Bush Nominates Kerik; Thompson Resigns
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President Bush nominated former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik on Friday to head the US homeland security department and accepted the resignation of Health
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President Bush has picked as his  homeland security secretary former New York City police  commissioner Bernard Kerik, who helped the city respond to the  Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and later went to Iraq, Republican  officials said on Thursday.
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Description: NPR&#39;s Mike Pesca talks with NPR&#39;s Alex Chadwick about President Bush&#39;s nomination of former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik to be the new head of the Department of Homeland Security.
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This image released by the White House on Friday, Dec. 10, 2004, shows Bernard Kerik&#39;s letter to President Bush asking to withdraw as nominee for secretary of the Homeland Security Department.
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Bernard Kerik abruptly withdrew his nomination as secretary of homeland security last week amid a growing controversy over his background and suitability for the job.
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WASHINGTON: Former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik, who helped rally the cityâs police force and citizens following the September 11 terror attacks, is President George W Bushâs pick to run the Homeland Security Department.
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Bernard Kerik's nomination to run  the Homeland Security Department shows President Bush wants the  no-nonsense former police chief to settle turf wars in the  sprawling bureau and better coordinate its wide-ranging  responsibilities, analysts said on Friday.
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U.S. President George W. Bush on Monday nominated a retired federal judge and law-and-order conservative to replace embattled Alberto Gonzales as U.S. attorney general.
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Former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, President Bush's choice to be homeland security secretary, has withdrawn his name from consideration, the White House announced late Friday.
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US President George W. Bush is expected to appoint Bernard B. Kerik to replace Tom Ridge as Homeland Security Director. Kerik was New York City&#39;s Police Chief during the September 11th attacks.
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Bernard Kerik, New York's former top  police officer who withdrew as a Bush administration cabinet  nominee, resigned on Wednesday from a consulting firm with  former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Giuliani said.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush readily accepted Bernard Kerik&#39;s decision to withdraw his nomination as homeland security secretary after the White House concluded that it would be untenable for him to supervise the nation&#39;s immigration laws if he had had
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Bernard Kerik, New York City&#39;s former top cop, has withdrawn his name from consideration as George Bush&#39;s new Homeland Security Secretary, a victim of the embarrassing
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President Bush will announce former  New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik as his nominee to  become Homeland Security Secretary at a White House ceremony on  Friday morning, White House officials said.
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President Bush has picked former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik as his homeland security secretary and an announcement is expected as early as Friday, Republican officials said on Thursday.
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(New York-WABC, December 3, 2004) - President Bush made it official just before 10:00 am He named Bernard Kerik as his nominee to head the Department of Homeland Security.
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President George W. Bush picked former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik to head the Department of Homeland Security, a senior administration official said Thursday.