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DEAR PEGGY: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR                                                                                                                             peggy-north@monthlyherald.com

MAIL: THIRD POUCH

1. I82. rene Saez - Venezuela, 34
2. 83. Megawati Sukarno - Indonesia, 49
3. 84. Erika Emmerich - Germany, 52
4. 85. Dai Qing - China, 55
5. 86. Sirkka Hamalainen - Finland, 57
6. 87. Roseanne - US, 42
7. 88. Winnie Mandela - South Africa, 61
8. 89. Xuxa - Brazil, 32
9. I90. rina Khakamada - Russia, 40
10. 91. Helen Clark - New Zealand, 46
11. 92. Esther Koplowitz - Spain, 44
12. 93. Alicia Koplowitz - Spain, 42
13. 94. Tatyana Mitkova - Russia, 40
14. 95. Ilda Boccassini - Italy, 46
15. 96. Francoise Baree-Sinoussi - France, 48
16. 97. Emily Lau - China, 43
17. 98. Mother Teresa - India, 85
18. 99. Betty Boothroyd - UK, 66
19. 100. Christy Turlington - US, 27

THE MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES

Hello Peggy: Although, the list of the 100 most powerful women in the world is interesting as you mentioned, somehow it is old. You must update it. I came across a most recent list published by one of your affiliates. It is more accurate. You should have used it instead. (Just a suggestion). The Internet sites list many contradictory lists. I think the most reliable ones are those which are published by Forbes Magazine and Fortune Magazine. I wish if I had copied the 2003-2004 list of Forbes Magazine. I cannot find it now. Do you have it handy. If not, any pertinent and accurate list about the most powerful women in the United States will do, please. If you have your own list, it would be helpful. Many thanks. I am one of your many fans. Keep your chin up. You are the best. Rico Alvarez, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

How about this one?

USA POWERFUL WOMEN (National Influence): Laura Bush, First Lady. .Elaine Chao, US Secretary of Labor. .Lynne Cheney, Second Lady.  Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice, US Supreme Court, Karen Hughes, Counselor to the President, White House. Margaret LaMontagne, Director of Domestic Policy Council, White House. Gale Norton, Secretary of the Interior. Sandra Day O'Connor, Justice, US Supreme Court. Condoleezza Rice, National Security Adviser. Ann M. Veneman, US Secretary of Agriculture. Christie Todd Whitman, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.

ON CAPITOL HILL: Hillary Clinton, US Senator, New York. Jennifer Dunn, US Representative, Washington State. Susan Hirschmann, Chief of staff, House majority leader Tom DeLay. Kay Bailey Hutchison, US Senator, Texas. Eddie Bernice Johnson, US Representative, Texas; chair, Congressional Black Caucus. Nita Lowey, US Representative, New York; chairwoman, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Barbara A. Mikulski, US Senator, Maryland. Patty Murray, US Senator, Washington; chair, Democratic Senate Campaign Committee. Pam Pryor, Chief of staff, House Republican Conference. Olympia Snowe, US Senator, Maine. Ellen Tauscher, US Representative, California; vice chair, Democratic Leadership Council.

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