Posted on 12/14/2004 8:09:58 AM PST by SmithL
Sen. Barbara Boxer warned Monday that Americans "should feel concerned" about the administration's "very bad job of vetting" Bernard Kerik, who withdrew as President Bush's nominee to head the Department of Homeland Security last week within days of his selection because of questions about his career and personal life.
"They're not doing their job over there," Boxer, D-Calif., said of the White House in reaction to the embarrassing developments over Kerik, whose troubles included a failure to disclose immigration problems and pay taxes on a family nanny -- and may involve more serious published allegations of extramarital affairs and improper gifts from supporters.
Boxer, speaking at a wide-ranging press conference Monday in San Francisco, also said she supported calls for federal legislation to stiffen drug testing in major league baseball if its leaders didn't act to do so in the wake of the grand jury revelations in the BALCO steroids case. The senator also said she thought Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's first-year performance was positive in some areas and disappointing in others.
But Boxer, who was re-elected last month to a third term, was most critical of the Bush administration on a variety of issues from the flawed nomination of Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner, to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's handling of the war in Iraq.
The senator said Kerik's failure to disclose his problems were "a terrible reflection on this man, who was such a hero during 9/11." But she added the administration apparently did "a very bad job of vetting; the American people should be concerned."
Boxer also called for Rumsfeld "to move on"
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Yeah, there's a theme that sure worked during the election.
Looks like the media is not going to let Kerik go. They did the same thing when he was NYC Police commissioner and the same thing to Rudy when he was mayor. The liberal media (especially the NY papers hate both Rudy and Kerik). This is not going away soon for these two guys. Its all hate and nothing more.
Dear Barbie Brief (not Boxer) -- Shut up you NAG hag! I'm tired of listening to all of you!
Ya know if Boxer focused here attention on deporting the illegals and securing the border here in CA she might be doing something a little more friggin' constructive!
Amen to that.
Semper fi.
Sheesh! Babs is a day late and a dollar short--aGAIN!
Absolutely. Kick-back collecting philanderer for Democrat president= good. Tax-evading "king of special interest money" Senator & Democrat presidential candidate= great.
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