Saturday, April 3, 2004

The Bush Transition and National Security According to the NY Times, the Bush Administration was awfully slow getting national security positions filled: Paul C. Light, a professor of public service at New York University who conducted an extensive comparison of confirmations across administrations from John F. Kennedy to Mr. Bush, found that in July 2001, about half the top 150 posts directly involved in national security -- at the Departments of State, Defense, Justice, Transportation and the Treasury, and at the C.I.A. -- remained vacant; one-quarter were still unfilled on Sept. 12. While the Bush team filled the uppermost cabinet posts very quickly, it was the slowest in 40 years in filling 520 top positions over all. Professor Light believes that the White House must take some of the blame, along with the burdens of Senate confirmation and F.B.I. background checks. 11:45:39 PM    comment []

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