George LeMieux, left, and Gov. Charlie Crist, right, make their way to a news conference where Crist named LeMieux to replace U. S. Senator Mel Martinez, Friday, Aug. 28, 2009, in Tallahassee, Fla. LeMieux is Crist's former chief of staff. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

George LeMieux, left, and Gov. Charlie Crist, right, make their way to a news conference where Crist named LeMieux to replace U. S. Senator Mel Martinez, Friday, Aug. 28, 2009, in Tallahassee, Fla. LeMieux is Crist's former chief of staff.

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  1. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (L), Monroe County Commissioner Mario Di Gennaro and staff of The Turtle Hospital release an endangered green sea turtle off the Florida Keys near Marathon, Florida, September 8, 2009. The 278-pound turtle, nicknamed Margarita, has convalesced at the Turtle Hospital since May 30 after it was rescued off Key West. The turtle's left front flipper had become entangled in a crab trap buoy line and had to be amputated.
  2. ORLANDO, FL - NOVEMBER 06: (L-R-center) Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, Orlando Police Chief Val Demings and Florida Governor Charlie Crist, speak during a press conference around of the Legions Place office building, where a gunman opened fire wounding several people on November 6, 2009 in Orlando, Florida. The gunman, Jason Rodriguez, 40, who once worked as an engineer in one of the downtown offices, surrendered to the police after firing shots killing so far one and wounding five.
  3. ORLANDO, FL - NOVEMBER 06: (L-R-center) Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, Orlando Police Chief Val Demings and Florida Governor Charlie Crist, speak during a press conference around of the Legions Place office building, where a gunman opened fire wounding several people on November 6, 2009 in Orlando, Florida. The gunman, Jason Rodriguez, 40, who once worked as an engineer in one of the downtown offices, surrendered to the police after firing shots killing so far one and wounding five.
  4. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and first lady Carol Crist, walk through the scene in downtown Orlando, Fla. following a multiple shooting earlier in the day in an office building, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Crist was in Tampa at the time of the shooting and came to Orlando to offer support.
  5. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist listens to Orlando police chief Val Demings, with Orlando mayor Buddy Dyer, on the scene in downtown Orlando, Fla. following a multiple shooting earlier in the day in an office building, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Crist was in Tampa at the time of the shooting and came to Orlando to offer support.
  6. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist answers questions with Orlando police chief Val Demings on the scene of a multiple shooting earlier in the day in an office building, background, in downtown Orlando, Fla. Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Crist was in Tampa at the time of the shooting and came to Orlando to offer support.
  7. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, in Tallahassee, Fla.
  8. L to R: Waldorf Astoria Orlando Managing Director Peter Kacheris, City of Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, Hilton Worldwide Senior Vice President eastern North America Ted Ratcliff, Mayor of Orange County Richard Crotty, Florida Governor Charlie Crist, Owner Representative Bill MacArthur, Waldorf Astoria Orlando General Manager Michael King, Owner Representative Dan Paris, Golf Course Architect Rees Jones, First Guest Sergeant Joshua Stephen Cope, Hilton Worldwide president global brands and commercial services Paul Brown, Owner Representative Eric Siegel.

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