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October 1, 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Principi" title="Anthony Principi">Anthony Principi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Peake" title="James Peake">James Peake</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em"><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Ambassador_to_the_Holy_See&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United States Ambassador to the Holy See (not yet started)">United States Ambassador to the Holy See</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />September 13, 2001 – January 26, 2005</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lindy_Boggs" title="Lindy Boggs">Lindy Boggs</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Francis_Rooney" title="Francis Rooney">Francis Rooney</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em">Chair of the <a href="/wiki/Republican_National_Committee" title="Republican National Committee">Republican National Committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 17, 1997 – January 18, 2001</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Haley_Barbour" title="Haley Barbour">Haley Barbour</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gilmore" title="Jim Gilmore">Jim Gilmore</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Robert James Nicholson</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1938-02-04</span>) </span>February 4, 1938<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 86)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Struble,_Iowa" title="Struble, Iowa">Struble</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Suzanne Ferrell</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">United States Military Academy</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">BS</a>)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/w/index.php?title=Master_of_Public_Policy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Master of Public Policy (not yet started)">MPP</a>)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Denver" title="University of Denver">University of Denver</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" class="mw-redirect" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="United States of America">United States of America</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/43px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6336" data-file-height="4992" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1961–1991</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O6_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/US-O6_insignia.svg/25px-US-O6_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/US-O6_insignia.svg/38px-US-O6_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/US-O6_insignia.svg/50px-US-O6_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="950" data-file-height="475" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bronze_Star_Medal" title="Bronze Star Medal">Bronze Star</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Combat_Infantryman_Badge" title="Combat Infantryman Badge">Combat Infantryman Badge</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meritorious_Service_Medal_(United_States)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Meritorious Service Medal (United States) (not yet started)">Meritorious Service Medal</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gallantry_Cross_(Vietnam)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gallantry Cross (Vietnam) (not yet started)">Vietnam Gallantry Cross</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Medal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Air Medal (not yet started)">Air Medal</a> (2)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Robert James "Jim" Nicholson</b> (born February 4, 1938<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is an <a href="/w/index.php?title=Attorney_at_law_(United_States)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Attorney at law (United States) (not yet started)">attorney</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Real_estate_developer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Real estate developer (not yet started)">real estate developer</a>, and a former <a href="/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Republican Party">Republican Party</a> chairman. He was the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Veterans_Affairs" title="United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs">United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs</a> from January 26, 2005 until October 1, 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Nicholson_(U.S._politician)&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Political career" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Nicholson_(U.S._politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Political career"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nicholson has never held elected office, but has long been active in the Republican Party. In January 1986, he was elected committeeman from <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Republican_National_Committee" title="Republican National Committee">Republican National Committee</a> (RNC). In 1993, he was elected Vice-Chairman of the RNC, and was the "surprise pick"<sup id="cite_ref-denverpost_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-denverpost-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for GOP national chairman in January 1997. He served in that position through the <a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="United States presidential election, 2000">2000 presidential election</a>. </p><p>Between 2001 and his appointment to the position of Secretary of Veterans Affairs, he served as <a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Ambassadors_to_the_Holy_See&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United States Ambassadors to the Holy See (not yet started)">United States Ambassador to the Holy See</a> (the Vatican). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Business_career">Business career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Nicholson_(U.S._politician)&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Business career" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Nicholson_(U.S._politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Business career"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before becoming active in civilian government service, he worked as a <a href="/wiki/Lawyer" title="Lawyer">lawyer</a> in <a href="/wiki/Denver,_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver, Colorado">Denver, Colorado</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Specializing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Specializing (not yet started)">specializing</a> in <a href="/wiki/Real_estate" class="mw-redirect" title="Real estate">real estate</a>, municipal finance and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Zoning_law&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zoning law (not yet started)">zoning law</a>. In 1978 he founded Nicholson Enterprises, Inc., a <a href="/wiki/Developer" class="mw-disambig" title="Developer">developer</a> of planned residential communities, and in 1987 he bought <a href="/w/index.php?title=Renaissance_Homes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Renaissance Homes (not yet started)">Renaissance Homes</a>, a custom-house builder. He now works in the Washington, D.C. office of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Brownstein_Hyatt_Farber_%26_Schreck&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brownstein Hyatt Farber & Schreck (not yet started)">Brownstein Hyatt Farber & Schreck</a> LLP. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_service">Military service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Nicholson_(U.S._politician)&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Military service" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Nicholson_(U.S._politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Military service"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He is a 1961 graduate of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">United States Military Academy</a> at <a href="/wiki/West_Point,_New_York" title="West Point, New York">West Point, New York</a> and served eight years in active duty. He was a <a href="/wiki/Paratrooper" title="Paratrooper">paratrooper</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Army_Rangers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Army Rangers (not yet started)">Ranger</a>-qualified Army officer. He fought in the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, where he earned the <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Star_Medal" title="Bronze Star Medal">Bronze Star</a>, <a href="/wiki/Combat_Infantryman_Badge" title="Combat Infantryman Badge">Combat Infantryman Badge</a>, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Meritorious_Service_Medal_(United_States)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Meritorious Service Medal (United States) (not yet started)">Meritorious Service Medal</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Vietnam_Cross_of_Gallantry&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry (not yet started)">Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry</a> and two <a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Medal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Air Medal (not yet started)">Air Medals</a>. </p><p>After thirty years of working in the Army, he retired in 1991 with the rank of <a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Nicholson_(U.S._politician)&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Personal life" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Nicholson_(U.S._politician)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Personal life"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nicholson was born on a farm near <a href="/wiki/Struble,_Iowa" title="Struble, Iowa">Struble, Iowa</a>. Nicholson has <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/described" class="extiw" title="wikt:described">described</a> his childhood as "growing up dirt poor in a tenant house without plumbing and sometimes without food".<sup id="cite_ref-nom_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nom-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His brother is <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a> general <a href="/wiki/John_W._Nicholson" title="John W. Nicholson">John W. Nicholson</a>. </p><p>Nicholson has a <a href="/w/index.php?title=Master_of_Public_Policy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Master of Public Policy (not yet started)">Master's degree in Public Policy</a> from <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a>. He received a <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" class="mw-redirect" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a> from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Denver" title="University of Denver">University of Denver</a> in 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2005, he was given the Distinguished Graduate of the U.S. Military Academy Award. </p><p>Nicholson is married to the former Suzanne Marie Ferrell of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Highland_Falls,_New_York&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Highland Falls, New York (not yet started)">Highland Falls, New York</a>, who is an artist. They are the parents of three adult children.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Nicholson_(U.S._politician)&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Change section: References" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Nicholson_(U.S._politician)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: References"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9724317">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9724332">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20041014165827/http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=9831">"U.S. Envoy Thanks Pope for Prayers and Closeness"</a>. Zenit News Agency. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=9831">the original</a> on October 14, 2004<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 9,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=U.S.+Envoy+Thanks+Pope+for+Prayers+and+Closeness&rft.pub=Zenit+News+Agency&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zenit.org%2Fenglish%2Fvisualizza.phtml%3Fsid%3D9831&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Nicholson+%28U.S.+politician%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070808033532/http://www1.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=1360">"Nicholson to Leave VA and Return to the Private Sector"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www1.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=1360">the original</a> on 2007-08-08<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-10-09</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Nicholson+to+Leave+VA+and+Return+to+the+Private+Sector&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww1.va.gov%2Fopa%2Fpressrel%2Fpressrelease.cfm%3Fid%3D1360&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Nicholson+%28U.S.+politician%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-denverpost-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-denverpost_3-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://v6.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E33997%257E2588164,00.html">Coloradan Nicholson to lead Veterans Affairs</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050514054549/http://v6.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E33997%257E2588164,00.html">Archived</a> 2005-05-14 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, a December 2004 <i><a href="/wiki/Denver_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver Post">Denver Post</a></i> article</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nom-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-nom_4-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2004/12/20041209-5.html">Official transcript of Nicholson's nomination</a>, whitehouse.gov; Accessed March 13, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20051109174527/http://www.law.du.edu/library/colhistory/selectimagesrchron.cfm?cat=alum&title=Alumni">"College of Law History - Image Collection - Alumni"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://law.du.edu/library/colhistory/selectimagesrchron.cfm?cat=alum&title=Alumni">the original</a> on 2005-11-09<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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