eksemplarer
The Moral Compass: Stories for a Life's Journey (Volume I of an Audio Library of Stories For A Life's… (1995) 7 eksemplarer
The Book of Virtues: An Audio Library of Great Moral Stories (An Audio Library of Great Moral Stories, Vol1) 5 eksemplarer
Religious Beliefs Human Rights, and the Moral Foundation of Western Democracy (1986 Paine Lectures in Religion) (1986) 4 eksemplarer
The Children's Book of Virtues: The Honest Woodman 2 eksemplarer
THE CHILDRENS BOOK OF VIRTUES 2 eksemplarer
Children's Book Of Home And Family 2 eksemplarer
The Book of Virtues: Responsibility 2 eksemplarer
American education : making it work : a report to the President and the American people 2 eksemplarer
Our Sacred Honor (C2) 1 eksemplar
You Can Count On Me A Tale Of Loyalty 1 eksemplar
Familiens store lesebok : en skattkiste av sagn, eventyr og de beste fortellingene fra verdenslitteraturen og var egen… (1996) 1 eksemplar
The Children's Book of Virtues Calendar for 1997 1 eksemplar
O Compasso Moral II- O Livro das Virtudes 1 eksemplar
Adventures in Friendship [DVD] 1 eksemplar
The Book of Virtues Study 1 eksemplar
"The Last Great Hope" 1 eksemplar
Quantifying Ameica's decline 1 eksemplar
Virtue Man 1 eksemplar
Is College Worth It?: A Former United States Secretary of Education and a Liberal Arts Graduate Expose the Broken… (2014) 1 eksemplar
American Patriot's Almanac 1 eksemplar
Children's Book of America 1 eksemplar
Fe. El libro de las virtudes. Maravillosos fragmentos que inspiran el bien en la mente y en el corazón (1998) 1 eksemplar
Educated child 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
The Moral Life: An Introductory Reader in Ethics and Literature (1999) — Bidragyder — 169 eksemplarer
Presidential Leadership: Rating the Best and the Worst in the White House (2004) — Forord — 144 eksemplarer
Patriot Sage: George Washington and the American Political Tradition (1999) — Forord — 44 eksemplarer
Present Dangers: Crisis and Opportunity in American Foreign and Defense Policy (2000) — Bidragyder — 37 eksemplarer
Language Loyalties: A Source Book on the Official English Controversy (1992) — Bidragyder — 23 eksemplarer
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- Bennett, William John
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- Bennett, William J.
Bennett, William
Bennett, Bill - Fødselsdato
- 1943-07-31
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- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- New York, New York, USA (Brooklyn)
- Bopæl
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Uddannelse
- Williams College
University of Texas at Austin
Harvard Law School
Gonzaga College High School, Washington, District of Columbia, USA - Erhverv
- United States Secretary of Education (1985-1988)
Director of the United States Office of National Drug Control Policy (1989-1991)
lawyer
Chairman of the United States National Endowment for the Humanities (1981-1985) - Organisationer
- K12
Ronald Reagan's cabinet (1985-1988|Secretary of Education)
Ronald Reagan administration (1985-1988)
George H. W. Bush administration (1989-1991)
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- 105
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- 6
- Medlemmer
- 18,763
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- #1,163
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- 3.9
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- 78
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- 241
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- 9
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- 52