White House Defends Vetting After Kerik Withdrawal
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WASHINGTON -- Bush administration officials say they thoroughly vetted homeland security nominee Bernard Kerik and were surprised to learn that he had concerns about a former domestic employee.
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White House aides are defending President Bush against new allegations relating to his military service during the Vietnam War, which he served in the United States.
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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, who withdrew his nomination for homeland security secretary amid revelations of his involvement in several scandals, did not fill out a background form when he was appointed police commissioner in 2000, city officials said
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President Bush's nominee for CIA  director on Monday told senators who questioned whether he  would stand up to the White House that he would make sure the  credibility of the spy agency was not damaged by outside  political battles.
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The White House said today that it was invoking executive privilege to reject subpoenas for documents.
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The United Nations' torture investigator criticized the White House Wednesday for defending the use of waterboarding and urged the U.S. to give up its defense of "unjustifiable" interrogation methods.
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The decision to withdraw his  nomination as U.S. 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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President Bush retains "full confidence" in Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, despite accusations that he botched the Iraq war and a disclosure that a former top Bush aide had recommended his replacement, the White House said on Sunday.
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Gay rights activists and a top  Democratic presidential hopeful criticized President George W.  Bush&#39;s surgeon general nominee for &quot;anti-gay&quot; writings on  Thursday, but the White House defended him as well qualified.
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Declaring there was strong evidence of fraud, the White House urged Ukraine not to certify the results of a run-off presidential election that favored pro-Russia Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.
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The White House says it considered secretly backing pro-U.S. candidates in the upcoming Iraqi election, but decided against it even though the Bush administration suspects other nations are working to influence the voting.
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The recently retired deputy director of CIA operations yesterday defended the legality of the CIA&#39;s interrogation and detention policies in Iraq and elsewhere, saying they were carefully vetted
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The White House gave a new vote of confidence on Friday to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld amid growing criticism of him from members of President Bush&#39;s own Republican Party.
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White House -- The White House says it&#39;s still confident of the way it screens its Cabinet nominees, despite the aborted nomination of Bernard Kerik to be homeland security chief.
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At issue is whether the White House has the power to keep an alleged victim from seeking redress in US courts.
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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.