Kerik Named to Lead Homeland Security
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President Bush has chosen former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik, who helped direct the emergency response to the Sept. 11 terrorist strikes against the Twin Towers, to lead the Homeland Security Department, charged with safeguarding Americans from future attack, administration officials said Thursday.
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President Bush on Tuesday nominated  federal judge Michael Chertoff, a former prosecutor and  architect of the anti-terror USA Patriot Act after the Sept.  11, 2001, attacks, to become secretary of homeland security.
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Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, left, speaks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Friday, Dec. 3, 2004 after President Bush announced Kerik as his choice to replace Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge.
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President Bush nominated former New  York police commissioner Bernard Kerik on Friday to head the  U.S. homeland security department and accepted the resignation  of Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson as part  of a broad Cabinet overhaul.
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By Jenny Wiggins in New York and James Harding and Christopher,Swann in Washington. The White House is searching for a new homeland security secretary after Bernard Kerik, a former New York City police commissioner
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Former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, President Bush's choice to be homeland security secretary, has withdrawn his name from consideration, the White House announced late Friday.
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By 1:57 PM EDT Fri. Oct. 08, 2004. The Department of Homeland Security Thursday appointed an acting US cybersecurity chief to replace Amit Yoran, who resigned suddenly from the position a week ago.
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Federal judge Michael Chertoff, who  testified against torture and preached the need to protect  civil liberties, won unanimous Senate confirmation and was  sworn in on Tuesday to head the U.S. Homeland Security  Department.
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Senior official says defense chief, who has drawn a number of detractors, will be back. WASHINGTON -- President Bush picked former Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, the steady former military man who helped New York get back on its feet after the Sept.
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The Homeland Security Department picked an industry information security specialist Monday as its cybersecurity chief, filling a job that has had no permanent director for a year.
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WASHINGTON The Bush administration has reopened its search for a homeland security chief after the surprise withdrawal of its first choice, Bernard Kerik, a former New York City police commissioner.
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NEW YORK New York area Democrats say they&#39;re pleased the city&#39;s former police commissioner has been tapped to head the Department of Homeland Security.
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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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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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WASHINGTON - Bernard Kerik helped reform law enforcement in New York and responded effectively to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, but will have to overcome a lack of Washington experience to effectively lead
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Kerik, the nominee to head the Department of Homeland Security, is on the stun gun maker&#39;s board. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Some investors in stun gun maker Taser are betting that the nomination of Bernard Kerik
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Bernard Kerik is the former New York police commissioner who helped oversee the city's response to the Sept. 11 attacks.