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Article: On Kerik Nomination, White House Missed Red Flags
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- December 15, 2004
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President Bush hoped to limit the political damage from the
nomination of Bernard B. Kerik by cutting him loose as soon as he
confessed he had not paid taxes for a Mexican nanny who apparently
had been in the country illegally. Instead, questions about Bush's
judgment have escalated because of a cascade of damaging details
about Kerik's business and personal lives that White House vetters
either missed or ignored.
A few days of digging by news organizations have revealed that
Bush had planned to entrust one of the most sensitive jobs in his
Cabinet, secretary of homeland security, to a man who had failed to
report lavish gifts he received as a New York City official, had
declared personal ...