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Posted on 09/05/2009 4:14:31 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
White House Discloses 10 More Ethics Waivers for Administration Officials
September 05, 2009 2:52 PM
Calling President Obama's Executive Order on Ethics for Executive Branch personnel "the strongest ethics standards in U.S. government history," White House counsel Norm Eisen on Friday announced 10 more waivers for Obama administration officials.
The waivers will allow the officials to participate with persons with whom and entities with which "the appointees formerly had a professional relationship," Eisen wrote, "because there was a compelling public interest in allowing it."
The waivers are for:
* NASA administrator Charles Bolden; Bolden served as a consultant to the science, engineering, and technology corporation SAIC, which has billions in government contracts, and on the board of directors of aerospace and defense giant GenCorp.
The President's ethics rules would otherwise prohibit Bolden from participaring in any matter in which SAIC or GenCorp was a party in any way. That was waived because Bolden's "knowledge of and expertise in current NASA programs are essential to making informed and timely decision-making." He is still not allowed to engage in one-on-one meetings or communications with either organization or to participate in contracting matters involving either company.
* Associate Deputy Secretary of Labor Naomi Walker; Walker was Director of State Government Affairs for the AFL-CIO but has been permitted to communicate with that organization because, the Obama administration decided, prohibiting her from doing so would be detrimental to the Department of Labor and the AFL-CIO's 11 million members. She is still prohibited for the next two years to participate in any matter having to do with regulations or contracts involving the AFL-CIO.
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what constitution!
They may be the strongest ethics standards in history but they're pretty pointless when the author of those "standards" continues to bypass them with waivers!! What's the point?? Why have them at all since he won't follow them??
These people are their own living political cartoon strip!!
If a Liberal Democrat gets caught doing a dirty deed, all that they is needed is for them to say “I’m sorry”; Ref: Van Jones. He seems to think one apology negates years of racist remarks. It’s like Obama said during the primaries. If you want to know about me, look at who I surround myself with (paraphrased).
And as Rev. Wright would say, Obama is doing all of this “without batting an eye”.
Naivete like that is going to result in the total destruction of that regime.
It's kind of like "Law #3" in the Universe.
Ethics? Ethics?
We Obamaloon cabinet members and czars don’t need no stinkin’ ethics?
We’re democrats.
Jake Tapper left off 0bama’s waiver for himself.
Seriously, are there any administration officials who actually meet 0bama’s cosmetic ‘ethics’ requirements?
God bless Mr T.
By issuing ethics waivers, 0bama has admitted his administration is full of unethical people.
Most disturbing is the Attorney General.
“The Obamista Regime has entirely too many top level folks who actually think thieves, polluters and tax cheats will change their spots once they get a government job.”
I’m sure they think nothing of the sort. They want said thieves, polluters, and tax cheats to steal and destroy for them. Think Legion of Doom in suits.
It's really horrible.
0bama doesn’t want someone with real talent to outshine him. That’s why he picked a buffoon like Biden.
And no one with real talent wants to serve under someone so narcissistic as 0bama anyways.
People have seen what 0bama has done to Hillary Clinton and Leon Panetta. They want no part of that.
0bama doesn’t want someone with real talent to outshine him. That’s why he picked a buffoon like Biden.
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Obama chose Biden for appearances only. You know. Just like the ‘dumb, white honkeys’ on ‘The Jeffersons’.
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Democrats, Pelosi said, “intend to lead the most honest, the most open and the most ethical Congress in history”.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1735199/posts
Ethics in the bammy caliphate? (LOL!)
There’s no such thing.
So why waste time with these waivers?
The most corrupt and incompetent Administration in living history continues its organized-crime level of ethics.
Obama makes Nixon look like a saint.
Heck he makes Bill Clinton look like a saint!
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