Advocated by the obama administration. In a statement posted to her website yesterday, devos clarified, quote, i am not a supporter, period. Adding, have organizations that i have been a part of supported common core . Of course, but thats not my position. Sometimes its not just students who need to do their homework. Along with the selection of nikki haley for u. N. Ambassador, trump now has two women in cabinet level positions after selecting five men for the first five. Betsy devos is a major republican donor who supported marco rubio this year and comes from one of the wealthiest families in america. Her husband, dick devos who ran in 2006 against Jennifer Granham is heir to the multibillion dollar amway fortune. Her father founded blackwater, the private Security Firm that received billions of contracts in the iraq war and was the center of controversy after its guards shot and killed 17 iraqi civilians. The new yorker unearthed this 1997 quote from betsy devos about campaign dona
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