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Article: Lawmakers blame White House for Kerik error; Collins suggests Cabinet nominee had misled administration.(NATION)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- December 13, 2004
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Byline: Audrey Hudson, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Some members of Congress yesterday blamed the White House vetting process for failing to reveal that Bernard Kerik, former nominee for homeland security secretary, once employed an illegal alien.
One lawmaker, however, suggested the former New York police commissioner misled the administration.
The White House asked all the right questions before choosing Mr. Kerik as the nominee, said Sen. Susan Collins, Maine Republican and chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee with oversight of the Homeland Security Department.
"The White House vetting process is a thorough one, and I am ...