Bush names new US security chief

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BBC News


President George W Bush has formally nominated former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik to be the new US homeland security secretary.

Mr Bush said he was grateful Mr Kerik agreed to bring his "security experience and skill" to the job.

He is to replace Tom Ridge - the first head of the department created after the 11 September 2001 attacks.

Mr Kerik was head of the New York Police Department at the time the Twin Towers were destroyed.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4064367.stm

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1. Bush's new Rambo: BBC profile

Profile: Bernard Kerik
By Kathryn Westcott
BBC News


Bernard Kerik - chosen by President Bush to protect the US from security threats - is no stranger to danger.


Bernard Kerik, a former New York City street cop
The nominee to head the Department of Homeland Security, known as "Bernie" to his friends and colleagues, has worked in the fields of law enforcement and security for decades.

Mr Kerik is a tough-talking former street cop and undercover narcotics officer. His background is very different to that of Tom Ridge whom he will be replacing.

While Mr Ridge is a Harvard-educated, former congressman and governor of Pennsylvania, Mr Kerik's story is one of a battle against the odds to become New York City's top cop and then the country's head of domestic security.

Growing up in a tough neighbourhood of Paterson, New Jersey, no one would have known that he would go on to lead one of the biggest police forces in the world, winning plaudits for overseeing the police department's heroic efforts in the wake of the 11 September 2001 terror attacks.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4065105.stm

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2. What a cheeseball!

I feel safer already :silly:

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3. Don't you IMMEDIATELY *feel* safer now? After all, there's

NYC's head cop on patrol now as chief of Homeland Security!


edited to add: And here he is as a Senior Vice President at Giuliani Partners and is Chief Executive Officer of Giuliani-Kerik LLC, an affiliate of Giuliani Partners, LLC.
http://www.giulianipartners.com/kerik.aspx

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4. They keep things in a tight circle of partners (all 9-11 except for Snow?)

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5. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1039751