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A look at Bobby Jindal
June 24, 2015Updated Nov. 17, 2015, 6:40 p.m. ET

Bobby Jindal, pictured here in 1999, was a former USA TODAY 1992 Academic All-Star.
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Jindal greets supporters before the Northwest Louisiana Gubernatorial Runoff Forum at KSLA-TV in Shreveport, La., on Oct. 24, 2003.
Jessica Leigh, The Shreveport Times
Jindal and his wife, Supriya, look back at the state Capitol building as they arrive for his inauguration in Baton Rouge on Jan. 14, 2008. He became the first elected Indian-American governor in the United States.
Bill Haber, AP
Jindal scoops crude oil from the BP spill from the water during a tour of Plaquemines Parish on May 26, 2010, near Brush Island, La.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Col. Ed Flemming, left, speaks with Jindal during an Aug. 28, 2012, tour of the 17th Street Outfall Canal Interim Control Structure in New Orleans.
Eileen Blass, USA TODAY
Jindal prepares to address the opening session of the Louisiana state Legislature in Baton Rouge on April 13, 2015.
Gerald Herbert, AP
Jindal speaks at the First in the Nation Republican Leadership Summit on April 18, 2015 in Nashua, N.H.
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Jindal leads guests in prayer at the Story County GOP breakfast at Oakwood Church on May 16, 2015 in Ames, Iowa.
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Jindal speaks during the Republican primary undercard debate on Aug. 6, 2015, at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.
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Jindal speaks while Mike Huckabee looks on during the GOP debate on Nov. 10, 2015, in Milwaukee.
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