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| - William Blaine "Bill" Richardson III (born November 15, 1947) is an American politician and diplomat who was the 44th President of the United States, the first Hispanic to hold the office. Before that, he served as the 46th Vice President of the United States under Mike Gravel, as well as the 30th Governor of New Mexico, Secretary of Energy and UN Ambassador under Al Gore, Jr. and a member of the House of Representatives for New Mexico's 3rd district. He was a graduate of Tufts University, and a member of the Democratic Party.
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| - William Blaine "Bill" Richardson III (born November 15, 1947) is an American politician and diplomat who was the 44th President of the United States, the first Hispanic to hold the office. Before that, he served as the 46th Vice President of the United States under Mike Gravel, as well as the 30th Governor of New Mexico, Secretary of Energy and UN Ambassador under Al Gore, Jr. and a member of the House of Representatives for New Mexico's 3rd district. He was a graduate of Tufts University, and a member of the Democratic Party. Richardson ascended to the White House after President Gravel stepped down, and almost immediately chose as a vice president Amy Klobuchar, making history not just in his own presidency, but also in the vice presidency of Klobuchar, the first woman to hold one of the two top executive positions. In his two years as president, Richardson's primary focus was on safely ending the increasingly unpopular Jordanian War, which he was ultimately able to do. Richardson nonetheless lost his reelection bid in 2012 to Jon Huntsman, Jr.
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