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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
November 29, 2004

President Bush Nominates Carlos Gutierrez as Secretary of Commerce
The Roosevelt Room

11:10 A.M. EST

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. I am proud to announce my nomination of Carlos Gutierrez to be America's next Secretary of Commerce. Carlos Gutierrez is one of America's most respected business leaders. He is a great American success story.

As CEO of the Kellogg Company, he has been an effective, visionary executive. He understands the world of business from the first rung on the ladder to the very top. He knows exactly what it takes to help American businesses grow and create jobs. I look forward to having his creativity and expertise in my Cabinet.

Carlos's family came to America from Cuba when he was a boy. He learned English from a bellhop in a Miami hotel, and later became an American citizen. When his family eventually settled in Mexico City, Carlos took his first job for Kellogg as a truck driver, delivering Frosted Flakes to local stores. Ten years after he started, he was running the Mexican business. And 15 years after that, he was running the entire company. At every stage of this remarkable story, Carlos motivated others with his energy and optimism and impressed others with his decency.

In his career, Carlos has been sustained by the values taught by his parents, Pedro and Olga, and by the love of his wife, Edi, and his children, Carlos, Erika and Karina. I know Olga Gutierrez, who lives in Florida, is proud to see the boy she took from Cuba chosen to help strengthen the world's greatest and finest economy.

Carlos will carry on the work of a distinguished leader, Secretary Don Evans. During the past four years, our economy has overcome a recession, terrorist attack, corporate scandals and the uncertainty that comes with war. In all these challenges, Don has been a strong and steady advocate for America's businesses and workers and entrepreneurs. Don has also been my friend for over three decades. I've counted on his wisdom and optimism and character at every step on my journey to the White House. Now Don's own journey leads him back to Texas, where we were young men together. Don is one of the finest people I have ever known. I will miss having him in Washington. And Laura and I wish him and Susie well.

When he's confirmed by the Senate, Carlos Gutierrez will take office at a time of historic opportunity for our changing economy. With Carlos's leadership, we'll help more Americans, especially minorities and women, to start and grow their own small business. We'll reduce the burden of junk lawsuits and regulations on our entrepreneurs. We'll reform our outdated tax code to eliminate needless paperwork and encourage savings, investment and growth. We'll continue our commitment to free and fair trade. Carlos and I know that America's workers can compete with anybody in the world. And in all these policies, we will ensure that the American economy keeps creating jobs and remains dynamic and flexible far into the future.

In Carlos Gutierrez, the Department of Commerce will have an experienced manager and an innovative leader. He will be a strong, principled voice for American business and an inspiration to millions of men and women who dream of a better life in our country. I ask the Senate to confirm this fine nominee as quickly as possible. I look forward to welcoming him into my Cabinet. Congratulations.

MR. GUTIERREZ: Thank you, Mr. President. I'm, needless to say, humbled, I'm honored, I'm very grateful to be here. And should the United States Senate confirm me, I look forward to working with you on your team, helping you achieve the plans that you've laid out, the bold plans for our economy.

And I'll be especially honored, if confirmed, to walk in the footsteps of Secretary Evans, who has served with great honor and distinction. And I realize those are big, big shoes to fill. And I'm also grateful for the President to have chosen me to succeed someone of the stature and the caliber of Secretary Evans.

Mr. President, I believe passionately in your vision of a 21st century where America is the best country in the world with which to do business; we have the best people, we have the training, we have the workers, we have the culture. And I believe that the 21st century is really and truly the American century, as the President does. I believe passionately in your leadership and the direction you've set. I believe in your call for a vibrant, growing entrepreneurial society, where everyone has the opportunity to experience the joy and the pride of ownership, where everyone can contribute, and where everyone can benefit.

I have had the opportunity to live that American Dream, so I know that the President's vision is noble, I know it's real and I know it's tangible. I left Cuba to come to this great country in 1960 as a political refugee. I left with my parents and my brother and we started, essentially, from scratch at that time. Almost 30 years later, I joined the Kellogg Company and started selling cereal out of a van in Mexico City.

I recall saying to someone the other day that one of my big accomplishments in life was to obtain citizenship for my son and my wife, because of where people were born -- born in different places; they were not naturalized citizens upon birth, especially my son. So 14 years ago, they became U.S. citizens. I was walking out of the courthouse and I told my son, you know, if I get hit by a truck today, I'll feel a lot better because you are a citizen of the U.S.

So we never imagined, Mr. President, never imagined that this country would give me this great opportunity and that you would have the confidence in me, sir.

Mr. President, I'd like to recognize those who have been with me every step of the way, who have supported me and with whom I would not be here: my wife of 25 years, Edi, who has given me all the support and has become a big part of the success that I have had; Carlos, my son; my daughter Erika, and my daughter Karina. They've been with me throughout this -- throughout this journey. I would also be remiss here if I didn't mention the 25,000 people who work at the Kellogg Company, the board of directors for their support throughout the years. I would be nowhere near here without their support.

If confirmed by the Senate, I will be honored to serve President Bush, I will be honored to serve my country, honored to serve the Department of Commerce and play a role in advancing the President's great and bold agenda for our country.

Thank you. Thank you, sir.

THE PRESIDENT: Great job, thank you. Congratulations.

END 11:20 A.M. EST

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September 30, 2006 (Not clear on the date of this Profile - No date on the article but the screen shows this date)

Profile: Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez From Frosted Flakes to Bush Cabinet, He's Come a Long Way

Kellogg CEO Carlos Gutierrez succeeds Don Evans as the new secretary of commerce. Sen. Ted Stevens, chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transformation called Gutierrez's life story a "testament to the American spirit." (AP Graphics)

Bush Picks Kellogg CEO for Commerce Post
Bush's Cabinet

From selling Frosted Flakes to small stores in Mexico City to President Bush's Cabinet as the secretary of commerce, Carlos Gutierrez has come a long way.

President Bush nominated Gutierrez, the chief executive officer of Kellogg Co., as commerce secretary, calling the 51-year-old business leader "a visionary executive" at a White House news conference.

Gutierrez was confirmed by the full Senate on Jan. 24. He succeeds Donald Evans, who announced his resignation shortly after the Nov. 2 election.

In his confirmation hearing, Gutierrez promised to fight unfair trade practices that impede competition among American companies.

Born in Cuba, Gutierrez fled Havana with his family in 1960 (when he was six which makes him born in 1954), shortly after Fidel Castro took power. He was 6 when his family landed in Miami Beach, Fla., before moving to New York City and eventually settling in Mexico City.

Selected as one of the most powerful Hispanic-Americans in business by Fortune magazine earlier this year, Gutierrez never graduated from college and has previously told reporters that he learned English from "bellhops of a Miami Beach hotel."

But commerce has been a language Gutierrez has been fluent in from an early age. And much of it has been acquired at Kellogg, the floundering cereal giant that he helped revive.

Climbing Up the Ranks

Gutierrez's relationship with Kellogg began in Mexico City at age 20 (1974) when the son of a pineapple merchant took a job driving a Kellogg's truck selling Zucaritas (Frosted Flakes) to mom-and-pop stores.

Ten years later (1984), he had worked his way up to general manager of Kellogg's operations in Mexico. He transformed the Mexican plant from the company's least-productive to its most-productive.

Gutierrez was transferred in 1982 (whoa--he's in Mexico working his way up to general manager of Mexico's operations) to Kellogg's corporate headquarters in Battle Creek, Mich., as a supervisor of Latin American marketing services.

In the early 1990s, Gutierrez returned to Battle Creek (whoa--returned to Battle Creek...when did he go back to Mexico after being transferred to Kellogg's corporate headquarters in 1982) as corporate vice president of product development. The cereal market was in a crisis with consumers who increasingly angered by rising prices were moving to smaller, cheaper brands.

But Kellogg continued to stress sales volume so that when Gutierrez was named CEO in April 1999, industry experts say he had a license to bring about a dramatic transformation.

A New Direction

The young CEO did manage to implement changes. In a strategy called "Volume to Value" in business circles, Gutierrez focused on increasing sales by shifting resources to higher-margin products. These included a range of "health" products, including Special K, targeted mainly at weight-conscious women and Kashi, another health-food brand the company purchased in 2000.

As the company's stocks improved, so did Gutierrez's personal worth. In 2003, he received about $7.4 million in compensation, including salary, bonus and incentive payments, according to a Kellogg proxy statement. He owns or has option rights to 2 million shares of company stock.

In joining the Cabinet, Gutierrez gives up his lucrative salary and bonuses. But in a short speech after Bush announced the nomination, Gutierrez said he was proud to accept the post.

"We never imagined that this country would give me this great opportunity," he said. And speaking directly to Bush, he added, "I believe passionately in your leadership and the direction you've set."

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Carlos Gutierrez grew up in Cuba until he was 6 and then shuffling around Miami then New York, the father found work in Mexico selling pineapples and they moved there and "settled". Yet Carlos stated at his nomination press conference that "Almost 30 years later, I'm driving a van for Kelloggs in Mexico." No. He started driving a truck for Kelloggs in Mexico at age 20 because he grew up in Mexico not the United States. So when and for what purpose did he become a US citizen "years later"?

Study the Kelloggs Foundation work...one of the major sponsors of National Council of La Raza.

He didn't graduate from college and he wasn't raised in the United States. He was transferred here by Kelloggs; transferred back to Mexico; then transferred here again by Kelloggs. His life has been spent with Mexico and Kelloggs, both of whom have different interests than those we hold dear. I do not think someone born in Cuba and raised in Mexico should be Secretary of the United States Department of Commerce in charge of the SPP and NAU ending of our nation. I think we need to pass a law immediately or modify the US Constitution that requires that any member of the US Cabinet be born a Legal American Citizen...just like for President. I think his citizenship has been faked. Otherwise they would have said in one of these articles and announcements WHEN he became a US Citizen. Something is rotten in Denmark with this guy.

Originally Posted by Judy

Something is rotten in Denmark with this guy.

La Raza and The Kellog Foundation have had a long web of anti-American activity, even at the local level, right next door to where I live.

Look at this Michigan State University website where a talk was held at the Kellog Center in East Lansing, MI:

http://www.msu.edu/user/chila/events.html

One Hundred and Fifty years ago the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed by Mexico and the United States transferring the entire Northern territories of Mexico to the United States. The treaty guaranteed all Mexicans living in the southwest United States , Mexican cultural rights in perpetuity. These territories today constitute the states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada and the southern part of the state of Colorado.


Description: The forum will consist of three presenters who will discuss the contents of the treaty, the refusal of the United States to live up to the treaty and the status and condition of those persons who were to be protected by the treaty.

I can't wait till the next administration!

This government is not working for the American people, and I think all of Presidente Boosh's appointments are working for the globalists as well!!!

Millere found this from Kelloggs Center Forum in Michigan:

One Hundred and Fifty years ago the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed by Mexico and the United States transferring the entire Northern territories of Mexico to the United States. The treaty guaranteed all Mexicans living in the southwest United States , Mexican cultural rights in perpetuity. These territories today constitute the states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada and the southern part of the state of Colorado.

Description: The forum will consist of three presenters who will discuss the contents of the treaty, the refusal of the United States to live up to the treaty and the status and condition of those persons who were to be protected by the treaty.

This is Treason. I will NEVER EVER EVER touch another Kellogg's Product again in my life and I will tell every friend and family member to do the same.

BOYCOTT KELLOGGS!!

BOYCOTT KELLOGGS!!

BOYCOTT KELLOGGS!!

BOYCOTT KELLOGGS!!

BOYCOTT KELLOGGS!!

GRRRRR!!

Ladies and Gentlemen, I believe that to win our fight, we will need to start growing and raising our own food. Take this years leaves from your trees in your yard; find a spot somewhere in your landscape; and start composting a garden...for next Spring.

I swear I will eat grass and weeds before I pay one more cent to these people using the money we pay for their products to conspire to end the United States of America.

Millere....great post! This is the type of information we need. I've been on to Kelloggs for about a year now. But THIS is far worse than anything I'd found on them. This is Subversive Treason comparable to inciting division; creating conflict; and working towards unrest and civil war AGAINST the United States to END IT.

Originally Posted by CCUSA

I can't wait till the next administration!

This government is not working for the American people, and I think all of Presidente Boosh's appointments are working for the globalists as well!!!

CCUSA
careful what you wish for........mark my words, it will be worse.
They are ALL on the same team even though they've hidden it for so many decades. Each one carries the baton forward into the abyss.

The last stone in the foundation is AMNESTY FOR ILLEGALS. That's why it's vital that we stop it there. They can't procede without it, no matter what NAME they give it. Guest Worker or a Path to Citizenship.......it all equals AMNESTY and the final puzzle piece for them!!

Originally Posted by Judy

This is Treason. I will NEVER EVER EVER touch another Kellogg's Product again in my life and I will tell every friend and family member to do the same.

Judy:

Also look at the whole Pepsico connection:

http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ov ... garcia.doc

"The Division of Workforce and Economic Development of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) with the support and funding from PepsiCo Inc. and the PepsiCo Foundation, developed the NCLR Escalera Project: Taking Steps to Success. The intent of the NCLR Escalera Project is to design a program model and curriculum that can be replicated by NCLR affiliates around the country. The NCLR Escalera Project encourages at-risk Latino high school students to graduate from high school, prepare for college, and explore and take advantage of career opportunities in fields in demand."

What is in this "curriculum"? Is Pepsi dumping a bunch of money in La Raza so students learn that illegal aliens should come here against American law? Does Pepsi get the benefit of cheap illegal labor by helping fund "anti-American" propaganda?

NO MORE PEPSI, folks...that is exactly what the Traitors are up to. Geeezzz...is there no end to the treachery of corporate "amerika"?

Vincente Fox is a former Coca Cola Executive.

So, friends, I drink coffee, black, pots of it and little else so let me know if you find any dirt on Choc-Full-O-Nuts. If they're dirty, I'm not sure what I'll drink. I guess I better start working on a "contingency" plan just in case.

Originally Posted by millere

What is in this "curriculum"?

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:lQy ... =clnk&cd=8

El Otro Norte:
Raza, Race, and Resistance
in the Pacific Northwest

http://www.josealamillo.com/latinonorthwest.htm

NACCS Pacific Northwest Regional Conference
and the Latino/a Northwest Research Symposium

Saturday, March 4th 2006, 8:45am-5:00pm
Smith/CUE Bldg. 202,207,209 at Washington State University, Pullman

8:45 - 9:30 am Registration and Opening Remarks, CUE Atrium

9:30 - 11:00am Encuentros: Constructing Community and Identity in Northern Aztlán

Room: CUE 207
Chair: Cheris Brewer, Washington State University

From Texas to Washington State: Chicano/a Recruitment, Migration and Settlement
Josue Estrada, Washington State University

Rhetorics of La Raza: Some Implications for North Aztlán
Siskanna Naynaha, Washington State University


The Chicana Perspective on Feminist Therapy: Complicating White Feminist Therapy Sarah Rangel, Washington State University

Comment: Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo, Washington State University

9:30 - 11:00am Culture, Identity and Social Change: Subverted and Subversive Texts by our Communities for our Communities
Room: CUE 209
Chair: Yolanda Flores Niemann, Washington State University

Finding the Individual within the Leviathan: Identity and Urban Form in "Amorres Perros
Nohemy Solorzano-Thompson and Jonathan Thompson,
Whitman College

Reality or Myth?: Mexican Foundational Myths in Carlos Fuentes' "Chac Mool
Alexander Sugar, Whitman College

Translations: Using the Cultural Arts as a Catalyst for Social Change in the Pacific Northwest Tomas Alberto Madrigal, Central Washington University

Comment: Linda Zuñiga Heidenreich, Washington State University

11:00-12noon Luncheon Buffet presented by San Miguel's Taco at CUE Atrium

12:00-1:30pm, Smith/CUE 202

Keynote Speaker: Devon G. Peña

"Indigenous Diasporas and the Future of Eco-Justice in North America"
Professor of Anthropology and Chicano Studies
University of Washington, Seattle

1:30 - *2:00 pm Book Signing, CUE Atrium

2:00-3:30pm Borders and Boundaries: The Politics of Immigration, Citizenship and Education

Room: CUE 207
Chair: Lisa Catanzarite, Washington State University

'Si muero lejos de tí ... [México]':Mexicanas and the Formation ofTransnational Citizenship, 1940-2000
Luz Maria Gordillo, Washington State University, Vancouver

Las Mujeres del Noreoste: Chicana Activists at the University of Washington
Raul Garcia, Independent Scholar

Dignidad Sin Fronteras
Rosalinda Guillen, De Comunidad a Comunidad Community to Community Development http://www.foodjustice.org/

Comment: The Audience

2:00-3:30pm Roundtable: Latino Coalition Building in Walla Walla: Challenges and Opportunities?

Room: CUE 209
Facilitator: Margo Tamez, Washington State University

Cynthia Selde, Latin American Forum
Berta Herrera Trejo, Education Coordinator for Broetje Orchards
Joey August, Latino Outreach Coordinator for Friends of Walla Walla
Comment: the Audience

Plenary: 3:30pm-5:00pm, Smith/CUE 203

"Past, Present and Future: Chicano/a Studies Research in the Pacific Northwest"

Chair, José M. Alamillo, Washington State University

Marcos Pizarro, San Jose State University
Jerry Garcia, Michigan State University
Gilberto Garcia, Eastern Washington University,
Maria Cuevas, Yakima Valley Community College

5:00 - 5:30 pm Book Signing, CUE Atrium

500-600pm CUE 207

Rosalinda Guillen, Workshop for Students

"Organizing Against the Minutemen Project on the U.S-Canada Border"
Sponsored by WSU MEChA

For more information please contact the conference organizers:

José M. Alamillo
Department of Comparative Ethnic Studies
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-4010 alamillo at wsu.edu

Linda Zuñiga Heidenreich
Department of Women's Studies
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-4007lheidenr at wsu.edu

Unbelievable!!!

A state funded university.

GRRRRR!!