Lautenberg, Reid ask Bush to remove Armstrong Wiliams from White House Com

[NVMojo]

Lautenberg, Reid ask Bush to remove Armstrong Wiliams from White House Commission

Armstrong Williams, the columnist paid $240,000 by the Bush Administration to surreptitiously promote Bush’s ‘No Child Left Behind Law’ remained listed on the White House website as a member of the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships as late as Wednesday, RAW STORY reported this morning.

In response, two Democratic senators have asked that Williams be removed from the commission.

Letter follows. Statement from Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is forthcoming.

WASHINGTON, DC – In a letter sent today to President Bush, U.S Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) urged the President to remove journalist Armstrong Williams from his official position on the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships. Earlier this week, it was revealed that the Bush Administration had paid Mr. Williams $240,000 “to regularly comment on during the course of his broadcasts,” and to provide Education Secretary Paige and other Education Department officials “the option of appearing from time to time as studio guests.” The President’s Commission on White House Fellowships runs the White House Fellows Program, a prestigious program that places young men and women as special assistants to officials at the highest levels of the Federal government for a one year term.

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[saltpoint]

1. An encouraging sign that Frank and Harry did this.

It would be great if Sy Hersh published an article of the other "journalists" paid off by right-wing interests.

A day or two before the Inauguration would be a good release date for the article.

[BRLIB]

2. He should be removed from commission, be forced to pay back

the $240,000 plus penalties for taking a bribe, and fired from all of his media jobs.

[NVMojo]

3. That was partially what Reid, Kennedy and Lautenberg were

pushing for last week. They want the taxpayers to be reimbursed the entire amount for this unethical assignment.