[oldvike]

Ultimately the buck stops with the President in matters like this. HOWEVER, it's very likely that this report was put together by career people within the EPA and approved by Christine Whitman. I doubt the President even saw it before it went to the UN.

Having dealt with the EPA at both the state and federal levels I can tell you without a doubt that many policy decisions are made by lower rung individuals without any quality control from up top.

I'm glad to hear the President has poo-pooed this report and believe him when he basically says he had no part in it. The President has done quite a few troublesome things in the past few months, but this ain't one of them. It's basically a non-issue now. Too bad the cretins that released this report will only be re-assigned to new jobs as opposed to fired.

[UnBlinkingEye]

Does the EPA serve at the will of the President or are they beyond his control?