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105-510: The IEDC 5E economic growth strategy is centered on the following themes: Environment, Entrepreneurship, Economy of the Future, Energy Transition and External Engagement. In 2022, the IEDC's strategic initiatives delivered : IEDC BOARD OF DIRECTORS & EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM : When Mitch Daniels was elected the 49th Governor of Indiana in 2004, he stated his number one priority

210-444: A Republican—if he had any" but Daniels had "nothing to do" with selling drugs. Another roommate said that police obtained a warrant to search the room based on the activity of the first roommate arrested. "Unbeknownst to [Daniels and the other current roommates] ... [he] was coming back there and using the room when we're not there and was involved with drugs much worse than pot...We considered ourselves innocent victims." Daniels refutes

315-534: A September 15, 2007, Wall Street Journal column, Daniels was quoted as saying about the Healthy Indiana Plan and cigarette tax increase saying, "A consumption tax on a product you'd just as soon have less of doesn't violate the rules I learned under Ronald Reagan ." Syrian Americans Syrian Americans ( Arabic : أمريكيون سوريون ) are Americans of Syrian descent or background. The first significant wave of Syrian immigrants to arrive in

420-487: A chief political advisor and as a liaison to President Ronald Reagan in 1985. He then moved back to Indiana to become president of the Hudson Institute , a conservative think tank. He later joined Eli Lilly and Company where he served as president of North American Pharmaceutical Operations from 1993 to 1997 and as senior vice president of corporate strategy and policy from 1997 to 2001. In January 2001, Daniels

525-513: A common nuisance" for allowing the room to be used for the sale and use of drugs. In a plea agreement, the prosecutor dropped the charges in exchange for Daniels agreeing to pay a fine of $ 350 for using marijuana. Thirty-four years after the arrest, the first roommate detained (the individual arrested months before Daniels), told the Indianapolis Star that he was a partisan Democrat who "would gladly offer unflattering information about

630-431: A complicated economy, was needed to end constant confusion and bring Indiana into a year-long alignment with the rest of the country. Prior to the change, the counties in the western side of the state did not observe daylight saving time, although the counties in southeastern Indiana near Cincinnati , Ohio, did observe it unofficially due to being in that city's metropolitan area. Interests for both time zones had prevented

735-466: A designation at the turn of the 20th century, 3,708 migrants from the region registered as Syrians, only 28 as Turks. In the 1920s, the majority of immigrants from Mount Lebanon began to refer to themselves as Lebanese instead of "Syrians". Syrians, like most immigrants to the U.S. , were motivated to pursue the American Dream of economic success. Many Christian Syrians had immigrated to

840-691: A different Sunday from most other Americans, and various Saints' days. Muslim Syrian Americans celebrate three main Muslim holidays : Ramadan, Eid ul-Fitr (Lesser Bairam), and Eid ul-Adha (Greater Bairam). Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic year , during which Muslims fast from dawn to sunset; Muslims resort to self-discipline to cleanse themselves spiritually. After Ramadan is over, Muslims celebrate Eid ul-Fitr , when Muslims break their fasting and revel exuberantly. Muslims also celebrate Eid ul-Adha (which means The Festival of Sacrifice ) 70 days after at

945-532: A different occupational distribution than all Americans. According to the 2000 census, 42% of the Syrian Americans worked in management and professional occupations, compared with 34% of their counterparts in the total population; additionally, more Syrian Americans worked in sales than all American workers. However, Syrian Americans worked less in the other work domains like farming, transportation, construction, etc. than all American workers. According to

1050-489: A higher median income than all families and lower poverty rates than those of the general population. Further information : Syrian cuisine Syrians consider eating an important aspect of social life. There are many Syrian dishes which have become popular in the United States. Unlike many Western foods, Syrian foods take more time to cook, are less expensive and usually more healthy. Pita bread ( khubz ), which

1155-508: A job at the Indianapolis headquarters of the pharmaceutical company Pitman-Moore. The 10-year-old Daniels was accustomed to the mountains, and he at first disliked the flatland of central Indiana. He was still in grade school at the time of the move and first attended Delaware Trail Elementary, Westlane Junior High School, and North Central High School . In high school he was student body president . After graduation in 1967, Daniels

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1260-469: A libel suit for $ 20 million. A judge dismissed the case. Eli Lilly experienced dramatic growth during Daniels's tenure at the company. Prozac sales made up 30–40% of Lilly's income during the mid-to-late 1990s, and Lilly doubled its assets to $ 12.8 billion and doubled its revenue to $ 10 billion during the same period. When Daniels later became governor of Indiana, he drew heavily on his former Lilly colleagues to serve as advisers and agency managers. During

1365-401: A month and a half prior to American independence. The first major wave of Syrian immigrants arrived in the United States from Ottoman Syria in the period between 1889 and 1914. A small number were also Palestinians. According to historian Philip Hitti , approximately 90,000 "Syrians" arrived in the United States between 1899 and 1919. An estimated 1,000 official entries per year came from

1470-417: A one time payment of $ 3.85 billion and the commitment to make $ 4.4 billion worth of upgrades to the road. Most Democrats opposed the measure by starting an advertising campaign accusing Daniels of selling the road to foreign nations. Other critics characterized the deal for fundamentally changing the relationship between infrastructure and taxpayers" saying "the road intended to serve the people of Indiana now

1575-484: A part of a several months long drug investigation that began on Saturday, March 7, 1970, when one of Daniels's roommates was arrested for possessing "large quantities" of marijuana and other drugs. Two months later police raided the same residence hall, finding enough marijuana to fill two size 12 shoeboxes and arresting five additional individuals, including Daniels. Daniels and a roommate were charged with possession of marijuana, LSD and other drugs, along with "maintaining

1680-560: A savings of $ 190 million, resulting in a budget of $ 23 billion. Annual spending growth for future budgets was cut to 2.8% from the 5.9% that had been standard for many years. Increase in revenues, coupled with the spending reductions, led to a $ 300 million budget surplus. Indiana is not permitted to take loans, as borrowing was prohibited in its constitution following the 1837 state bankruptcy . The state, therefore, had financed its deficit spending by reallocating $ 760 million in revenue that belonged to local government and school districts over

1785-533: A search committee, composed mostly of Purdue faculty and administrators recommended Daniels to become the university's 12th president after his term as governor ended on January 14, 2013. Ultimately, the hiring decision was made by the Trustees of the Board of Purdue University , all of whom Daniels appointed or re-appointed while Governor. He retired as Purdue president on January 1, 2023. Mitchell Elias Daniels Jr.

1890-445: A second term, defeating Jill Long Thompson . During his tenure, Daniels cut the state government workforce by 18%, cut and capped state property taxes, balanced the state budget through austerity measures and increasing spending by less than the inflation rate . In his second term, Daniels saw protest by labor unions and Democrats in the state legislature over Indiana's school voucher program, privatization of public highways, and

1995-404: A state take-over of a project initially started by the city of Indianapolis and led to a bitter feud between Daniels and the city leadership over who should have ownership of the project. The state ultimately won and took ownership of the facilities from the city. In 2006, Daniels continued his effort to reduce state operating costs by signing into law a bill privatizing the enrollment service for

2100-749: A stock sale leading to speculations of insider trading; and, because of his role at Eli Lilly, the high cost of prescription drugs. The 2004 election was the costliest in Indiana history, up until that time, with the candidates spending a combined US$ 23 million. Daniels won the election, garnering about 53% of the vote compared to Kernan's 45%. Kernan was the first incumbent governor to lose an election in Indiana since 1892. On his first day in office, Daniels created Indiana's first Office of Management and Budget to look for inefficiencies and cost savings throughout state government. The same day, he decertified all government employee unions by executive order , removing

2205-402: A subsidy from the state. The plan promotes health screenings, early prevention services, and smoking cessation . It also provides tax credits for small businesses that create qualified wellness and Section 125 plans. The plan was paid for by an increase in the state's tax on cigarettes and the reallocation of federal Medicaid funds through a special waiver granted by the federal government. In

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2310-518: A win. In his many public stops, he frequently used the phrase "every garden needs weeding every sixteen years or so"; it had been 16 years since Indiana had had a Republican governor. His opponent in the general election was the incumbent , Joe Kernan , who had succeeded to the office upon the death of Frank O'Bannon . Campaign ads by Kernan and the Democratic Party attempted to tie Daniels to number of issues—his jail time for marijuana use;

2415-421: A year or more to get used to living with one another. After this, a wedding takes place and cements the marriage. Muslims tend to marry other Muslims only, and same with Christians, but can tend to be dynamic in terms of other ethnic groups; Unable to find other suitable Muslim Syrian Americans, many Muslim Syrian American have married other Muslim Americans. Syrian American marriages are usually very strong; this

2520-477: Is homophonic . Syrian music is also characterized by the predominance of vocal music. The prototypical Arabic music ensemble in Egypt and Syria is known as the takht , and relies on a number of musical instruments that represent a standardized tone system , and are played with generally standardized performance techniques, thus displaying similar details in construction and design. Such musical instruments include

2625-516: Is a headscarf worn by Muslim women to cover their hair . There are various styles of hijab . Syrian Americans celebrate many religious holidays, with Christian Syrian Americans celebrating most of the Christian holidays that are already celebrated in the United States, but in addition to a few others or at different times. For example, They celebrate Christmas and Easter , but since most Syrians are Eastern Orthodox, they celebrate Easter on

2730-453: Is a descendant of Syrian immigrants with relatives in Homs . The majority of the early Syrian immigrants arrived in the United States seeking better jobs; they usually engaged in basic commerce, especially peddling. Syrian American peddlers found their jobs comfortable since peddling required little training and mediocre vocabulary. Syrian American peddlers served as the distribution medium for

2835-472: Is a relatively small esoteric monotheistic religious sect. Early Syrian immigrants included Druze peddlers. The United States is the second largest home of Druze communities outside Western Asia after Venezuela (60,000). According to some estimates, there are about 30,000 to 50,000 Druze in the United States, with the largest concentration in Southern California . Most Druze immigrated to

2940-613: Is applied everywhere else in life," he said. Despite such efforts, during Daniels's 29-month tenure in the position, the projected federal budget surplus of $ 236 billion ballooned to a $ 400 billion deficit , due to the recession of 2001, tax cuts, the War in Afghanistan (2001–present) , and Iraq War . Nobel economics Laureate Paul Krugman noted Daniels is "held up as an icon of fiscal responsibility" without having earned it. Commenting on Daniels leadership he wrote "what I can't forget

3045-590: Is his key role in the squandering of the fiscal surplus Bush inherited. It wasn't just that he supported the Bush tax cuts; the excuses he made for that irresponsibility were stunningly fraudulent. So I just can't take his current pose of deficit hawkishness seriously." Following the September 11, 2001 attacks , Congress passed legislation authorizing the creation of the Department of Homeland Security . Just before

3150-515: Is reflected by the low divorce rates among Syrian Americans, which are below the average rates in the United States. Generally, Syrian American partners tend to have more children than average American partners; Syrian American partners also tend to have children at early stages of their marriages. According to the United States 2000 Census , almost 62% of Syrian American households were married-couple households. Syrian Americans, including

3255-528: Is round flat bread, and hummus , a dip made of ground chickpeas , sesame tahini , lemon juice , and garlic , are two popular Syrian foods. Baba ghanoush , or eggplant spreads, is also a dish made by Syrians. Popular Syrian salads include tabbouleh and fattoush . The Syrian cuisine includes other dishes like stuffed zucchini ( mahshe ), dolma , kebab , kibbeh , kibbeh nayyeh , mujaddara , shawarma , and shanklish . Syrians often serve selections of appetizers, known as meze , before

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3360-437: Is serving the profit needs of a multinational corporation". Daniels defended the lease, claiming that the road was not earning the state money because of the historical lack of political will to raise tolls. He told a congressional committee, "…instead of making money for the state, the road had operated at a loss for 5 of the previous 7 years…Political timidity had kept tolls locked at the same price since 1985…Even if we raised

3465-750: The American Medical Association (AMA) and the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS), which represents American health care providers of Syrian descent, there are estimated 4000 Syrian physicians practicing in the United States representing 0.4% of the health workforce and 1.6% of international medical graduates. The median household income for Syrian families is higher than the national earning median; employed Syrian men earned an average $ 46,058 per year, compared with $ 37,057 for all Americans and $ 41,687 for Arab Americans . Syrian American families also had

3570-531: The Arab population in the United States. There are also sizeable minority populations from Syria in the U.S. including Jews, Kurds, Armenians, Assyrians, and Circassians. The earliest known Syrian and first Arab to die for the United States was Private Nathan Badeen, an immigrant from Ottoman Syria who died fighting British forces during the American Revolutionary War on May 23, 1776,

3675-690: The Assyrian Chaldean Catholics . A few Christian Syrian Americans are Protestant . There are also members of the Assyrian Church of the East and Ancient Church of the East . The first Syrian American church was founded in Brooklyn, New York in 1895 by Saint Raphael of Brooklyn . There are currently hundreds of Eastern Orthodox churches and missions in the United States. The first wave of Syrian religious communities in

3780-512: The Hudson Institute , a conservative think tank . In 1988, Dan Quayle was elected Vice President of the United States , and Indiana governor Robert D. Orr offered to appoint Daniels to Quayle's vacant Senate seat. Daniels declined the offer, saying it would force him to spend too much time away from his family. While serving as the executive director of the Senate Republican campaign committee, Daniels expressed concern about

3885-606: The governorates of Damascus and Aleppo , which are governorates in modern-day Syria, in the period between 1900 and 1916. Early immigrants settled mainly in Eastern United States , in the cities of New York, Boston , Detroit , Cleveland , and the Paterson, New Jersey , area. Until 1899, all migrants from the Ottoman Empire registered as "Turks" when entering the U.S. When "Syrian" became available as

3990-411: The oud , kanun , rabab , ney , violin , riq , and tableh . The Jews of Syria sang pizmonim . Traditional dress is not very common with Syrian Americans, and even native Syrians; modern Western clothing is conventional in both Syria and the United States. Ethnic dance performers wear a shirwal , which are loose, baggy pants with an elastic waist. Some Muslim Syrian women wear a hijab , which

4095-569: The requirement that state employees pay union dues by rescinding a mandate created by Governor Evan Bayh in a 1989 executive order . Dues-paying union membership subsequently dropped 90% among all state employees. In his first State of the State address on January 18, 2005, Daniels put forward his agenda to improve the state's fiscal situation. Indiana has a biennial budget, and had a projected two-year deficit of $ 800 million. Daniels called for strict controls on all spending increases and reducing

4200-580: The 49th governor of Indiana from 2005 to 2013. A Republican , he later served as president of Purdue University from 2013 until the end of 2022. Daniels began his career as an assistant to senator Richard Lugar , working as his chief of staff in the Senate from 1977 to 1982. He was appointed executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee when Lugar was chairman from 1983 to 1984. He worked as

4305-568: The Hoosier Heartland Highway, I-69, and the Ohio River bridges. It also rehabilitated 1,400 bridges and 50% of the state's roads without using tax dollars or taking on new debt. As anticipated, drivers experienced dramatic hikes in tolls after the lease, which increased the cost to travel on the public road from $ 4.65 to $ 8.80 for passenger vehicles, and semitrailer trucks from $ 18 to $ 35.20. Despite doubling toll prices,

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4410-810: The Reagan administration's response to the Supreme Court's ruling in Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority , regarding the Fair Labor Standards Act, and advocated limiting the power of the federal government in defining overtime rules for state and local governments, summing up his position by asking "What business is it of the Federal Government to tell localities how to structure their personnel practices?". In 1987, Daniels returned to Indiana as president and CEO of

4515-936: The U.S. from Lebanon and Syria. Syrian Jews first arrived in the United States around 1908 and settled mostly in New York. Initially they lived on the Lower East Side ; later settlements were in Bensonhurst and Ocean Parkway in Flatbush, Brooklyn . The Syrian Jewish community estimates its population at around 50,000. Jewish organizations have assisted Syrian refugees by providing various services in Northern New Jersey . Early Syrian Americans were not involved politically. Business owners were usually Republican , meanwhile labor workers were usually Democrats . Second generation Syrian Americans were

4620-486: The U.S. received 1,500 Syrian refugees fleeing the war in their country . In 2016, the country received 10,000 more refugees. However, the Trump administration banned Syrian migration to the U.S., as well as the migration of any refugee in 2017. According to the 2000 U.S. census , there are 142,897 Americans of Syrian ancestry living in the United States. New York City has the highest concentration of Syrian Americans in

4725-534: The U.S. seeking religious freedom and an escape from Ottoman hegemony, and to escape the massacres and bloody conflicts that targeted Christians in particular, after the 1860 Mount Lebanon civil war and the massacres of 1840 and 1845 and the Assyrian genocide . Thousands of immigrants returned to Syria after making money in the United States; these immigrants told tales which inspired further waves of immigrants. Many settlers also sent for their relatives. Although

4830-607: The United States began in the 1880s. Many of the earliest Syrian Americans settled in New York City , Boston , and Detroit . Immigration from Syria to the United States suffered a long hiatus after the United States Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1924 , which restricted immigration. More than 40 years later, the Immigration Act of 1965 , abolished the quotas and immigration from Syria to

4935-400: The United States by accelerating cultural contact and English language skills. It has been estimated that nearly 80% of first generation Syrian women worked as street merchants. They and their children were often negatively stigmatized as "street Arabs" or inaccurately assumed to be unmarried mothers or prostitutes. In 1907, Congressman John L. Burnett called Syrians "the most undesirable of

5040-753: The United States chiefly after 1965. The largest sect in Islam is the Sunni sect, forming 74% of the Muslim Syrian population, of whom 12% are ethnic Kurds and 5% Turks. The second largest sect in Islam in Syria is the Alawite sect, a religious sect that originated in Shia Islam but separated from other Shiite Islam groups in the ninth and tenth centuries. Druze form the third largest sect in Syria, which

5145-545: The United States established ninety Maronite, Melkite, and Eastern Orthodox churches across the country by 1920, many establishing firm contrasts between themselves and American Christian faiths such as the Episcopalians or Catholics. Historian Naff writes that as a broad global diaspora threatened the Syrian identity, the preservation of its religious traditions became increasingly important. Muslim Syrians arrived in

5250-497: The United States in the mid-1960s. Due to the Arab-Israeli and religious conflicts in Syria during this period, many Syrians immigrated to the United States seeking a democratic haven, where they could live in freedom without political suppression. An estimated 64,600 Syrians immigrated to the United States in the period between 1961 and 2000, of which ten percent have been admitted under the refugee acts. Between 2011 and 2015,

5355-449: The United States saw a surge. An estimated 64,600 Syrians immigrated to the United States between 1961 and 2000. The overwhelming majority of Syrian immigrants to the U.S. from 1880 to 1960 were Christian , a minority were Jewish , whereas Muslim Syrians arrived in the United States chiefly after 1965. According to the 2016 American Community Survey 1-year estimates, there were 187,331 Americans who claimed Syrian ancestry, about 12% of

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5460-452: The United States. By 1910, the first Syrian millionaires had emerged. Syrian Americans gradually started to work in various métiers; many worked as physicians , lawyers , and engineers . Many Syrian Americans also worked in the bustling auto industry, bringing about large Syrian American gatherings in areas like Dearborn, Michigan . Later Syrian emigrants served in fields like banking, medicine, and computer science. Syrian Americans have

5565-461: The United States. Other urban areas, including Paterson, New Jersey , Allentown , Boston , Cleveland , Dearborn , New Orleans , Toledo , Cedar Rapids , and Houston have large Syrian populations. The traditional clothing of the first Syrian immigrants in the United States, along with their occupation as peddlers , led to some xenophobia . Scholars such as Oswaldo Truzzi have speculated that this work ultimately helped Syrian integration into

5670-457: The administration was budgeting for both. The failure to provide long term cost estimates led opponents to claim that Daniels and the administration had suggested the entire war would cost less than $ 60 billion. The CBO has estimated the total cost of the war in Iraq to U.S. taxpayers will be around $ 1.9 trillion if it was carried on until 2017. Three months later, on March 25, 2003, five days after

5775-543: The annual growth rate of the budget. He also proposed a one-year 1% tax increase on all individuals and entities earning over $ 100,000. The taxing proposal was controversial and the Republican Speaker of the House, Brian Bosma , criticized Daniels and refused to allow the proposal to be debated. The General Assembly approved $ 250 million in spending cuts and Daniels renegotiated 30 different state contracts for

5880-410: The attempt to pass ' right to work ' legislation, leading to the 2011 Indiana legislative walkouts . During the legislature's last session under Daniels, he signed a ' right-to-work law ', with Indiana becoming the 23rd state in the nation to pass such legislation. It was widely speculated that Daniels would be a candidate in the 2012 presidential election , but he chose not to run. Shortly after,

5985-597: The bill's passing and some have raised concerns over potential conflicts of interest. Congress repealed the thimerosal provision following expressions of public displeasure. Conservative columnist Ross Douthat stated in a column about Daniels's time at OMB that Daniels "carried water, as director of the Office of Management and Budget, for some of the Bush administration's more egregious budgets." But Douthat, while calling Daniels "America's Best Governor", defended Daniels against accusations that Daniels inaccurately assessed

6090-563: The costs of the Iraq war. In 2002, Daniels helped discredit a report by Assistant to the President on Economic Policy Lawrence B. Lindsey estimating the cost of the Iraq War at between $ 100-$ 200 billion. Daniels called this estimate "very, very high" and stated that the costs would be between $ 50-$ 60 billion. At the time Daniels would not provide specific costs for either a long or a short military campaign against Saddam Hussein, saying

6195-565: The course of many years. The funds were gradually and fully restored to the municipal governments using the surplus money, and the state reserve fund was grown to $ 1.3 billion. Two of Daniels's other tax proposals were approved: a tax on liquor and beverages to fund the construction of the Lucas Oil Stadium and a tax on rental cars to expand the Indiana Convention Center . The new source of funding resulted in

6300-505: The deal, including $ 150 million that went to Indiana's 92 counties for local roads, $ 240 million to seven counties for infrastructure and economic development projects, and $ 120 million for the Northwest Regional Development Authority for local economic development. Over the next ten years, Indiana would use the cash and interest from the deal to add or expand several major new roadways such as US 31,

6405-452: The director of O.M.B. is only concerned about numbers ... and he has no concern about what those numbers do or do not do for the country, for our military, for our security." Then HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson complained that Daniels's office would reject a proposal "nine times out of 10, just to show you who the boss is". The $ 2.13 trillion budget Daniels submitted to Congress in 2001 would have made deep cuts in many agencies to accommodate

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6510-778: The director of the Office of Management and Budget . and was confirmed by the United States Senate by a vote of 100–0 on January 23, 2001. In this role he was also a member of the National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council . During his time as the director of the OMB, Daniels sought to restrict congressional spending, saying Congress's motto apparently is "Don't just stand there, spend something." During his tenure he

6615-712: The earliest immigrants, have always placed a high premium on education. Like many other Americans, Syrian Americans view education as a necessity. Generally, Syrian and other Arab Americans are more highly educated than the average American. In the 2000 census it was reported that the proportion of Syrian Americans to achieve a bachelor's degree or higher is one and a half times that of the total American population. Many old Syrian American families have lost their linguistic traditions because many parents do not teach their children Arabic. Newer immigrants, however, maintain their language traditions. The 2000 census shows that 79.9% of Syrian Americans speak English "very well". Throughout

6720-509: The end of the Islamic year, a holiday which is held along with the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Hajj . Many Syrian Americans prefer traditional relationships over casual dating. For example, Syrian Muslims only date after completing their marriage contact, known as kitabat al-kitab (Arabic: كتابة الكتاب, which means "writing the book" in English), a period that ranges from a few months to

6825-619: The first generation of Syrian migrants also faced romantic stereotyping for their Christian origins. The migrant and writer Mary Amyuni described being advised to describe her home as "the Holy Land " to ease her integration into the United States: "hold up the rosaries and crosses first; say they are from the Holy Land because Americans are very religious". Writers such as Horatio Alger and Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe contributed to

6930-900: The first to be elected for political roles. In light of the Arab–Israeli conflict , many Syrian Americans tried to affect American foreign policy by joining Arab political groups in the United States. In the early 1970s, the National Association of Arab-Americans was formed to negate the stereotypes commonly associated with Arabs in American media . Syrian Americans were also part of the Arab American Institute , established in 1985, which supports and promotes Arab American candidates, or candidates commiserative with Arabs and Arab Americans, for office. Mitch Daniels , who served as Governor of Indiana from 2005 to 2013,

7035-541: The foreign-owned operator of the toll road filed for bankruptcy in 2014, and its $ 3.85 billion purchase price resulted in $ 6 billion in debts owed by the company to its financiers. Indiana retained the $ 3.85 billion lump sum payment and the lease was transferred to another Australian investment company without altering the terms of the lease. An October 2014 ITR report to the Indiana Toll Road Oversight Board cited numerous deficiencies along

7140-554: The highway including: deficient pavements and signage at travel plazas, activities at vehicle maintenance facilities that could allow petroleum products or other chemicals into open storm water drains, and closed sewage dump stations at risk of unmonitored dumping. In response, the new lease owners pledged to invest $ 260 million in capital improvements. In June 2015, Ken Daley, the new CEO of the Indiana Toll Road Concession Company, announced that all of

7245-835: The honesty of Illinois elections saying in 1984, "ballot integrity will be the single most decisive factor in the Illinois Senate race", a theme Daniels has returned to throughout his career. In 1990, Daniels left the Hudson Institute to accept a position at Eli Lilly and Company , the largest corporation headquartered in Indiana at that time. He was first promoted to President of North American Operations (1993–97) and then to Senior Vice President for Corporate Strategy and Policy (1997–2001). During his tenure Lilly pleaded guilty to two criminal misdemeanors, paid more than $ 2.7 billion in fines and damages, settled more than 32,000 personal injury claims—and copped to one of

7350-562: The idea that he was innocent saying he "had used marijuana" and "was fined for that, and that was appropriate". Daniels has disclosed the arrest on job applications and in government background checks and spoken about the incident in opinion columns. In a 1989 opinion piece in The Washington Post , Daniels called the incident the "unfortunate confluence of my wild oats period and America's libertine apogee" and said "On my college campus, just as on most college campuses, marijuana

7455-423: The largest state consumer protection cases involving a drug company in U.S. history. In 2009, Lilly also pleaded guilty for illegally marketing Zyprexa during Daniels' tenure and agreed to pay a $ 1.415 billion penalty that included a criminal fine of $ 515 million, the largest ever in a healthcare case and the largest criminal fine for an individual corporation ever imposed in a U.S. criminal prosecution of any kind at

7560-399: The legislation was signed by Bush, Republican lawmakers inserted language into the bill that authorized protection from liability corporations that manufactured thimerosal , a controversial vaccine preservative that has been the subject of multiple lawsuits. Eli Lilly was once the largest maker of thimerosal and is a major target of the lawsuits. Daniels was the budget director at the time of

7665-404: The main course. Za'atar , minced beef , and cheese manakish are popular hors d'œuvre . Syrians are also well known for their cheese . A popular Syrian drink is the arak beverage . One of the popular desserts made by Syrians is the baklava , which is made of filo pastry filled with chopped nuts and soaked in honey . One of the first Syrian-Americans to popularize Levantine cuisine

7770-612: The northwest and southwest corners that are in the Central Time Zone . In 2006 the legislature enacted Daniels' controversial plan to remake the state's highways system by leasing the Indiana Toll Road . Called the Major Moves, the road was leased to Statewide Mobility Partners, a joint venture company owned by Spanish firm Cintra and Australia's Macquarie Infrastructure Group for 75 years in exchange for

7875-540: The number of Syrian immigrants was not sizable, the Ottoman government set constraints on emigration in order to maintain its populace in Greater Syria. The U.S. Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1924 , which greatly reduced Syrian immigration to the United States. However, the quotas were annulled by the Immigration Act of 1965 , which opened the doors again to Syrian immigrants. 4,600 Syrians immigrated to

7980-602: The official adoption of daylight saving since the 1960s, leading to decades of debate . Daniels pressed for the entire state to switch to Central Time, but the General Assembly could not come to terms. Ultimately after a long debate, the General Assembly adopted Eastern Daylight Saving Time in April 2005. The measure passed by one vote and put most of the state on the Eastern Time Zone , except for counties in

8085-479: The original 1955 travel plazas would be demolished and replaced within the next five years. As of October 2015, the Booth Tarkington service area, the easternmost in Indiana, was permanently closed. In 2007, Daniels signed the Healthy Indiana Plan, which provided 132,000 uninsured Indiana workers with coverage. The program works by helping its beneficiaries purchase a private health insurance policy with

8190-452: The possibility of both identities in public discourse, including Syrian academic Abbas Bajjani, who wrote that "inhabiting two separate worlds—physically and socially—was not only possible but actually desirable, since it was the only hope for the salvation, edification, and modernization of "Syria". Additionally, military service during World War I and World War II helped accelerate assimilation . Assimilation of early Syrian immigrants

8295-494: The possibility that women street merchants with children could be deported. However, Syrians reacted quickly to assimilate fully into their new culture. Immigrants Anglicized their names, adopted the English language and common Christian denominations. Syrians did not congregate in urban enclaves; many of the immigrants who had worked as peddlers were able to interact with Americans on a daily basis. Aside from negative stigmas,

8400-481: The primary with 67% of the vote. While campaigning in the general election, Daniels visited all 92 counties at least three times. He traveled in a donated white RV nicknamed "RV-1" and covered with signatures of supporters and his campaign slogan, "My Man Mitch". "My Man Mitch" was a reference to a phrase once used by President George W. Bush to refer to Daniels. Bush campaigned with Daniels on two occasions, as Daniels hoped that Bush's popularity would help him secure

8505-573: The products of small manufacturers. Syrian peddlers traded mostly in dry goods, primarily clothing. Networks of Syrian traders and peddlers across the United States aided the distribution of Syrian settlements; by 1902, Syrians could be found working in Seattle, Washington . Most of these peddlers were successful, and, with time, and after raising enough capital, some became importers and wholesalers, recruiting newcomers and supplying them with merchandise. By 1908, there were 3,000 Syrian-owned businesses in

8610-504: The road was worth $ 2 billion at most and were surprised by the offer of nearly $ 4 billion in cash, plus that much in contracted improvements. Daniels called it the best deal since "Manhattan was sold for beads—except this time, the natives won." Initially, Daniels's support for the controversial legislation led to a rapid drop in his approval rating; in May 2005, a poll showed an 18-point drop in support and that only 42% of Hoosiers approved of

8715-618: The same period, Daniels also served on the board of directors of the Indianapolis Power & Light (IPL). He resigned from the IPL Board in 2001 to join the federal government, and sold his IPL stock along with all other holdings in order to comply with federal ethics requirements. Later that year the value declined when Virginia -based AES Corporation bought IPL. On December 22, 2000, President-elect George W. Bush announced that he would nominate Daniels to serve as

8820-415: The six-month supplemental appropriation as a request to fund the entire war. The costs of the Iraq war have exceeded $ 800 billion. Between September 2001 and October 2012, lawmakers appropriated about $ 1.4 trillion for operations in both the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. On May 7, 2003, Daniels announced that he would resign as OMB director within 30 days in a move that Bush administration officials said

8925-502: The start of the invasion, President Bush requested $ 53 billion through an emergency supplemental appropriation to cover operational expenses in Iraq until September 30 of that year. According to the Congressional Budget Office, Military operations in Iraq for 2003 cost $ 46 billion, less than the amount projected by Daniels and OMB. Douthat and other defenders of Daniels accuse Daniels's critics of mischaracterizing

9030-410: The state's welfare programs. Indiana's welfare enrollment facilities were replaced with call centers operated by IBM . In mid-2009, after complaints of poor service, Daniels canceled the contract and returned the enrollment service to the public sector. One of the most controversial measures Daniels successfully pushed through was the state adoption of Daylight Saving Time , which Daniels argued, in

9135-511: The tax cuts being made, but few of the spending cuts were actually approved by Congress. Shortly after the invasion of Afghanistan , Daniels gave a speech to the National Press Club in which he challenged the view of those who wanted to continue typical spending while the nation was at war. "The idea of reallocating assets from less important to more important things, especially in a time of genuine emergency, makes common sense and

9240-452: The time. Daniels managed strategy to deflect attacks on Lilly's Prozac product by a public relations campaign against the drug being waged by the Church of Scientology . In one interview in 1992, Daniels said of the organization that "it is no church," and that people on Prozac were less likely to become victims of the organization. The Church of Scientology responded by suing Daniels in

9345-427: The tolls, there was little reason to believe that the governors who would come after me would have the inclination or the political ability to do the same. I once asked how much it cost to collect that 15-cent toll on the road and the answer came back at 34 cents. I joked that we would have been better off with the honor system and a fishbowl for occasional donations." Daniels and an independent accounting firm believed

9450-474: The understanding of Syrian migrants as "redeemable peasants". This view pressured Syrians to reject old ways of life as "un-American" and to "accept new ideals". Immigrant writers often balanced an adopted culture with a home culture, such as in Ameen Rihani 's 1911 " The Book of Khalid ", which revolved around an imagined Arabic text inscribed with images of skyscrapers and pyramids. Others argued for

9555-636: The undesirable peoples of Asia Minor " and such stigmas appear again in a 1929 survey in Boston that associated Syrians with "lying and deception". In 1890, the writer Jacob Riis wrote How the Other Half Lives , a book focused on Syrian children, representing the children as pitiful but dangerous. In 1899, the National Conference on Charities declared children engaged in the street market to be equivalent to begging, opening

9660-399: The way he was doing his job. In the following months, many of his reforms appeared to have a positive effect and his approval ratings rebounded. The income from the lease was used to finance a backlog of public transportation projects and create a $ 500 million trust fund to generate revenue for the maintenance of the highway system. Local governments also received a significant windfall from

9765-440: Was Helen Corey , who published the bestselling The Art of Syrian Cookery in 1962. Syrian music includes several genres and styles of music ranging from Arab classical to Arabic pop music and from secular to sacred music . Syrian music is characterized by an emphasis on melody and rhythm , as opposed to harmony . There are some genres of Syrian music that are polyphonic , but typically, most Syrian and Arabic music

9870-710: Was a member of the American Whig–Cliosophic Society , where he overlapped with future Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito , who was a year below. He initially studied law at the Indiana McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis. After accepting a job with newly elected Senator Richard Lugar , he transferred to the Georgetown University Law Center , from which he earned a Juris Doctor . In 1970, while an undergraduate at Princeton, Daniels and three roommates were

9975-568: Was appointed by President George W. Bush as the director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget , where he served until June 2003. Daniels ran in Indiana's 2004 gubernatorial election after leaving the Bush administration . He won the Republican primary with 67% of the vote and defeated Democratic incumbent Governor Joe Kernan in the general election. In 2008, Daniels was reelected to

10080-412: Was as easy to obtain as Budweiser beer and was viewed with equal complacency. For a time, I was a carefree consumer of both." Daniels claimed his "young Midwestern tail was jerked back into line" following the arrest. Daniels had his first experience in politics while still a teenager when, in 1968, he worked on the unsuccessful campaign of fellow Hoosier and Princeton alumnus William Ruckelshaus , who

10185-814: Was born on April 7, 1949, in Monongahela, Pennsylvania , the son of Dorothy Mae (née Wilkes) and Mitchell Elias Daniels. His father's parents were Syrian immigrants from Qalatiyah , Syria , of Antiochian Greek Orthodox descent. Daniels has been honored by the Arab-American Institute with the 2011 Najeeb Halaby Award for Public Service. His mother's ancestry was mostly English (where three of his great-grandparents were born). Daniels spent his early childhood years in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Georgia. The Daniels family moved to Indiana from Pennsylvania in 1959 when his father accepted

10290-622: Was criticized by Republicans and Democrats alike. After his first year in office Senator Ted Stevens , then the ranking member of the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations , suggested 'the best thing Daniels could do to repair relations with Congress was to go back to Indiana'. Representative Bill Young , then chairman of the United States House Committee on Appropriations complained about Daniels' leadership saying ''I'm convinced

10395-579: Was elected chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee , Daniels was appointed its executive director. Serving in that position (1983–84), he played a major role in keeping the GOP in control of the Senate. Daniels was also manager of three successful re-election campaigns for Lugar. In August 1985, Daniels became chief political advisor and liaison to state and local governments for President Ronald Reagan . As part of this position, Daniels led

10500-564: Was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1976, Daniels followed him to Washington, D.C. , as his Chief of Staff . Daniels served as Chief of Staff during Lugar's first term (1977–1982). During Daniel's time working with Senator Lugar, he met Cheri Herman, who was working for the National Park Service. The two married in 1978 and had four daughters. They divorced in 1993 and Cheri married again; Cheri later divorced her second husband and remarried Daniels in 1997. In 1983, when Lugar

10605-476: Was job creation. To achieve that goal, he created the quasi-public Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC), became chairman of its board, and ordered it to “act at the speed of business, not the speed of government” to attract new jobs. IEDC IEDC Business Site Selection Data Mitch Daniels Mitchell Elias Daniels Jr. (born April 7, 1949) is an American academic administrator , businessman, author, and retired politician who served as

10710-505: Was named one of Indiana's Presidential Scholars —the state's top male high school graduate that year—by President Lyndon B. Johnson . In 1971, Daniels earned a Bachelor's degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University after completing a senior thesis titled "The Politics of Metropolitanization: City-County Consolidation in Indianapolis, Indiana". While at Princeton, he

10815-629: Was running for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Democrat Birch Bayh . After the campaign, Daniels secured an internship in the office of then- Indianapolis mayor Richard Lugar , a Ruckelshaus ally. Daniels worked on Lugar's re-election campaign in 1971, and later, in 1974, he worked on Lugar's first campaign for Senate via L. Keith Bulen 's Campaign Communicators, Inc, a political consultancy where Daniels served as vice president. Daniels joined Lugar's mayoral staff in December 1974. Within three years, he became Lugar's principal assistant. After Lugar

10920-571: Was so successful that it has become difficult to recognize the ancestors of many families which have become completely Americanized . Christian Syrians arrived in the United States in the late 19th century. Most Christian Syrian Americans are Greek Orthodox , Eastern Catholic , and Syriac Orthodox . There are also many Catholic Syrian Americans; most branches of Catholicism are of the Eastern rite , such as Maronite Catholics , Melkite Greek Catholics , Armenian Catholics , Syrian Catholics , and

11025-516: Was to prepare to run for governor of Indiana . Daniels's decision to run for Governor of Indiana led to most of the rest of Republican field of candidates dropping out of the race. The only challenger who did not do so was conservative activist and lobbyist Eric Miller. Miller worked for the Phoenix Group, a Christian rights defense group. Daniels's campaign platform centered on cutting the state budget and privatizing public agencies. He won

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