Posted on 02/11/2009 2:13:25 PM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske has accepted a job as the nation's drug czar in the Obama administration, according to a source in Washington, D.C., who is familiar with the administration's plans.
The source said today that Kerlikowske has been chosen to head the Office of National Drug Control Policy, a Cabinet-level position otherwise known as the drug czar. The office, established in 1988, directs drug-control policy in the U.S.
Other sources also said they expected Kerlikowske to be named to the job, which requires Senate confirmation.
Kerlikowske, who has led the Seattle Police Department for more than eight years, has told the department's top commanders that he expects to leave to take a top federal position, according to sources who spoke on condition of anonymity because they aren't officially authorized to disclose the information
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So when the fed creates the gun czar to direct the gun control policy of the US...will you guys be slammin him too as too soft on gun control?
Our Constitution doesn’t authorize any kind of Russian like ‘commie czars.’ Return the fed to it’s Constitutional level, and watch our economy explode.
I would just love to see all those lifetime fed bureaucrats having to make a living in the real world. They could join Julio at mickey dees.
I believe that this clown must undergo a Congressional hearing before getting the job. For once I would love to see the Republicans really go after someone “hammer and tongs”. Of course, I don’t think they have a hammer in the party and as for tongs, I think that is what most of them wear.
He has been an advocate of gun control and fought to pass the assault-weapons ban and has championed closing the background-check loophole at gun shows.
more bad news
Seattle’s gain is the Country’s loss. Good riddance to this pile of crap.
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