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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) -

U.S. civil rights hero Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil War Confederate

commander General Robert E. Lee will share a common holiday on Monday in

three southern states, but perhaps for the final time in one of them,

Arkansas.The state's Republican governor is pushing to separate

the joint celebration after critics said it is an insult for the man who

fought to end racial segregation to share a day with a man who fought

to preserve slavery."They need to be distinguished and separate," Governor Asa Hutchinson told a news conference this month about the remembrances.Arkansas,

Mississippi and Alabama for years have observed a joint holiday for

King and Lee, whose birthdays are just four days apart.Arkansas

in the 1940s set up a day in mid-January to honor Lee and created a

holiday for King in 1983. Two years after that, it combined the two for a

joint day marked on the third Monday in January.In

January 2015, Arkansas lawmakers defeated a bill that would have

reserved the January date for King and established a memorial day,

although not a holiday, for Lee in November.Racial

sensitivity has been heightened across the South following the murders

of nine black worshippers at a Charleston, South Carolina church in June

2015 by a suspected gunman who is a white supremacist and adorned his

social media website with Confederate regalia. The shooting caused many Southern states to re-examine symbols of the Confederacy.

<div>gov asa h backpedals madly on reig free bill //indiana/ walmartAsa Hutchinson is Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Security."Most recently, Asa Hutchinson was the Director of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Previously, he served as a member of the House of Representatives. He was elected in 1995 as a Republican from Arkansas. In addition, Asa practiced law in Arkansas for 21 years. During that time, he was appointed by President <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Ronald Reagan</a> as U.S. Attorney for Western Arkansas. He is a graduate of Bob Jones University."From <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.results.gov/leadership/bio_222.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") 100% 50%;">http://www.results.gov/leadership/bio_222.html</a></div><div></div><div>William Asa Hutchinson (born December 3, 1950) is an American politician who has been the 46th <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Arkansas" title="Governor of Arkansas" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Governor of Arkansas</a> since 2015. Previously he was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Attorney" title="United States Attorney" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">U.S. Attorney</a>for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Smith,Arkansas" title="Fort Smith, Arkansas" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Fort Smith</a>-based Western District of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Arkansas</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressperson" title="Congressperson" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">U.S. Congressman</a> from the Third District of Arkansas, Administrator of the U.S. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_Enforcement_Administration" title="Drug Enforcement Administration" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Drug Enforcement Administration</a>(DEA) and the first Undersecretary for Border & Transportation Security at the U.S. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Homeland_Security" title="Department of Homeland Security" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Department of Homeland Security</a>. In 2006, Hutchinson was the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Republican</a> candidate for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_gubernatorial_election,2006" title="Arkansas gubernatorial election, 2006" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">governor of Arkansas</a> and lost to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Democrat</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Beebe" title="Mike Beebe" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Mike Beebe</a>, the outgoing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Arkansas" title="Attorney General of Arkansas" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">state attorney general</a>. In 2014 Hutchinson was again the Republican nominee for Governor, this time winning the election over Democrat <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Ross(politician)" title="Mike Ross (politician)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Mike Ross</a> to become Governor of Arkansas.
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</div><ul style="line-height: 1.6; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#Early_life_and_legal_career" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">1 Early life and legal career</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#Political_career" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2 Political career</a><ul style="line-height: 1.6; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#U.S.House_of_Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2.1 U.S. House of Representatives</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#Executive_branch" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2.2 Executive branch</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#2006_Governor.27s_race" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2.3 2006 Governor's race</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#The_Constitution_Project.27s_Guantanamo_Task_Force" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2.4 The Constitution Project's Guantanamo Task Force</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#NRA.22National_School_Shield_Initiative.22_Task_Force" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2.5 NRA "National School Shield Initiative" Task Force</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#Governor_of_Arkansas" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2.6 Governor of Arkansas</a><ul style="line-height: 1.6; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#2014_election" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2.6.1 2014 election</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#Tenure" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2.6.2 Tenure</a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#Business_career" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3 Business career</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#Family" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">4 Family</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#References" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">5 References</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">6 External links</a></li></ul></div><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Early life and legal career[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asa_Hutchinson&action=edit&section=1&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Early life and legal career" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>Hutchinson was born in Bentonville, Arkansas, U.S., the son of Coral Virginia (Mount) Hutchinson (1912–1998) and John Malcolm Hutchinson, Sr. (1907–1991).<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a> He practiced law in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Smith,Arkansas" title="Fort Smith, Arkansas" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Fort Smith</a> for 21 years and handled more than 100 jury trials. It was during this time that he was appointed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">President</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Ronald Reagan</a> as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Attorney" title="United States Attorney" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">U.S. Attorney</a>for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Western_District_of_Arkansas" title="United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">United States Western District of Arkansas</a>. At the age of thirty-one, Hutchinson was the youngest U.S. Attorney in the nation and made national headlines after successfully prosecuting <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Covenant,The_Sword,and_The_Arm_of_the_Lord" title="The Covenant, The Sword, and The Arm of the Lord" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">The Covenant, The Sword, and The Arm of the Lord</a> (CSA), a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_supremacist" title="White supremacist" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">white supremacist</a> organization founded by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamist" title="Polygamist" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">polygamist</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ellison(polygamist)" title="James Ellison (polygamist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">James Ellison</a>. The CSA forced a three-day armed stand-off with local, state and federal law enforcement. As U.S. Attorney, Hutchinson put on a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flak_jacket" title="Flak jacket" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">flak jacket</a> and personally negotiated a peaceful conclusion to the stand-off.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[2]</a>During his tenure as U.S. Attorney, Hutchinson was described as aggressive in his efforts to prosecute criminals.[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">citation needed</a>] Hutchinson would later be appointed to run the DEA.<h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Political career</h2>In 1986, Hutchinson ran against incumbent Democratic Senator (and former governor) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Bumpers" title="Dale Bumpers" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Dale Bumpers</a>. It was a nationally Democratic year, and Hutchinson fared worse than Bumpers' previous challenger in 1980, Little Rock investment banker William P. "Bill" Clark. In 1990, Hutchinson's race against <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Bryant" title="Winston Bryant" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Winston Bryant</a> for Attorney General of Arkansas also ended in defeat, although the race was very tight. After losing that race, Hutchinson became the co-chairman, with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield_Nelson" title="Sheffield Nelson" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Sheffield Nelson</a>, of the Arkansas Republican Party, a position he would hold for five years. During that period, Hutchinson was credited with helping dramatically build the GOP organization in Arkansas by leading the effort to require the state to finance polling stations, which allowed more Republican voters to get to the polls and vote. Hutchinson considered a rematch with Bumpers in 1992 before he deferred to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Huckabee" title="Mike Huckabee" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Mike Huckabee</a>, who lost to Bumpers. That same year, Hutchinson's brother, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Hutchinson" title="Tim Hutchinson" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Tim</a>, was elected to Congress in Arkansas' Third District, on the retirement of veteran Republican U.S. Representative <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Hammerschmidt" title="John Paul Hammerschmidt" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">John Paul Hammerschmidt</a>.<h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">U.S. House of Representatives</h3>
In office, Hutchinson compiled a voting record as conservative as that of his brother. He led efforts to crack down on illegal drugs, particularly <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methamphetamine" title="Methamphetamine" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;">methamphetamine</a>. Hutchinson also served as one of the managers (prosecutors) during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Bill_Clinton" title="Impeachment of Bill Clinton" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;">impeachment trial</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;">President</a> Bill Clinton in 1998. In 1999, Hutchinson was involved in the effort to reform campaign finance laws and offered an alternative proposal to the bill by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Shays" title="Christopher Shays" class="mw-redirect" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;">Christopher Shays</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Meehan" title="Marty Meehan" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;">Marty Meehan</a>, which he opposed on the grounds that it "went too far" because it attempted to ban television commercials by legal third party organizations. Hutchinson did support the bill by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain" style="background: none; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;">John McCain</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Feingold" title="Russ Feingold" style="background: none; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;">Russ Feingold</a> in the Senate.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a> He also attempted, unsuccessfully, to modify the civil asset forfeiture reform bill that sought to prevent police abuse of its power to seize private property on mere suspicion of being linked to any criminal investigation. His amendment, allegedly, would have empowered the police to continue profiting from drug money.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a>In 1996, when his brother decided not to run for re-election to the House in order to seek the open Senate seat caused by the retirement of Democrat <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pryor" title="David Pryor" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;">David Pryor</a>, Hutchinson ran for the seat and won. His brother also won his campaign for Senate, and served for one term. Hutchinson, who had at first decided to run for an open seat in the Arkansas House of Representatives from Sebastian County, defeated Ann Henry, a long-time friend of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;">Bill</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton" class="mw-redirect" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;">Hillary Clinton</a>. Although Henry outspent Hutchinson during the campaign, the district's heavy Republican tilt and his brother Tim's presence atop the ballot allowed Asa to win with 55 percent of the vote--to date, the last remotely competitive race in the Third District. Hutchinson was re-elected to the House with far less difficulty in 1998, taking 80 percent of the vote against an underfunded Democratic challenger. He was re-elected unopposed in 2000.<h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Executive branch</h3>After being re-elected to his third term in Congress in November 2000, Hutchinson was appointed Administrator of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_Enforcement_Administration" title="Drug Enforcement Administration" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration: none;">Drug Enforcement Administration</a> (DEA) in 2001. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Post" title="Washington Post" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Washington Post</a> columnist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Broder" title="David Broder" class="mw-redirect" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;">David Broder</a> praised Hutchinson's appointment, writing: "The high esteem in which former Rep. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas is held by his colleagues was demonstrated by the 98-1 Senate vote confirming him last month as the new director of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Even more telling was the fact that Rep. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Conyers" title="John Conyers" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;">John Conyers</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;">Michigan</a>, the senior Democrat on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Judiciary_Committee" title="House Judiciary Committee" class="mw-redirect" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;">House Judiciary Committee</a> and an ardent opponent of the impeachment of President Clinton, appeared at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to praise Hutchinson, who had been one of the Republican House managers presenting the case against Clinton to the full Senate. In his 4 1/2 years in the House, Hutchinson, a former U.S. Attorney, earned an estimable reputation as a thoughtful conservative and, as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism" title="Liberalism" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;">liberals</a> like Conyers and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_Judiciary_Committee" title="Senate Judiciary Committee" class="mw-redirect" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;">Senate Judiciary Committee</a> Chairman <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Leahy" title="Patrick Leahy" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;">Patrick Leahy</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;">Vermont</a> affirmed, as a fair-minded advocate."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a>Broder, however, questioned the effectiveness of the traditional approach to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_drugs" title="War on drugs" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">war on drugs</a> and called for a new direction. During his tenure at the DEA, Hutchinson led a re-evaluation of the DEA's mission and resources, concluding that too many resources were focused on 1980s-era drug enforcement priorities. Hutchinson called greater attention to newly emergent drug threats such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methamphetamine" title="Methamphetamine" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">methamphetamine</a> in rural America, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecstasy(drug)" title="Ecstasy (drug)" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">ecstasy</a> among youth, and predatory drugs (also known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_rape_drug" title="Date rape drug" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">date rape drugs</a>). He also lobbied for greater investments in prevention and treatment. He particularly focused on using drug treatment courts as a way to help non-violent drug offenders beat addiction. Despite the official position of the DEA, which raided numerous medical marijuana establishments during his tenure, in 2011, Hutchinson supported the right to use medical marijuana in a debate at the University of Arkansas when he said "I think that if there is a medical need and the doctors say you need a particular substance — whether it is Marinol or marijuana or whatever — if the doctor or medical community says that, then patients ought to be able to get that."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[6]</a>After the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11,2001_attacks" title="September 11, 2001 attacks" class="mw-redirect" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration: none;">September 11 attacks</a>, Congress created the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Homeland_Security" title="Department of Homeland Security" class="mw-redirect" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration: none;">Department of Homeland Security</a> (DHS). President <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W.Bush" title="George W. Bush" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration: none;">George W. Bush</a> tapped Hutchinson to lead the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Border_and_Transportation_Security_Directorate&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Border and Transportation Security Directorate (page does not exist)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration: none;">Border and Transportation Security Directorate</a>, the largest division of the DHS, with more than 110,000 employees. Hutchinson was confirmed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unanimous_consent" title="Unanimous consent" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;">unanimous consent</a> by the Senate on 23 January 2003. Later, during his campaign for Governor of Arkansas, Hutchinson's opponent attempted to portray him as mishandling immigration issues. Hutchinson's critics particularly focused on his efforts to limit the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Border_Patrol" title="United States Border Patrol" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;">Border Patrol</a> to patrolling the border and stopping illegal immigrants from crossing the border, while giving <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement" title="Immigration and Customs Enforcement" class="mw-redirect" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;">Immigration and Customs Enforcement</a> agents sole responsibility for removing aliens already in the country.[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">citation needed</a>]While serving as Undersecretary for Border and Transportation Security in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_George_W.Bush" title="Presidency of George W. Bush" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Bush Administration</a>, Hutchinson supported Bush's proposals to provide more job opportunities for illegal aliens without criminal records, while tightening security on the border. In September 2004, he said: "Eliminating the fear of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation" title="Deportation" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">deportation</a> will be an incentive." In his written response to Senate questions, Hutchinson also said "Undocumented aliens will tell you they often have trouble sleeping at night, and leaving for work each day, not knowing if they will make it home at the end of the day." Hutchinson also said that Americans are not willing to put in the resources that would be required to remove the estimated 12 million or more population of illegal immigrants.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[7]</a> In that same testimony, Hutchinson emphasized that any debate over immigration reform must start first with enforcement of immigration laws and border security, asserting, "You have to start with the proposition that in order to be effective in the war against terrorism our nation must be able to secure its borders."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#cite_note-kyl.senate.gov-8" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[8]</a>Hutchinson was also careful to temper his support for Bush's Temporary Worker Proposal with a call for strengthening security first. In his testimony, he asserted:<blockquote style="overflow: hidden; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The necessary elements to tackle this enormous problem [of illegal immigration] effectively are: (1) Increasing the funding of technology and security personnel along the border, (2) Making it more difficult for illegal aliens to get jobs in this country, and (3) providing a workable and practical means for migrant workers to meet the job needs in this country when those jobs cannot be filled otherwise. When, and only when, these security measures are established then it is appropriate to begin a conversation on providing a temporary legal status to the eight million illegal workers already in this country. It is a significant security vulnerability to allow such a large population live and work anonymously in our communities, with no legal identities or other common connections to society. It is, in fact, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist" title="Terrorist" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">terrorist</a>'s dream. Moreover, any legal status should be a temporary work permit with a point of return to the alien's home country."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#cite_note-kyl.senate.gov-8" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[8]</a></blockquote><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">2006 Governor's race</h3><div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle" style="font-style: italic; padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Main article: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_gubernatorial_election,2006" title="Arkansas gubernatorial election, 2006" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Arkansas gubernatorial election, 2006</a></div>Shortly after his return to Arkansas, Hutchinson announced his intention to run for governor in 2006. Initially, Hutchinson was to face three-term Lieutenant Governor Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, who was favored in most pre-election polls, in the Republican primary. However, Rockefeller's withdrawal and death from a blood disorder in early 2006 led to Hutchinson winning the primary. He was defeated in the general election by the Democratic candidate, then-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_Attorney_General" title="Arkansas Attorney General" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration: none;">Arkansas Attorney General</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Beebe" title="Mike Beebe" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration: none;">Mike Beebe</a>.<h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Constitution Project's Guantanamo Task Force<span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asa_Hutchinson&action=edit&section=6&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: The Constitution Project's Guantanamo Task Force" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>Hutchinson agreed to serve on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Constitution_Project%27s_Guantanamo_Task_Force" title="The Constitution Project's Guantanamo Task Force" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">The Constitution Project's Guantanamo Task Force</a> in December 2010.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#cite_note-TcpGtfMembers2010-12-17-9" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[9]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#cite_note-TcpPressRelease2010-12-17-10" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[10]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#cite_note-WallStreetJournal2010-12-17-11" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[11]</a> He told the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Associated Press</a> he agreed to join the task force because he believed it was "something important for our national security and our war on terrorism."<h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">NRA "National School Shield Initiative" Task Force<span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asa_Hutchinson&action=edit&section=7&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: NRA " national="National" school="School" shield="Shield" initiative="Initiative" task="Task" force="Force" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>In the wake of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting" title="Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Rifle_Association" title="National Rifle Association" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">National Rifle Association</a> (NRA) assembled a task force of experts in homeland security, law enforcement training, and school safety to review school security standards in select areas of the country. The goal of the task force was to come up with a comprehensive plan to address the safety of children in schools and to prevent such shootings in the future. Hutchinson served as the leader of the task force.On 2 April 2013, Hutchinson presented the National School Shield plan during a news conference at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Press_Club(United_States)" title="National Press Club (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">National Press Club</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Press_Club(United_States)" title="National Press Club (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">.</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[12]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[13]</a>On that same day, he appeared on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSNBC" title="MSNBC" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">MSNBC</a>'s The Last Word with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_O%27Donnell" title="Lawrence O'Donnell" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Lawrence O'Donnell</a> to discuss the National School Shield plan.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[14]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Governor of Arkansas<span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asa_Hutchinson&action=edit&section=8&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Governor of Arkansas" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h3><table class="metadata plainlinks ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation" style="margin: 4px 1em 4px 0px; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 10px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170) rgb(170, 170, 170) rgb(170, 170, 170) rgb(242, 133, 0); width: 238px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 1.25em; background: rgb(251, 251, 251);"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image" style="border: none; padding: 2px 0px 2px 0.5em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="image" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><img alt="[icon]" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle;" height="14" width="20" /></a></td><td class="mbox-text" style="border: none; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; width: 188.6875px;">This section requires <a class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asa_Hutchinson&action=edit" style="text-decoration: none; padding: 0px !important; background: none !important;">expansion</a>.(March 2015)</td></tr></tbody></table><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 22.4px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">2014 election<span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asa_Hutchinson&action=edit&section=9&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: 2014 election" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h4><div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle" style="font-style: italic; padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Main article: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_gubernatorial_election,2014" title="Arkansas gubernatorial election, 2014" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Arkansas gubernatorial election, 2014</a></div>Hutchinson was a Republican candidate for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_gubernatorial_election,2014" title="Arkansas gubernatorial election, 2014" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">governor of Arkansas</a> in 2014. He was supported by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Arkansas_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">House Speaker</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Carter" title="Davy Carter" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Davy Carter</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[15]</a> On November 4, 2014, Asa Hutchinson defeated Democratic gubernatorial nominee<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Ross(politician)" title="Mike Ross (politician)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Mike Ross</a> and claimed the seat of Governor-elect of Arkansas.<h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 22.4px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Tenure<span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asa_Hutchinson&action=edit&section=10&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Tenure" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h4>Hutchinson assumed office as Governor on January 13, 2015.<h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Business career[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asa_Hutchinson&action=edit&section=11&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Business career" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>In early 2005, Hutchinson founded a consulting firm, Hutchinson Group, LLC with partners Betty Guhman and Kirk Tompkins, in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock,Arkansas" title="Little Rock, Arkansas" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Little Rock</a> and accepted a contract for a one-year position with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venable_LLP" title="Venable LLP" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Venable LLP</a> in<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,D.C." title="Washington, D.C." style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Washington, D.C.</a>, as the chair of its Homeland Security practice. Hutchinson ended his contract with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venable_LLP" title="Venable LLP" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Venable LLP</a> in March 2006 to focus on his gubernatorial campaign and his consulting firm in Little Rock. In January 2007, Hutchinson rejoined Venable.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[16]</a>In June 2006, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_Democrat_Gazette" title="Arkansas Democrat Gazette" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Arkansas Democrat Gazette</a> reported that Hutchinson's $2,800 investment in Fortress America Acquisition Corporation, a company that Hutchinson advises, was worth over a million dollars after the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_public_offering" title="Initial public offering" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">initial public offering</a>. The Arkansas Democrat Gazette story noted that Hutchinson is unable to touch his stock for another two years. The six founding shareholders in Fortress America besides Hutchinson include: former U.S. Representative <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_McMillen" title="Tom McMillen" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Tom McMillen</a> of Maryland, former U.S. Senator <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Nickles" title="Don Nickles" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Don Nickles</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Oklahoma</a>, and a private-equity firm that has former CIA Director <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Woolsey" title="James Woolsey" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">James Woolsey</a>, among its partners.On 4 May 2006, Hutchinson filed a financial disclosure form, which he was required to submit as candidate for governor, that did not include the Fortress American holdings. On the form, Hutchinson listed his stock and options in two other companies, and even disclosed bank and credit-union accounts with balances under $1,000. He did not list his 200,000 shares in Fortress America, which were trading at about $5 per share. "Just totally an oversight," Hutchinson said when questioned by the media.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#cite_note-17" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[17]</a> Hutchinson filed an amended report the next day to correct the error.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#cite_note-18" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[18]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Family[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asa_Hutchinson&action=edit&section=12&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Family" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>Asa Hutchinson's older brother, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Hutchinson" title="Tim Hutchinson" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Tim</a>, preceded him as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">U.S. Representative</a> from Arkansas's Third Congressional District and served one term as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">United States Senator</a> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Arkansas</a> from 1997–2003, being defeated for a second term by then-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_Attorney_General" title="Arkansas Attorney General" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Arkansas Attorney General</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Pryor" title="Mark Pryor" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Mark Pryor</a>, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Democrat</a>, in 2002. Asa and Tim Hutchinson are both graduates of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Jones_University" title="Bob Jones University" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Bob Jones University</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenville,South_Carolina" title="Greenville, South Carolina" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Greenville, South Carolina</a> from the Class of 1972. His identical twin nephews, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Hutchinson(politician)" title="Jeremy Hutchinson (politician)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Jeremy</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Chad_Hutchinson" title="Timothy Chad Hutchinson" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Timothy Chad Hutchinson</a>, sons of Tim Hutchinson, were the first twins to serve alongside each other in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_General_Assembly" title="Arkansas General Assembly" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Arkansas General Assembly</a>, both as members of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives" title="Arkansas House of Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">House of Representatives</a>. Hutchinson is the brother-in-law of former <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_State_Senate" title="Arkansas State Senate" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Arkansas state Senator</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Hendren" title="Kim Hendren" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Kim Hendren</a> who in 1958 married his sister, Marylea Hutchinson. Arkansas District 2 State Senator <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Hendren" title="Jim Hendren" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Jim Hendren</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulphur_Springs,Benton_County,Arkansas" title="Sulphur Springs, Benton County, Arkansas" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Sulphur Springs</a> is Hutchinson's nephew.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Hutchinson#cite_note-19" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[19]</a></div><div>==</div></div>