ORG SOURCE: Vice President accidentally shoots lawyerSun Feb 12, 2006 23:53
Vice President accidentally shoots lawyer
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Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally sprayed Austin lawyer Harry Whittington in the face and chest with shotgun pellets at the Armstrong Ranch on Saturday. Whittington is in stable condition at Christus Spohn in Corpus Christi.
BREAKING NEWS Cheney's shotgun pellets sprayed fellow hunter at Armstrong Ranch
Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot Austin attorney and Armstrong family friend Harry Whittington with shotgun pellets while hunting for quail at about 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the Kenedy County ranch
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Ranch leader Tobin Armstrong
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USGS GNIS (GNIS)
Armstrong Ranch Airport. Feature Type:, airport. Elevation (feet):, 27. Description:, Facility is located 2 mi NE from Armstrong. State:, Texas ...
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Location of Armstrong Ranch Airport, Texas
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Name Mr. & Mrs. Tobin Armstrong
Appointed To
Industry Agriculture
Employer Armstrong Ranch
Occupation Owner
Address Armstrong, TX 78338
Status for 2000 Pledged to raise $100,000
Status for 2004 not listed
Profile
Pioneer Tobin Armstrong�s ancestor, Texas Ranger John B. Armstrong, bought the beginnings of the Armstrong Ranch in 1882 with the $4,000 bounty he received for capturing outlaw John Wesley Hardin. In 1944 Tobin�s older brother wed an heir of legendary King Ranch (see Fausto Yturria), linking two of the biggest ranches in Texas. The Armstrong Ranch has since gone global, with tracts in Australia and South America. In recent years, Tobin and his wife, Anne, have hosted many GOP dignitaries--including the first and second President Bush--on their 50,000-acre Armstrong Ranch in South Texas. �We go out when the dew is still on the grass, and then hunt until we shoot our limit,� Tobin said in 2000 of his ranch outings with Dick Cheney. �Then we pick a fine spot and have a wild game picnic lunch.� True conservatives might choke on their javelina steaks if they knew that Tobin Armstrong dunned the government for $11,336 in farm subsidies between 1995 and 2002, according to the Environmental Working Group. Anne Armstrong served as: a close advisor to President Nixon; President Ford�s British Ambassador; and approved covert actions on the President�s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board under Reagan. A veteran of blue-chip corporate boards, Anne Armstrong was a Halliburton director when that corporation hired Cheney. She is Kay Bailey Hutchison�s best friend, having helped launch the senator�s career as Republican National Committee co-chair in 1971. George W. Bush appointed Anne Armstrong as a Texas A&M regent in 1997. She and her husband were part of Laura Bush�s delegation to the funeral of Queen Mother Elizabeth in 2002. As a Kenedy County Commissioner in 2001, Tobin Armstrong expressed serious reservations about a short-lived Bush administration plan to relocate a Navy bomb-testing site from Puerto Rico to the fragile sand dunes of a local beach. Daughter Katharine Armstrong--formerly Katherine Idsal--and ex-son-in-law Warren Idsal also are Pioneers. President Bush invited Tobin, Anne and Katharine Armstrong to a White House sleepover.
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South Texas Natives - Advisory Group & Technical Committee
Advisory Group. Co-chairs:. Katharine Armstrong, Armstrong Ranch; Will Harte, Cerrito Prieto Ranch. Members:. James F. Anderson, Haas-Anderson Construction, ...
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Daughter Katharine Armstrong--formerly Katherine Idsal--and ex-son-in-law Warren Idsal
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Name Warren Bruce Idsal
Appointed To
Industry Insurance
Employer UICI Co's
Occupation Ex-Vice President
Address Dallas, TX 75205
Status for 2000 Pledged to raise $100,000
Status for 2004 not listed
Profile
Warren Idsal and Katharine Armstrong both worked for major investment firms at the time of their 1982 wedding, with the Paine Webber (see Joseph Grano) groom marrying a Smith Barney bride. During the 2000 Bush campaign the then-married couple still romantically shared a common Pioneer tracking number. Katharine is the daughter of Pioneer Tobin Armstrong, an heir to the fabled Armstrong and King Ranch fortunes. Her mother, Anne Armstrong, who is Kay Bailey Hutchison�s best friend, helped launch the senator�s career as Republican National Committee co-chair in 1971. As Texas Treasurer in the early 1990s, Kay Bailey Hutchison returned the favor by hiring Armstrong�s son-in-law, Warren Idsal, as a top aide. But Hutchison fired him after a short tenure. Warren Idsal also was an executive at health and life insurer United Insurance Companies (UICI) for several years in the late 1990s. Then-Governor George W. Bush appointed Katharine Idsal to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission in 1999. The Idsals divorced and Katharine reclaimed her maiden name after Bush�s gubernatorial successor appointed Katharine chair of the commission. This heir apparent to the Armstrong Ranch resigned her state post in 2003, citing her need to make a living for her three children. Armstrong cited lobbying as one possible career move.
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