It's definitely control freak behavior. Goes against all recommendations regardless of merit, just to demonstrate that it is she who is "in control". The death toll doesn't matter, what matters is that she is "in control". And if anything goes wrong, well, it's Bush's fault!
I have run into too many managers like her.
Don't think the lady is very smart.....Someone else is in control. She is part of the political machine.....dad, brother, sis, ????..... Who is her counselor meriting out advise?