by tyler | Mar 8, 2024 | CNN, us
Here’s a look at the life of Nikki Haley, former US ambassador to the United Nations and former Republican governor of South Carolina.
Birth date: January 20, 1972
Birth place: Bamberg, South Carolina
Birth name: Nimrata Nikki Randhawa
Father: Ajit S. Randhawa, professor and business owner
Mother: Raj Kaur Randhawa, teacher and business owner
Marriage: Michael Haley (1996-present)
Children: Rena and Nalin
Education: Clemson University, B.S., 1994
Religion: Christian
Haley’s parents are Indian immigrants who owned Exotica International Inc., a small foreign goods store that evolved into a multimillion-dollar clothing and gift venture. Exotica closed in 2008 when the Randhawas retired.
Haley helped with bookkeeping at her parents’ business when she was a teenager.
Her husband served in the National Guard and was deployed in Afghanistan for a year. He was part of an agricultural team that trained Afghan farmers how to turn their poppy crops into food crops.
Haley was raised in the religion of Sikh but converted to Christianity in her 20s. In an interview with the New York Times, Haley said she and her husband, “chose Christianity because of the way we wanted to live our life and raise our children.”
In 2011, she made history by being the first woman and the first person of an ethnic minority to hold the governorship of South Carolina. She is also the second Indian-American governor in US history. Bobby Jindal was the first, in Louisiana.
1998 – Is named to the Orangeburg County Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors.
2003 – Is named to the Lexington Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors.
2004 – Becomes the president of the National Association of Women Business Owners.
2004 – Haley is elected to South Carolina House of Representatives’ 87th District.
2005 – Is elected chairman of the State House’s Freshman Caucus.
2006 – Serves as majority whip in the South Carolina General Assembly.
2006 and 2008 – Is reelected to her seat in the South Carolina state House of Representatives.
November 2, 2010 – Is elected governor of South Carolina, with the support of the Tea Party movement.
January 12, 2011 – Takes office as the governor of South Carolina.
April 2012 – Her autobiography, “Can’t Is Not an Option: My American Story,” is published.
November 8, 2014 – Is reelected for a second four-year term as governor.
June 22, 2015 – Calls for the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the South Carolina State House grounds days after Dylann Roof opened fire at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Roof was repeatedly photographed with the Confederate flag. The flag is taken down weeks later.
January 12, 2016 – Delivers the Republican party’s response to President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address.
November 23, 2016 – President-elect Donald Trump announces Haley as his selection to serve as the US ambassador to the United Nations.
January 24, 2017 – The Senate confirms Haley as the next UN ambassador by a vote of 96-4.
January 24, 2017 – Resigns as governor of South Carolina.
January 25, 2017 – Is sworn in as ambassador to the United Nations.
September 2017 – In an interview with Elise Labott published in CNN’s STATE Magazine, Haley discusses her conditions for becoming US ambassador to the United Nations, including the condition that she be able to speak her mind.
December 10, 2017 – Haley says that any women who speak up about inappropriate sexual behavior “should be heard,” including Trump’s accusers.
December 21, 2017 – In a speech in front of the UN General Assembly, Haley warns participating countries that the United States will think twice about funding the world body if it votes to condemn Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the US embassy there. Despite Haley’s threat, member nations overwhelmingly vote in favor of the resolution condemning the Trump administration for its decision on Israel.
December 26, 2017 – Haley says the United States has negotiated a $285 million reduction of the UN budget for 2018-2019, compared to the budget for 2016-2017.
October 9, 2018 – Haley submits her resignation as UN ambassador. She will leave her post by the end of the year.
February 2019 – Launches the policy advocacy group Stand for America.
February 26, 2019 – Boeing announces its board of directors has nominated Haley for a seat on the board.
April 29, 2019 – Haley is elected to Boeing’s board of directors during the company’s annual shareholder meeting.
November 12, 2019 – Haley’s memoir, “With All Due Respect: Defending America with Grit and Grace” is published.
December 2019 – During an interview with conservative podcaster, Glenn Beck, Haley revisits her decision to remove the Confederate flag from the South Carolina State House after the 2015 mass shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. Haley says that gunman Dylann Roof “hijacked” the meaning of the flag. She explains the flag signified service, sacrifice and heritage to many people. She later says, via Twitter, that her remark was misconstrued by “the outrage peddlers in the liberal media.”
March 19, 2020 – Boeing releases a March 16 letter from Haley in which she resigns from the board of directors. She states, “I cannot support a move to lean on the federal government for a stimulus or bailout that prioritizes our company over others and relies on taxpayers to guarantee our financial position. I have long held strong convictions that this is not the role of government.”
October 4, 2022 – Haley’s book, “If You Want Something Done: Leadership Lessons from Bold Women,” is published.
February 14, 2023 – Haley announces in a video that she will run for president in 2024.
March 6, 2024 – Haley announces she is ending her presidential campaign.
by tyler | Mar 8, 2024 | CNN, us
Here’s a look at the life of Michael Hayden, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Birth date: March 17, 1945
Birth place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Birth name: Michael Vincent Hayden
Father: Harry Hayden
Mother: Sadie Hayden
Marriage: Jeanine (Carrier) Hayden
Children: Margaret, Michael and Liam
Education: Duquesne University, B.A, 1967; Duquesne University, M.A., 1969
Military service: US Air Force, 1967-2008, General
Is a retired four-star general.
Is a distinguished visiting professor and founder of the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security at George Mason University.
Worked as a cab driver during college.
January 1970-January 1972 – Analyst at Headquarters Strategic Air Command at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.
January 1972-May 1975 – Chief of Current Intelligence Division at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.
July 1975-August 1979 – Academic Instructor at Reserve Officer Training Corps Program, St. Michael’s College in Vermont.
June 1980-July 1982 – Chief of Intelligence, 51st Tactical Fighter Wing, Osan Air Force Base, South Korea.
1984-1986 – Air attaché, US Embassy, Bulgaria.
1986-1989 – Political-Military Affairs Officer, US Air Force Headquarters.
1989-1991 – Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control, National Security Council.
1991-1993 – Chief, Secretary of the Air Force Staff Group.
1993-1995 – Director of Intelligence, US European Command.
1996-1997 – Commander, Air Intelligence Agency, and Director, Joint Command and Control Warfare Center.
1997-1999 – Deputy Chief of Staff, United Nations Command and US Forces Korea.
1999-2005 – Director of the National Security Agency.
April 2005 – Is appointed principal deputy director of national intelligence.
May 8, 2006 – President George W. Bush nominates Hayden to be director of the CIA.
May 30, 2006 – Is sworn in as the director of the CIA.
February 5, 2008 – During congressional testimony, Hayden acknowledges for the first time that the CIA has used waterboarding in the interrogations of detainees.
July 1, 2008 – Retires from the Air Force.
February 12, 2009 – Steps down as the director of the CIA.
February 13, 2009 – Leon Panetta is sworn in as the new director of the CIA.
April 2009 – Joins the Chertoff Group, a security consulting firm founded by Michael Chertoff, former Department of Homeland Security secretary.
September 11, 2014 – In an interview with U.S. News and World Report, Hayden compares the White House strategy of using air strikes against ISIS to casual sex. Hayden says, “The reliance on air power has all of the attraction of casual sex: It seems to offer gratification but with very little commitment.”
December 9, 2014 – The Senate releases a report criticizing the CIA’s interrogation tactics used against terrorist detainees during the Bush era. Hayden responds in an interview with Politico, calling the Senate’s conclusions “analytically offensive.”
February 23, 2016 – Hayden’s book “Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror” is published.
August 9, 2016 – After signing a letter, along with 49 other Republican national security officials, declaring Donald Trump unqualified to be president, Hayden tells CNN that Trump represents a “clear and present danger” and says he “fears for our future” if Trump governs as he has campaigned.
May 1, 2018 – Hayden’s book “The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in an Age of Lies” is published.
November 23, 2018 – According to a statement released by his family, Hayden suffers a stroke at home earlier in the week.
January 18, 2019 – Hayden returns home after suffering a stroke.
October 7, 2020 – Hayden tells CNN’s Jim Sciutto that reelecting Trump would be “very bad for America,” while endorsing Democratic nominee Joe Biden for president.
by tyler | Mar 7, 2024 | CNN, us
Here is a look at the life of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky.
Birth date: February 20, 1942
Birth place: Colbert County, Alabama
Birth name: Addison Mitchell McConnell Jr.
Father: Addison Mitchell McConnell
Mother: Julia (Shockley) McConnell
Marriages: Elaine Chao (1993-present); Sherrill Redmon (1968-1980, divorced)
Children: with Sherrill Redmon: Porter; Claire; Eleanor
Education: University of Louisville, B.A., 1964; University of Kentucky, J.D., 1967
Religion: Baptist
Contracted polio at age 2 and was not allowed to walk for two years while completing physical therapy.
His wife, Elaine Chao, served as secretary of the Department of Labor under President George W. Bush and deputy secretary of the Department of Transportation under President George H.W. Bush. Chao served as the secretary of the Department of Transportation under President Donald Trump.
1968-1970 – Chief legislative assistant to Senator Marlow Cook.
1974-1975 – Deputy Assistant United States Attorney for Legislative Affairs.
1975 – Acting Assistant Attorney General.
1978-1985 – Judge-Executive of Jefferson County, Kentucky.
1984 – Elected to the US Senate to represent Kentucky.
1990 – Reelected to the US Senate.
1996 – Reelected to the US Senate.
2002 – Reelected to the US Senate.
2003-2007 – Senate Republican Whip.
November 16, 2006 – Elected Senate Republican leader. McConnell replaces Bill Frist.
January 4, 2007-January 6, 2015 – Senate Minority Leader.
2008 – Reelected to the US Senate.
October 23, 2010 – During an interview with the National Journal, McConnell says, “The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President [Barack] Obama to be a one-term president.”
November 4, 2014 – Reelected to the US Senate.
November 13, 2014 – McConnell is reelected leader of the Republican party in the Senate. When Congress reconvenes in January 2015, McConnell will take over as Senate majority leader from Harry Reid.
January 6, 2015–January 20, 2021 – Senate Majority Leader.
December 12, 2016 – Announces he supports a congressional investigation into findings that Russian hackers attempted to influence the election.
June 12, 2018 – Becomes the longest-serving Republican leader in the Senate’s history, surpassing former Sen. Robert Dole’s record.
August 4, 2019 – McConnell fractures his shoulder after falling in his Kentucky home. “This morning, Leader McConnell tripped at home on his outside patio and suffered a fractured shoulder,” David Popp, McConnell’s communications director, says in a statement. “He has been treated, released, and is working from home in Louisville.”
August 15, 2019 – McConnell undergoes surgery to repair the fracture in his shoulder. “The surgery was performed without incident, and the Leader is grateful to the surgical team for their skill,” Popp says in a statement.
November 3, 2020 – Wins reelection to the US Senate, defeating Democratic opponent Amy McGrath and her massive fundraising efforts to unseat him.
November 10, 2020 – McConnell is reelected as a Senate party leader, but the party holding the Senate majority won’t be determined until two runoff elections in Georgia take place in January.
December 15, 2020 – Six weeks after Election Day McConnell finally acknowledges Joe Biden’s victory and refers to him as president-elect.
January 2, 2021 – Police report that McConnell’s home has been vandalized. The damage takes place after the Senate stalls on increasing stimulus checks to $2,000. The home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the other highest-ranking member of Congress, was vandalized the previous day.
January 20, 2021-present – Senate Minority Leader.
February 13, 2021 – McConnell directly blames former President Trump for instigating last month’s riot at the Capitol but votes to acquit him anyway of inciting an insurrection.
November 16, 2022 – Wins a secret-ballot leadership election, putting him on pace to become the longest-serving Senate party leader in US history. McConnell defeats Florida Sen. Rick Scott in a 37-10-1 vote, his first challenger in his 15 years atop his conference.
March 8, 2023 – McConnell is being treated for a concussion and is staying at a hospital for observation after a fall at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Washington, DC.
July 26, 2023 – McConnell stops speaking in the middle of remarks at his regularly scheduled weekly news conference on Capitol Hill. After a 30-second pause, his colleagues crowded around to see if he was OK and asked him how he felt. He later tells reporters that he’s “fine.”
August 30, 2023 – Appears to freeze for about 30 seconds while speaking with reporters after a speech in Covington, Kentucky.
February 28, 2024 – McConnell will step down as GOP leader in November, a source tells CNN.
by tyler | Mar 7, 2024 | CNN, us
Here’s a look at the life of astronaut James Lovell.
Birth date: March 25, 1928
Birth place: Cleveland, Ohio
Birth name: James Arthur Lovell Jr.
Father: James Lovell Sr.
Mother: Blanche Lovell
Marriage: Marilyn (Gerlach) Lovell (1952-present)
Children: Jeffrey, Susan, James III and Barbara
Education: Attended University of Wisconsin, 1946-1948; US Naval Academy, B.S., 1952
Military: US Navy, 1952-1973, Captain (Ret.)
The first astronaut to make four space flights, including Apollo 8 and Apollo 13.
He is the astronaut known for the phrase, “Houston, we’ve had a problem,” during the Apollo 13 mission.
Has more than 715 hours of spaceflight.
On Christmas Eve, the Apollo 8 astronauts described the moon and then read from the book of Genesis during a live television broadcast from space.
1958-1962 – Works as a test pilot at the Naval Air Test Center in Maryland.
September 1962 – Is selected by NASA to be an astronaut.
December 4-18, 1965 – Serves as the pilot on Gemini 7 under Commander Frank Borman. They are joined in space by Gemini 6; it is the first manned spacecraft rendezvous.
November 11-15, 1966 – Serves as the commander of Gemini 12, with pilot Buzz Aldrin.
December 21-27, 1968 – Along with crewmen Borman and William Anders, Lovell serves as command module pilot of Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon.
April 11-17, 1970 – Serves as commander of Apollo 13 with crew John Swigert and Fred Haise. An explosion two days into the flight causes the mission to be aborted, and the remaining time is spent working towards returning to Earth safely.
April 18, 1970 – Receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
1971-1973 – Serves as deputy director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
March 1, 1973 – Retires from the Navy and NASA. Begins working at the Bay-Houston Towing Company.
January 1977 – Is appointed president of Fisk Telephone Systems, Inc.
1981 – Is named an executive vice president of Centel Corporation, which acquired Fisk Telephone Systems in 1980.
1991 – Retires from Centel Corporation.
March 19, 1993 – Lovell Is inducted into the US Astronauts Hall of Fame.
1994 – Lovell’s book, co-written with Jeffrey Kluger, “Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13,” is published.
1995 – The movie “Apollo 13” premieres. Lovell’s character is played by Tom Hanks.
July 26, 1995 – Is awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor by President Bill Clinton.
1998 – Is enshrined in the National Aviation Hall of Fame.
1999 – Opens the restaurant Lovells of Lake Forest in Lake Forest, Illinois.
October 2010 – The Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center is established in Chicago.
November 2011 – An Apollo 13 checklist that Lovell used for calculations sells at auction for $388,375. After the sale, NASA questions whether Lovell had the right to sell the checklist.
January 2012 – NASA Chief Charles Bolden meets with Lovell and other astronauts to discuss to work out the issue of artifact ownership. No agreement is reached.
September 2012 – President Barack Obama signs a bill into law giving NASA’s Mercury, Gemini and Apollo astronauts full ownership rights to the artifacts they collected from their missions.
September 8, 2018 – Is honored with the Adler Planetarium’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
July 20, 2019 – Sotheby’s offers a “Space Exploration” auction which includes many personal items from Lovell and the other astronauts involved in the Apollo moon missions. Days later, three original NASA moon landing videos sell for $1.82 million at the auction.
by tyler | Mar 7, 2024 | CNN, us
Here’s a look at the life of writer and activist Gloria Steinem.
Birth date: March 25, 1934
Birth place: Toledo, Ohio
Birth name: Gloria Marie Steinem
Father: Leo Steinem, an antique dealer
Mother: Ruth (Nuneviller) Steinem
Marriage: David Bale (2000-2003, his death)
Education: Smith College, B.A., 1956
Steinem’s paternal grandmother, Pauline Perlmutter Steinem, was the president of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association.
Breast cancer survivor.
Did not spend a full year in school until age 12.
1956-1958 – Lives in India on a Chester Bowles Fellowship.
1960 – Moves to New York and begins working at Help! magazine.
September 1, 1962 – One of her first feature articles is published by Esquire magazine.
1963 – Works undercover as a “Bunny” at the Playboy Club in New York and then writes an exposé about the poor pay and working conditions.
1968 – Helps found New York magazine, and begins writing features and political columns including, “The City Politic.”
1969 – Begins writing and speaking about feminism after attending a meeting held by a women’s movement group that addressed the issue of abortion.
May 6, 1970 – Testifies before the United States Senate in support of the Equal Rights Amendment.
1971 – Co-founds the National Women’s Political Caucus, which works to increase the number of women in the political field.
1972 – Co-founds Ms. Magazine, the first feminist magazine, and the first to be created and operated entirely by women.
1973 – Co-founds the Ms. Foundation for Women.
November 18-21, 1977 – Organizes and attends the National Women’s conference in Texas. The conference is the first to be backed by the US government, and its purpose was proposing recommendations for widespread gender equality.
1983 – Steinem’s collection of essays “Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions” is published.
1992 – Steinem’s book “Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem” is published.
1992 – Co-founds Choice USA (now URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity), along with Julie Burton and Kristina Kiehl.
April 22, 1993 – Celebrates the first “Take Our Daughters To Work Day,” an educational program created by the Ms. Foundation to give girls a voice and presence in the workplace.
1993 – Inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.
January 12, 1993 – Co-produces the movie for television “Better off Dead” an examination of the parallels between abortion and the death penalty.
1996 – Creates the Women and AIDS Fund with the Ms. Foundation to support women living with HIV/AIDS.
2005 – Co-founds the Women’s Media Center with Jane Fonda and Robin Morgan.
2006 – Steinem’s book “Doing Sixty & Seventy” is published.
August 15, 2011 – The HBO documentary, “Gloria: In Her Own Words,” airs.
2013 – Steinem is a subject in the PBS documentary, “Makers,” a project that aims to record the stories of women who “made America.”
November 20, 2013 – Is awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom by US President Barack Obama.
October 19, 2015 – Pens an op-ed in The Guardian declaring her support for 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
October 27, 2015 – Her memoir, “My Life on the Road,” is published.
February 5, 2016 – Steinem makes a controversial comment on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” saying young women are supporting Senator Bernie Sanders in the presidential race because “the boys are with Bernie.” She later apologizes and claims her comment was misinterpreted.
May 10, 2016 – Steinem’s television show “WOMAN” premieres on VICELAND.
October 18, 2018 – The Off-Broadway production, “Gloria: A Life,” officially opens at the Daryl Roth Theatre.
October 29, 2019 – Steinem’s book “The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off!” is published.
June 15, 2020 – Steinem and S. Mona Sinha co-write a New York Times letter to the editor opposing the elimination of civil rights protections for transgender healthcare.
September 30, 2020 – ”The Glorias,” a film is based on Steinem’s memoir “My Life on the Road,” premieres.
by tyler | Mar 7, 2024 | CNN, us
Here’s a look at the life of Nikki Haley, former US ambassador to the United Nations and former Republican governor of South Carolina.
Birth date: January 20, 1972
Birth place: Bamberg, South Carolina
Birth name: Nimrata Nikki Randhawa
Father: Ajit S. Randhawa, professor and business owner
Mother: Raj Kaur Randhawa, teacher and business owner
Marriage: Michael Haley (1996-present)
Children: Rena and Nalin
Education: Clemson University, B.S., 1994
Religion: Christian
Haley’s parents are Indian immigrants who owned Exotica International Inc., a small foreign goods store that evolved into a multimillion-dollar clothing and gift venture. Exotica closed in 2008 when the Randhawas retired.
Haley helped with bookkeeping at her parents’ business when she was a teenager.
Her husband served in the National Guard and was deployed in Afghanistan for a year. He was part of an agricultural team that trained Afghan farmers how to turn their poppy crops into food crops.
Haley was raised in the religion of Sikh but converted to Christianity in her 20s. In an interview with the New York Times, Haley said she and her husband, “chose Christianity because of the way we wanted to live our life and raise our children.”
In 2011, she made history by being the first woman and the first person of an ethnic minority to hold the governorship of South Carolina. She is also the second Indian-American governor in US history. Bobby Jindal was the first, in Louisiana.
1998 – Is named to the Orangeburg County Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors.
2003 – Is named to the Lexington Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors.
2004 – Becomes the president of the National Association of Women Business Owners.
2004 – Haley is elected to South Carolina House of Representatives’ 87th District.
2005 – Is elected chairman of the State House’s Freshman Caucus.
2006 – Serves as majority whip in the South Carolina General Assembly.
2006 and 2008 – Is reelected to her seat in the South Carolina state House of Representatives.
November 2, 2010 – Is elected governor of South Carolina, with the support of the Tea Party movement.
January 12, 2011 – Takes office as the governor of South Carolina.
April 2012 – Her autobiography, “Can’t Is Not an Option: My American Story,” is published.
November 8, 2014 – Is reelected for a second four-year term as governor.
June 22, 2015 – Calls for the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the South Carolina State House grounds days after Dylann Roof opened fire at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Roof was repeatedly photographed with the Confederate flag. The flag is taken down weeks later.
January 12, 2016 – Delivers the Republican party’s response to President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address.
November 23, 2016 – President-elect Donald Trump announces Haley as his selection to serve as the US ambassador to the United Nations.
January 24, 2017 – The Senate confirms Haley as the next UN ambassador by a vote of 96-4.
January 24, 2017 – Resigns as governor of South Carolina.
January 25, 2017 – Is sworn in as ambassador to the United Nations.
September 2017 – In an interview with Elise Labott published in CNN’s STATE Magazine, Haley discusses her conditions for becoming US ambassador to the United Nations, including the condition that she be able to speak her mind.
December 10, 2017 – Haley says that any women who speak up about inappropriate sexual behavior “should be heard,” including Trump’s accusers.
December 21, 2017 – In a speech in front of the UN General Assembly, Haley warns participating countries that the United States will think twice about funding the world body if it votes to condemn Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the US embassy there. Despite Haley’s threat, member nations overwhelmingly vote in favor of the resolution condemning the Trump administration for its decision on Israel.
December 26, 2017 – Haley says the United States has negotiated a $285 million reduction of the UN budget for 2018-2019, compared to the budget for 2016-2017.
October 9, 2018 – Haley submits her resignation as UN ambassador. She will leave her post by the end of the year.
February 2019 – Launches the policy advocacy group Stand for America.
February 26, 2019 – Boeing announces its board of directors has nominated Haley for a seat on the board.
April 29, 2019 – Haley is elected to Boeing’s board of directors during the company’s annual shareholder meeting.
November 12, 2019 – Haley’s memoir, “With All Due Respect: Defending America with Grit and Grace” is published.
December 2019 – During an interview with conservative podcaster, Glenn Beck, Haley revisits her decision to remove the Confederate flag from the South Carolina State House after the 2015 mass shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. Haley says that gunman Dylann Roof “hijacked” the meaning of the flag. She explains the flag signified service, sacrifice and heritage to many people. She later says, via Twitter, that her remark was misconstrued by “the outrage peddlers in the liberal media.”
March 19, 2020 – Boeing releases a March 16 letter from Haley in which she resigns from the board of directors. She states, “I cannot support a move to lean on the federal government for a stimulus or bailout that prioritizes our company over others and relies on taxpayers to guarantee our financial position. I have long held strong convictions that this is not the role of government.”
October 4, 2022 – Haley’s book, “If You Want Something Done: Leadership Lessons from Bold Women,” is published.
February 14, 2023 – Haley announces in a video that she will run for president in 2024.
March 6, 2024 – Haley announces she is ending her presidential campaign.
