Bush Immigration Nominee's Credentials Questioned

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The Bush administration is seeking to appoint a lawyer with little immigration or customs experience to head the troubled law enforcement agency that handles those issues, prompting sharp criticism from some employee groups, immigration advocates and homeland security experts.

The push to appoint Julie Myers to head the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, part of the Department of Homeland Security, comes in the midst of intense debate over the qualifications of department political appointees involved in the sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina.

Concerns over Myers, 36, were acute enough at a Senate hearing last week that lawmakers asked the nominee to detail during her testimony her postings and to account for her management experience. Sen. George V. Voinovich (R-Ohio) went so far as to tell Myers that her résumé indicates she is not qualified for the job.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/19/AR2005091901930_pf.html

How many of Bush's appointee's have any qualified experience period!

[Bob3]

1. No really? * nominating someone completely unqualified

I can't believe it. :sarcasm:

Actually what with dipsticks track record I can't understand why Roberts is getting such an easy ride. I mean look who nominated him. That's cause for concern right there.

[Nite Owl]

2. His appointees get

the votes no matter how unqualified they are because, 'the President has the right to pick who he wants'. That's what it always comes down to, when will they ever learn. How many dems are going to vote for this one instead of making an issue out of it?

[indepat]

3. What qualifications does one need other than his/her politics, ideology,

religion, and donations be right?