  andrew hill card, jr. (born may 10, 1947) is an american politician, former united states cabinet member, and head of president george w. bush's white house iraq group. card served as u.s. secretary of transportation under president george h. w. bush and the white house chief of staff under george w. bush. he announced his resignation as chief of staff march 28, 2006, effective april 14, 2006. card was temporarily the acting dean of the bush school of government and public service, at texas a&m university, while ryan crocker fulfilled his u.s. ambassador to afghanistan responsibilities before stepping down in july 2012. ==early life== card was born in brockton, massachusetts,{{cite book |author= |coauthors= |title=1975-1976 public officers of the commonwealth of massachusetts |year= |publisher= |quote= | url=http://www.archive.org/stream/publicofficersof19751976bo
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