Editing Andrew Card (section)

===Government career===

====Under Ronald Reagan====
Card first served in the West Wing under President [[Ronald Reagan]], as Special Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and subsequently as Deputy Assistant to the President and [[White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs|Director of Intergovernmental Affairs]], where he was liaison to governors, statewide elected officials, state legislators, mayors and other elected officials.

====Under George H. W. Bush====
From 1989 to 1992, Card served in President [[George H. W. Bush]]'s administration as Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff. From 1992 until 1993, Card served as the 11th [[United States Secretary of Transportation|U.S. Secretary of Transportation]] under President Bush. In August 1992, at the request of President Bush, Secretary Card coordinated the administration's disaster relief efforts in the wake of [[Hurricane Andrew]]. Later that year, Secretary Card directed President Bush's transition office during [[Presidential transition of Bill Clinton|the transition]] from the Bush administration to the [[Clinton administration]].

====Under George W. Bush====
In 2000, Card was asked by [[Governor of Texas|Texas Governor]] George W. Bush to run the [[2000 Republican National Convention|Republican National Convention]] in [[Philadelphia]].

On November 26, 2000, Card was appointed to be chief of staff for President-elect George W. Bush upon Bush's January 20, 2001 [[inauguration]].

On September 11, 2001, Card approached Bush as he was visiting [[Emma E. Booker Elementary School]] in [[Sarasota, Florida]], and whispered in his ear the news that a second plane had hit the [[World Trade Center (1973-2001)|World Trade Center]], confirming that [[September 11 attacks|a terrorist attack]] was underway.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/28/AR2006032800416_2.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | title=OMB Head To Replace Card as Top Bush Aide | first=Michael A. | last=Fletcher | date=March 29, 2006 | access-date=April 25, 2010}}</ref> Card later recounted his story, saying that he whispered "A second plane hit the second tower. America is under attack."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna32782623 |first=Afsin |last=Yurdakul |work=NBC News |title=He told Bush that 'America is under attack' |date=September 10, 2009 }}</ref>

On March 28, 2006, the White House announced that Card would resign as Chief of Staff and be replaced by [[United States Office of Management and Budget]] director [[Joshua B. Bolten]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna12048598 | title=White House shake-up: Chief of staff resigns | date=March 28, 2006 | work=NBC News | agency=Associated Press | access-date=September 30, 2006 }}</ref> Card's resignation was effective April 14, 2006.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/government/card-bio.html | title= Andrew H. Card Jr., White House Chief of Staff, 2000–2006 | publisher=White House | access-date=September 30, 2006}}</ref> At 5 years and 84 days, his tenure as Chief of Staff was the second-longest in the office's history.

[[Image:JPII on bier.jpg|thumb|right|Card (far right), along with [[George W. Bush]], [[Laura Bush]], [[Bill Clinton]], [[George H. W. Bush]], and [[Condoleezza Rice]] pay their respects to Pope [[John Paul II]] before the [[Funeral of Pope John Paul II|pope's funeral]].]]