Miller, Z
Zell Miller, formerly a conservative Democrat Senator from Georgia, joined the public affairs practice of the law firm McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP as a "senior policy adviser" in December 2004 following his retirement from Congress. [1]
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Records and Controversies
Iraq War
Miller voted for the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq in Oct. 2002.
For more information see the chart of U.S. Senate votes on the Iraq War.
Pro-Bush Democrat
Miller, although he was retiring at the end of 2004, pledged to campaign for the re-election of Republican George W. Bush.
Miller was one of the keynote speakers at the 2004 Republican National Convention. He was also the keynote speaker at the 1992 Democratic National Convention which nominated Bill Clinton.
See Miller's RNC Speech: "I entrust my family's future to Bush," September 1, 2004. Transcript posted on CNN website.
Books
- Zell Miller, National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat, Stroud & Hall, October 2003.
Related SourceWatch Resources
External links
- Fred Barnes, "Zell Miller Endorses Bush", The Weekly Standard, October 29, 2003.
- Jim Galloway, "Democrats' Miller will hustle for GOP's Bush," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 14, 2004.
- Judy Sarasohn, "Zell Miller, Bound for K Street", Washington Post, December 9, 2004.
- "Retiring Sen. Zell Miller Joining Fox News", Associated Press, December 14, 2004.
- FOX News contributor-to-be "Democrat" Zell Miller", Media Matters for America, December 16, 2004.
- "Miller appointed to war monuments commission," Associated Press (CNN), August 10, 2005: "Former Georgia Sen. Zell Miller, who snubbed his Democratic Party and delivered a Republican keynote address for President Bush, is the White House's choice for a seat on the American Battle Monuments Commission."
- Tory Newmyer, "Retiring Sen. Miller to Join McKenna, Long & Aldridge," Roll Call, December 8, 2005.
- "Zell Miller leads Democratic coalition for Santorum," CNN, October 31, 2006. re Rick Santorum
wiki puff?
Zell Miller*
Senior Strategic Advisor and Independent Consultant - Washington, DC
1900 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
TEL: 202.496.7254
FAX: 202.496.7756
Atlanta
303 Peachtree Street, NE
Suite 5300
Atlanta, GA 30308
Experience
Senator Zell Miller focuses his practice on counseling the firm's clients on federal and state policy issues.
Senator Miller was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000. As a member of the Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Banking, Housing and Urban Development and Veterans' Affairs committees, Senator Miller focused on improving agriculture policy, tax policy and national security. He co-authored bills establishing theDepartment of Homeland Security and authorizing President Bush's first two rounds of tax cuts.
Only the third Georgian elected both governor and senator, Senator Miller served as governor of Georgia from 1991-1999. During those years, he focused on education by creating the only voluntary pre-kindergarten program for 4-year-olds and the HOPE scholarship program, which has awarded more than $2.3 billion in scholarship funds since 1993. He also introduced new welfare reforms, promoted economic development, and helped make Georgia a leading state in job creation with new jobs having been created at an average rate of more than 2,500 a week.
Called the most popular governor in America by the Washington Post, Senator Miller's passions are history, baseball, music and writing. He has written six books including Corps Values: Everything You Need to Know, I Learned in the Marines. Senator Miller served in the Marine Corps for three years and credits the experience as one of the major influences in his life. In 2005, JAMES Magazine listed Senator Miller as one of "Georgia's Most Influential People".
Education
- M.A., University of Georgia
- Young Harris College
* Non-attorney professional
Bush has recently taken to accepting Perle's view that the United Nations is pretty much irrelevant when it comes to Iraq. [9]
Perle is also associated with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, which backs Bush's Iraq war push. Others with the foundation are columnist Charles Krauthammer,the Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol, and Georgia senator Zell Miller. Perle, who produced the 1992 PBS documentary, "The Gulf Crisis, the Road to War," has long experience in the ways of Washington.