White House pulls nomination for top CIA lawyer
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The White House withdrew the nomination of John Rizzo to be the CIA's top attorney on Tuesday after months of controversy over his role in the agency's interrogation policy.
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A U.S. federal judge on Thursday  removed the lawyer for Bernard Kerik, a former New York police  commissioner and protege of Republican presidential hopeful  Rudy Giuliani who faces federal corruption charges.
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The decision to withdraw his nomination as US homeland security secretary over a personal controversy was made by Bernard Kerik himself, the White House and Kerik said on Saturday.
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THE Bush Administration suffered a serious setback in its efforts to prosecute suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay after a federal court yesterday halted proceedings in the case of Osama bin Ladenâs driver.
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A federal judge on Thursday dismissed former CIA operative Valerie Plame's lawsuit against members of the Bush Administration in the CIA leak scandal
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What&#39;s the most important thing about White House counsel Alberto R. Gonzales, who President Bush nominated yesterday to replace Attorney General John D. Ashcroft?
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A top lawyer for President Bush&#39;s re-election campaign resigned on Wednesday after disclosing he provided legal advice to a group that accuses Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry of lying about his Vietnam War record.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - President Bush Saturday reached  into a throng of squabbling bodyguards and pulled a Secret  Service agent away from Chilean security officers after they  stopped the U.S. agent from accompanying the president at a  dinner.
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The White House has decided to defy Congress's latest demand for information regarding the dismissal of nine U.S. attorneys, sources familiar with the decision said yesterday. Such an action would escalate the constitutional struggle and propel it closer to a court showdown.
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Members of the Senate intelligence committee have requested the withdrawal of the Bush administration's choice for CIA general counsel, acknowledging that John Rizzo's nomination has stalled because of concerns about his views on the treatment of terrorism suspects.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - President Bush on Saturday  reached into a throng of squabbling bodyguards and pulled a  Secret Service agent away from Chilean security officers after  they stopped the him from accompanying the president at a  dinner.
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In his first key appointment since the election, President Bush has chosen to replace outgoing Attorney General John D. Ashcroft with White House Counsel Alberto R. Gonzales, a lawyer who was described in a Nov.
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So much for Bernard Kerik as the new head of the Department of Homeland Security. In a terse e-mail late Friday night, the White House announced Kerik&#39;s withdrawal because of &quot;personal reasons.
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HIS NOMINEE FOR HOMELAND SECURITY DIRECTOR, BERNARD KERIK, HAS WITHDRAWN HIS APPLICATION FOR THE JOB. WHILE COMPLETING THE PAPERWORK FOR HIS SENATE CONFIRMATION, KERIK CLAIMS HE DISCOVERED ISSUES WITH THE IMMIGRATION STATUS OF A NANNY HE ONCE EMPLOYED.
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President Bush withdrew the nomination of a top industry lobbyist to be chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission yesterday, after the nominee had come under renewed attack by Democratic lawmakers wary of his close connections to manufacturers.
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At the urging of the White House, a key Senate panel will put off consideration of the nomination of Condoleezza Rice to be secretary of state, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Sunday.
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Bernard Kerik, New York City's former top cop, withdrew his name from consideration to be President Bush's homeland security secretary, a victim of the embarrassing "nanny problem" that has killed the nominations of other prominent officials.