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Newt Gingrich, PhD Biography
Title:	Former Speaker of the US House of Representatives (R-GA)
Position:	Con to the question "Is It Appropriate to Build a Muslim Community Center (aka the ''Ground Zero Mosque'') near the World Trade Center site?"
Reasoning:	"Nazis don't have the right to put up a sign next to the Holocaust museum in Washington... [W]e would never accept the Japanese putting up a site next to Pearl Harbor. There is no reason for us to accept a mosque next to the World Trade Center." "Gingrich Compares NYC Islamic Community Center to 'Nazis' Putting a 'Sign Next to the Holocaust Museum,'" Fox News/Media Matters for America website, Aug. 16, 2010
Theoretical Expertise Ranking:	Experts Individuals with PhDs, JDs, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the WTC Muslim Center. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to WTC Muslim Center.
Involvement and Affiliations:	Founder, Center for Health Transformation, 2003-present Founder, Gingrich Group (communications and consulting firm), 1999-present Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution at Stanford University, 1999-present Republican Presidential Candidate, 2011-2012 News and Political Analyst, Fox News Channel, 1999-Mar. 2, 2011 Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute (AEI) General Chairman, American Solutions for Winning the Future Co-Chairman, National Commission for Quality Long-term Care Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Jan. 4, 1995 - Jan. 3, 1999 Minority Whip of the US House of Representatives, Mar. 20, 1989 - Jan. 3, 1995 US Representative (R-GA), Jan. 3, 1979 - Jan. 3, 1999 Member, House Administration Committee, Subcommittee on Procurement and Printing, 1993-1995 Member, House Joint Committee on Printing, 1993-1995 Professor, History and Environmental Studies, West Georgia College, 1970-1978 Southern Regional Director for Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, 1968
Education:	PhD, Western European History, Tulane University, 1971 MA, Modern European History, Tulane University, 1968 BA, History, Emory University, 1965
Contact Info:	Phone: None found Fax: None found Email: Online Contact Form Website: www.Newt.org
Select Publications:	"Reagan Had the Recipe for Success. Let's Follow It," WSJ.com, Dec. 29, 2011 Cowritten with Pat Nolan, "Prison Reform: A Smart Way for States to Save Money and Lives," WashingtonPost.com, Jan. 7, 2011 A Nation Like No Other: Why American Exceptionalism Matters, 2011 Cowritten with William R. Forstchen, The Batttle of the Crater: A Novel, 2011 To Save America: Stopping Obama's Secular-Socialist Machine, 2010 Rediscovering God in America, 2010 Real Change: The Fight for America's Future, 2009 Cowritten with William R. Forstchen, To Try Men's Souls: A Novel of George Washington and the Fight for American Freedom, 2009 A Contract with the Earth, 2007 Contract with America, 2005 Cowritten with Dana Pavey and Anne Woodbury, Saving Lives & Saving Money: Transforming Heakth and Healthcare, 2003 Cowritten with William R. Forstchen, 1945, 1995 Lessons Learned the Hard Way: A Personal Report, 1998 Window of Opportunity: A Blueprint for the Future, 1984
Other:	Cofounder, Gingrich Productions (multimedia production company) Honorary Chairman, NanoBusiness Alliance, 2000-present Founding Member, Project Vote Smart Member, Terrorism Task Force, Council on Foreign Relations Advisory Board Member, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Advisory Board Member, Common Good Member of the Catholic Church since Jan. 2009 (formerly Baptist) Married to Callista Gingrich nee Bisek (third marriage) Has two daughters from his first marriage, Jackie and Kathy Legal name is Newton Leroy Gingrich Born in Harrisburg, PA on June 17, 1943
Quoted in:	1. Is It Appropriate to Build a Muslim Community Center (aka the ''Ground Zero Mosque'') near the World Trade Center site?