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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mephisto who wrote (8755)	12/24/2001 1:02:01 AM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 93284

Bush nominees lack diversity: Most in administration are white males from D.C. area Dec. 22, 2001, 10:26PM Houston Chronicle President Bush talks about diversity and the importance of looking outside of Washington for political wisdom, but the face of his administration is largely white, male and from inside the Beltway. A year-end study of White House appointees by the Brookings Institution found that of the nominees confirmed by the Senate, 26 percent are women, 9 percent are African-American, 8 percent are Hispanic and 3 percent are Asian. More than half of the appointees came from the D.C. metropolitan area, according to the study by Brookings Presidential Appointee Initiative. Bush's home state ranked second, with Texans filling 8 percent of the jobs. New York was third, followed by Florida, Illinois, Indiana and Pennsylvania. Spokeswoman may take post at RNC Justice Department spokeswoman Mindy Tucker, a veteran spinmeister for George W. Bush in the presidential campaign and in the 1998 Texas gubernatorial re-election campaign, is widely rumored to be leaving for a senior communications post at the Republican National Committee. A while back, Tucker had been at the National Republican Congressional Committee and had also worked as an aide for Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Plano. Early in the Bush transition, Tucker had been penciled in by the incoming Texas team as spokeswoman for the State Department. That didn't sit well with Secretary of State Colin Powell or spokesman Richard Boucher. She subsequently was shifted to the Department of Justice to handle press operations for Attorney General John Ashcroft. Texan selected for U.S. attorney post Matthew D. Orwig, a federal prosecutor in Dallas, has been nominated by President Bush to become the new U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Texas. Orwig has served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the district since 1989. Previously he was a partner with Jones, Trout, Flygare, Moody, and Brown in Lubbock. Orwig is a graduate of the Texas Tech University law school. His nomination must be confirmed by the Senate. From staff and wire reports chron.com