"I support a sensible, compassionate plan that makes medical marijuana available to patients suffering from life-threatening diseases. Such a plan must have proper safeguards and restrictions against abuse. I oppose any plan to decriminalize any drug that is currently illegal for recreational use. I also think it is irresponsible for any public official to publicly advocate decriminalization, because such actions send a terrible and contradictory message both to law enforcement and children who should be taught that illegal drugs are dangerous."
2006, "Bill Richardson (i), Democrat," The Albuquerque Tribune

Organization/VIP/Other
Those individuals and organizations that do not fit into the other star categories.

• 2007, Candidate for Office of U.S. President (announced March 28, 2007)
• 2003-Present, Governor (D), New Mexico
• 2001-Present, Chairman, Freedom House
• 2005-2006, Chairman, Democratic Governor's Association
• 2004, Chair, Democratic National Convention
• 2001-2002, Lecturer, Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government
• 2001-2002, Lecturer, Armand Hammer United World College of the American West, Montezuma, NM
• 2001-2002, Senior Managing Director, Kissinger McLarty Associates
• 1998-2001, U.S. Secretary of Energy
• 1997-1998, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (appointed by President Clinton)
• 1995, Negotiator (negotiated with Saddam Hussein for the release of U.S. prisoners)
• 1982-1997, U.S. Representative (D), 3rd Congressional District, New Mexico
• Former Chair, Western Governors Association
• Former Chair, Border Governor's Conference
• Former Lecturer, University of New Mexico

• M.A., Tufts Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 1971
• B.A., French, Political Science, Tufts University, 1970

• Nominated four times for the Nobel Peace Prize (for negotiating the release of hostages, American servicemen and political prisoners in North Korea, Iraq, and Cuba)

• Born November 15, 1947 in Pasadena, California to an American father and Mexican mother. He grew up in Mexico City before moving to New England at 13, where he attended high school and college.