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The Gortons and Slades - Washington Secretary of State

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AcKnowLedgeMents 387<br />

Trova Heffernan <strong>and</strong> Lori Larson, my teammates at the Legacy Project,<br />

have been amazing, together with Carleen Jackson <strong>and</strong> Laurie Mott <strong>of</strong><br />

the Heritage Center. Special thanks to Sally Gorton, a former reporter<br />

whose vocabulary doesn’t include “no comment.” Doubtless I have forgotten<br />

to acknowledge someone. It always happens. My apologies <strong>and</strong><br />

sincere thanks.<br />

While the Slade Gorton International Policy Center, its host, <strong>The</strong> National<br />

Bureau <strong>of</strong> Asian Research, the Gorton Legacy Group <strong>and</strong> other<br />

donors helped fund the printed edition <strong>of</strong> this book, it is in no way an<br />

“<strong>of</strong>ficial” biography. No one outside the Office <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Secretary</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />

asked for or received any editorial oversight.<br />

One last word about Thomas Slade Gorton III: He was an open book,<br />

warts <strong>and</strong> all, <strong>and</strong> never once attempted to steer or interfere. No biographer<br />

could ask for more. By any objective assessment, <strong>Washington</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />

is lucky a young man opted out <strong>of</strong> the fish business <strong>and</strong> decided to go<br />

West.<br />

John C. Hughes, 2011

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