Source: Lara Jakes Jordan, "House subpoenas Karl Rove", SFGate.com
8/13/07: Karl Rove resigned as White House deputy chief of staff. He will leave that role at the end of the month.
6/13/06: Charges against Rove in the CIA leak case will not be sought.
10/14/05: Karl Rove testified a fourth time before a federal grand jury about Valerie Plame case.
Darby Hickson Rove: Abt. 1948. Darby is a breast cancer survivor.
Source: Carl Cannon, Boy Genius: Karl Rove, the Brains Behind the Remarkable Political Triumph of George W. Bush, page 127
Children:
Karl and Darby have one son, Andrew Madison Rove. Andrew was born in 1989.
Education:
Although Karl Rove attended several colleges (University of Utah, the University of Texas at Austin and George Mason University), he never graduated from any of them.
Religion:
Karl Rove is a member of the Anglican/Episcopalian faith.Karl Rove is an American political consultant, a political analyst for Fox News, owner of a consulting business, Karl Rove & Co., and has worked with both President George Herbert Walker Bush and President George W. Bush. When he was deputy chief of staff and senior adviser to the president, Karl Rove was considered by many to be the second-most powerful man in the United States.
Darby Hickson Rove is a graphic designer. She was employed by Karl Rove & Co., a public affairs firm in Austin, Texas.
- Valerie Wainright: A Houston socialite, Valerie married Karl Rove in Houston, Texas in 1977. The marriage ended in divorce in 1979. Reportedly, Rove's busy schedule which kept him away from home a great deal was one of the reasons that Karl's marriage to Valerie didn't last.
They also built a home in Florida.
There has been controversy over their ownership of a bed-and-breakfast on the Guadalupe River, west of San Antonio. Purchased in 1997, the B&B was the River Oaks Lodge near Ingram, Texas.
- The 814-square foot "River House" cottage rents for $200 per night. It has two screened porches, two bedrooms, a dining room, kitchen, and one bath.
- The 494-square foot "Ivy House" cottage has two bedrooms, kitchen, living room, porch, and two baths. It rents for $120 per night.
Darby about Karl: "Karl has hundreds of friends and no one he's intimate with outside their small family."
Source: Carl Cannon, Boy Genius: Karl Rove, the Brains Behind the Remarkable Political Triumph of George W. Bush, page 128
Karl on Marriage: "Well, marriage is a very important part of our culture and our society. If we want to have a hopeful and decent society, we ought to aim for the ideal. And the ideal is that marriage ought to be and should be a union of a man and a woman."
Source: Fox News Sunday
Darby about Karl's competitive personality: "Even in croquet he'd be hitting my ball so far I was crying on vacation."
Source: Vdare.com

