Tags: Bret D. Schundler, the former education commissioner, emphatically denied misleading anyone in an episode that cost New Jersey a $400 million grant.
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September 2 2010
Fired Education Chief Says New Jersey Governor Defamed Him
September 2nd, 2010 
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August 27 2010
NJ schools chief fired after Race to the Top gaffe
August 27th, 2010 Tommy 
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie fired his education commissioner Friday, days after it was revealed that a simple mistake on an application form might have cost the state a $400 million education grant.
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July 22 2010
Obama calls fired official, expresses ‘regret’
July 22nd, 2010 Tommy President Barack Obama on Thursday telephoned a former government employee to express “regret” about her firing, which the administration now admits was a mistake.
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July 22 2010
Christian school fired sports coach for being gay
July 22nd, 2010 Tommy A New Zealand Christian school has been ordered to pay undisclosed compensation and apologize to a sports coach it fired because he was gay.
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July 21 2010
Blogger: It’s about NAACP, not fired worker
July 21st, 2010 Tommy The conservative blogger behind the video that led to Shirley Sherrod’s forced resignation from the USDA said the footage was released in order to highlight racist behavior in the NAACP.
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July 20 2010
NAACP: USDA worker was wrongly fired
July 20th, 2010 Tommy NAACP leaders are calling on the Obama administration to reconsider its ousting of a black worker, saying that a conservative website edited her comments to make them seem racist.
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July 15 2010
Teacher Fired, Others Disciplined Over Field-Trip Drowning
July 15th, 2010 Tommy An investigation found the trip was poorly planned and said a chaperon should have noticed there were no lifeguards on the beach.
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June 8 2010
Obama: I would’ve fired BP chief by now
June 8th, 2010 Tommy 
President Barack Obama would have fired BP’s CEO Tony Hayward over controversial comments downplaying the Gulf oil spill — if the executive had been working for him.
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June 8 2010
I would have fired BP chief by now, Obama says
June 8th, 2010 Tommy 
President Barack Obama would have fired BP’s CEO Tony Hayward over controversial comments downplaying the Gulf oil spill — if the executive had been working for him.
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May 25 2010
Fired R.I. teachers get their jobs back
May 25th, 2010 Tommy A Rhode Island school board has approved an agreement to allow teachers who were fired from a troubled high school to keep their jobs after all.
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