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| Bush's top homeland security adviser resigns |
| 2007-11-20 |
| President Bush's top adviser on homeland security is stepping down after 4Å“ years on the job, the White House said Monday. Homeland Security Adviser Fran Townsend turned in her letter of resignation to President Bush on November 6 and will be looking for new opportunities outside government. "I'm going to just take another job doing 20-hour days, but this time in the private sector," said Townsend, who has spent 25 years working in law enforcement and government. Bush praised Townsend's work Monday. "Fran has always provided wise counsel on how to best protect the American people from the threat of terrorism," Bush said in a statement. "We are safer today because of her leadership." Townsend's job, as the president's top adviser on fighting terrorism, involved identifying terrorist groups around the globe and assessing their threat, and finding ways to track and cut off their funding. She said that experience should will be useful in the private sector as well. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Oh, I forgot. She once worked for Rudi Giuliani when he was U.S. Attorney for Southern District of New York. So, its possible she will also be part of his National Security team. If he wins she becomes leading candidate for Homeland Security or DoJ. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2007-11-20 09:27 |
| #3 Brown & Root? I doubt it. More likely Heritage Foundation, Hoover Institute or AEI. She is hot on the think tank circuit. Plus she has to write a book - you can't do that selling chicken shit cost plus work to the government. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2007-11-20 09:20 |
| #2 According to the clip, she and "W" have been discussing and planning her resignation, and search for that....... "20 hour work week" for 6-8 months have they? Obviously he's found his! So much for keeping one's "head in the game." "Will be looking for new opportunities outside gummit"..... oil, gas, Soodies, Brown & Root, KBR, Halliburton? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2007-11-20 01:01 |
| #1 If she is part of the idiot cabal that Bush has that refuse to enforce border security, refuses to build the fence, and looks the other way at illegals, then good riddance. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2007-11-20 00:25 |