Vazquez is a former official in Puerto Rico's New Progressive Party (NPP), whose officials are often allied with the Republican Party. After he served as Bush's Puerto Rico presidential campaign finance chair in 2000, Bush appointed Vazquez to a Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans. [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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