| July 26, 2008 | -
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill requiring that students in the state's public schools be taught about global warming.
| Source:
San Jose Mercury News
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| February 3, 2008 | -
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed Republican candidate John McCain, while Schwarzenegger's wife, Maria Shriver, the niece of John F. Kennedy, endorsed Barack Obama.
| Source 1:
McCain Wins Schwarzenegger Nod
Source 2:
Maria Shriver endorses Obama
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| August 1, 2006 | - In California, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tony Blair should be named United Nations secretary-general when he steps down as prime minister. “It's a big job that he has right now,” Schwarzenegger said, “and I think whatever job he wants he will get, because he has such a great success rate at home and he has done such a remarkable job, I think.”
| Source:
CNN
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| June 2, 2006 | -
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered 1,000 National Guard soldiers to the Mexican border.
| Source:
The Los Angeles Times
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| November 10, 2005 | -
California
voters rejected four initiatives proposed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. “If I was to make another Terminator movie,” said Schwarzenegger, “I would tell Terminator to travel back in time to tell Arnold not to have another special election.” Schwarzenegger then visited China, where he was greeted by hundreds of flag-waving children.
| Source 1:
ABC News
Source 2:
BBC News
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| September 8, 2005 | - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that he would veto a bill legalizing same-sex marriage.
| Source:
Democracy Now!
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| July 16, 2005 | -
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger decided to quit his job editing muscle magazines, which paid at least $1 million a year. “I pledged to put the people of California front and center,” he said after receiving a great deal of press criticism.
| Source:
SF Gate
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| May 27, 2005 | - A road crew in San Jose, California, dug a fresh 10-by-15-foot pothole so that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger could be photographed filling it.
| Source:
San Francisco Chronicle
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| April 15, 2005 | - Fewer than half of all Californians approved of the job Arnold Schwarzenegger was doing as governor.
| Source:
Guardian
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| February 26, 2005 | - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said he had no regrets about his past steroid use.
| Source:
Sports Illustrated
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| August 13, 2004 | - and a man who was sued by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for selling "Arnie" bobblehead dolls announced that he will now sell "Arnie" urinal cakes and a "Girlie Man" bobblehead doll with the governor wearing a pink dress.
| Source: Agence France-Presse
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| July 19, 2004 | - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California called his Democratic opponents "girlie men."
| Source: New York Times
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| May 18, 2004 | - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California filed suit against a toy company that makes a bobblehead doll in his image; the company also makes dolls of other political figures, as well as celebrities such as Jesus Christ and Anna Nicole Smith.
| Source: New York Times
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| April 8, 2004 | - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California said that he would prefer state legislators to work part-time. "I like them when they're scrambling and they really have to work hard."
| Source: New York Times
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| March 6, 2004 | - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was named as the new executive editor of Muscle and Fitness and Flex magazines, said it was fine with him if voters want to change the law to permit gay
marriage.
| Source: New York Times
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| February 23, 2004 | - Governor Schwarzenegger said that he would support a constitutional amendment to permit immigrants to become president. "Look at the contribution that people like Henry Kissinger have made, Madeleine Albright."
| Source: BBC
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| February 22, 2004 | - Attorney General Bill Lockyer dismissed Governor Schwarzenegger's demand as "a statement designed for consumption at the Republican convention" and said that it was "preposterous," the kind of exaggerated rhetoric that inspires hate crimes.
| Source: San Francisco Chronicle
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| February 21, 2004 | - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered the California attorney general to put a stop to it, and declared that the city was becoming a "risk to civil order."
| Source: San Francisco Chronicle
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| January 28, 2004 | - A judge ruled that Arnold Schwarzenegger broke campaign-finance laws during the recent election.
| Source: New York Times
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| December 19, 2003 | - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a fiscal crisis in California and invoked emergency powers to deal with it.
| Source: Associated Press
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| December 11, 2003 | - Moody's Investors Service downgraded California's credit rating after Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger cut the registration fee for automobiles without having a plan to pay for the change.
| Source: Associated Press
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| November 26, 2003 | - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California proposed cutbacks in therapy for the mentally disabled and in AIDS and poverty programs.
| Source: New York Times
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| November 18, 2003 | - It was reported that Arnold Schwarzenegger wore a Prada suit to his inauguration as governor of California; his wife, Maria Shriver, wore a cream skirt and shell by Valentino.
| Source: New York Times
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| November 17, 2003 | -
Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn in as governor of California.
| Source: New York Times
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| October 30, 2003 | -
Arnold Schwarzenegger paid a visit to Washington, D.C., where he posed for pictures with lawmakers and signed autographs for congressional pages.
| Source: New York Times
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| October 20, 2003 | - Attorney General Bill Lockyer of California admitted that he voted for Arnold Schwarzenegger. "I am just doing what is right," he said. "It's a new me."
| Source: New York Times
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| October 9, 2003 | -
Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected governor of California and told his son that being governor will be a lot like making a movie.
| Source: New York Times
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| October 6, 2003 | -
David Kay, the head of the CIA team searching for traces of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, issued his status report; Kay admitted that no unconventional weapons had been found but did point to a single vial of botulinum toxin, which an Iraqi scientist had stored in his refrigerator since 1993, as evidence of evil intent. President Bush cited the vial and said that the report justified the invasion.
| Source: Washington Post, International Herald Tribune
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| October 5, 2003 | -
Arnold Schwarzenegger apologized after 15 women came forward and accused him of sexually abusing them.
| Source: Slate
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| October 4, 2003 | -
Schwarzenegger was also trying to explain comments he made years ago about his admiration for Adolf Hitler: "I admired Hitler for instance because he came from being a little man with almost no formal education, up to power. And I admire him for being such a good public speaker and for his way of getting to the people and so on."
| Source: New York Times
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| August 13, 2003 | - Sylvester Stallone's mother said that her dogs, which she believes to be psychic, have predicted a victory for Arnold Schwarzenegger in the California recall election, and an apocalyptic Christian preacher named Jack Van Impe claimed that he had been contacted by Condoleezza Rice, who he said asked him for an outline of what the end of the world will be like.
| Source: MSNBC.com
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| August 5, 2003 | -
Arnold Schwarzenegger appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and announced his candidacy for governor in the California recall election; other candidates include the former child-actor Gary Coleman, the pornographer Larry Flynt, a porn star named Mary Carey, and Arianna Huffington, a newspaper columnist.
“This is America,” said Carey.
“I am just as dignified as Arnold Schwarzenegger, and I can speak English.”
| Source: CNN.com
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| March 20, 2001 | -
California's
Republican Party was trying to convince Arnold Schwarzenegger to run for governor.
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