"The patronage of public office should no longer be confided to one who uses it for active opposition to the national will." (Thomas Jefferson)
This page contains links only from 2004 or earlier.
Also see Cabinet Members and Aides (separate page)
General News and Commentary
- Chief of Head Start Is Accused of Mismanaging a Center
Diana Jean Schemo, New York Times, 16 April 2004
- Bush's Appointments Mostly Retreads
Harley Sorensen, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 July 2002
- Bush's top tax aide is quitting amid concerns about lack of action on tax shelters
Sydney P. Freedberg, St. Petersburg Times, 28 March 2002
- A Disappointing U.S. Attorney Choice
editorial, New York Times, 21 March 2002
- Deputy Is Appointed to Direct F.D.A. as Impasse Continues
Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 26 February 2002
- Bush in Political Hot Spot in Picking an F.D.A. Chief
Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 8 February 2002
- Bush May Use Recess Appointment for Controversial Nominees
Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, 19 December 2001
- The wrong team for Latin America
Bill Press, CNN, 7 September 2001
- Bush regime rife with nepotism
Helen Thomas, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 17 August 2001
- Bush staff's top salaries higher than in Clinton White House
Washington Post, 6 August 2001
- Bush's Latin America Nominations Reopen Wounds
Christopher Marquis, New York Times, 1 August 2001
- As political an administration as we've ever had
Mimi Hall, USA Today, 4 July 2001
- No free ride for Bush officials
Bill Press, CNN, 21 June 2001
- How Ethical is the Bush Administration Anyway?
Viveca Novak, Time, 21 June 2001
- Senate shift will likely stall Bush nominations
Laurence McQuillan, USA Today, 30 May 2001
- Far, Far From the Center
Bob Herbert, New York Times, 8 January 2001
- Bush fills key posts and meets his guru
Martin Kettle, The Guardian, 21 December
- Many on Right Are Urging No Compromise on Cabinet
Robin Toner, New York Times, 15 December
Ambassadors
Joseph Allbaugh: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
John Bolton: Undersecretary of State for arms control
John Bridgeman: Deputy Domestic Policy Adviser
Bruce Cole: National Endowment for the Humanities
Mitch Daniels: Office of Management and Budget
Thomas C. Dorr: Agriculture Department undersecretary for rural development
Mary Sheila Gall: Consumer Product Safety Commission
John Graham: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
J. Steven Griles: Deputy Secretary of the Interior
Wade F. Horn: Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services
Asa Hutchinson: Drug Enforcement Administration
Charles James: Justice Department's antitrust division
Peter Kirsanow — Civil Rights Commission
Frances P. Mainella: Park Service
Robert Mueller: FBI Director
Timothy J. Muris: Federal Trade Commission
Gen. Richard B. Myers: Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
John Negroponte: Ambassador to the United Nations
- Also see
Bush's political agenda: the United Nations (separate page)
- Our Man in Honduras
Stephen Kinzer, New York Review of Books, 20 September 2001
- Questions About John Negroponte
editorial, New York Times, 18 August 2001
- I Remember Negroponte
William Rivers Pitt, American Politics Journal, 27 July 2001
- Key senators blocking U.N. envoy confirmation
Bill Nichols, USA Today, 23 July 2001
- Honduran Past Stalls Bush Pick for U.N.
Marc Lacey, New York Times, 14 June 2001
Michael Parker: Assistant Army Secretary for Civil Works
Richard Perle: adviser to Donald Rumsfeld
- Richard N. Perle's Many Business Ventures Followed His Years as a Defense Official
David S. Hilzenrath, Washington Post, 24 May 2004
- Perle Lobbied for Boeing's Tanker Bid
Joshua Chaffin and Stephanie Kirchgaessner, Financial Times, 5 December 2003
- The gathering storm around Richard Perle
Eric Boehlert, Salon, 26 November 2003
- Perle Aided Satellite Maker Accused of Improper Technology Transfer
Stephen Labaton, New York Times, 28 March 2003
- Pentagon
Adviser Perle Is Also Advising Global Crossing
Stephen Labaton, New York Times, 20 March 2003
- Richard Perle, the armchair general
Eric Boehlert, Salon, 5 September 2002
- Anger at peace talks 'meddling'
Julian Borger, The Guardian, 13 July 2000
Harvey Pitt: Securities and Exchange Commission
- Harvey Pitt's former business clients now potential SEC minefield
Business Week, 22 July 2002
- S.E.C. Chief to Take Role in Cases of Former Clients
Stephen Labaton, New York Times, 18 July 2002
- Spitting out Pitt?
Anthony York, Salon, 9 July 2002
- Pitt alleged to discuss fraud investigation with former client
Stephen Labaton, New York Times, 5 May 2002
- S.E.C.'s Leader Evolves Slowly to Challenges After Enron
Stephen Labaton, New York Times, 3 May 2002
- S.E.C. Chief Strikes Back at His Critics
Stephen Labaton, New York Times, 22 March 2002
- After Enron: "Nothing Can Be Off the Table"
Business Week, 18 March 2002
- A Regulator with His Own Conflicts of Interest
Gary Weiss, Business Week, 4 February 2002
- Pitt's Accounting Fix Leaves a Lot Broke
Mike McNamee, Business Week, 4 February 2002
- Pension Chiefs Want Head of the S.E.C. to Withdraw
Leslie Wayne, New York Times, 5 February 2002
John Poindexter: Information Awareness Office
Michael Powell: Federal Communications Commission
Marc Racicot: Head of the Republican National Committee
Janet Rehnquist: Inspector General for Health and Human Services
Otto Reich: Assistant secretary of state for the Western Hemisphere
- Why We Should Celebrate the Resignation of Latin American Envoy Otto Reich
Max Paul Friedman, History News Network, 21 June 2004
- Otto J. Reich, Combative Point Man on Latin Policy
Christopher Marquis, New York Times, 18 April 2002
- Bush Official Is Seeking to Bar Entry to Corrupt Latin Officials
Christopher Marquis, New York Times, 13 March 2002
- Bush's decision to bring back Otto Reich exposes the hypocrisy of the war against terror
Duncan Campbell, Guardian (UK), 8 February 2002
- Public Diplomacy and Covert Propaganda
The National Security Archive2 March 2001
- Bush appointee linked to terrorism
Duncan Campbell, Guardian (UK), 28 November 2001
Gerald A. Reynolds: Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights
Thomas Ridge: Homeland Defense
Eugene Scalia: of the Labor Department
Donald R. Schregardus: Top enforcement officer for the Environmental Protection Agency
Hal Stratton: Consumer Product Safety Commission
Larry Thompson: Deputy Attorney General, head of corporate fraud task force
Michael Toner: Federal Elections Commission
Gaddi Vasquez: Peace Corps
John Walters: Drugs Czar
- A throwback drug czar
editorial, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 October 2001
- Bush's drugs boss is unfit for office, say civil rights groups
Duncan Campbell, The Guardian, 8 September 2001
- Bush Names a Drug Czar and Addresses Criticism
David E. Sanger, New York Times, 11 May 2001
- How Will Bush's Pick for Drug Czar Affect U.S. Policy?
Jessica Reaves and Elaine Shannon, Time, 10 May 2001
- Bush names "lock-em-up" advocate to top drug post
Associated Press (in USA Today), 10 May 2001
Thomas White: Secretary of the Army
- Thomas White may have perjured himself during Senate testimony
BBC, 8 October 2002
- In any other administration, Bush's scandal-plagued Army secretary would be history
Joshua Green, Washington Monthly, July 2002
- The Army Secretary's Duty Is to Resign
editorial, New York Times, 18 April 2002
- The White Stuff
Paul Krugman, New York Times, 12 April 2002
- Army Secretary Defends His Sale of Enron Stock
James Dao, New York Times, 28 March 2002
- White House Supports Official Who Kept Stock Options Till This Year
Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times, 8 March 2002
- Army Secretary's Enron Role Probed
Ellen Nakashima and Peter Behr, Washington Post, 18 February 2002
- For Executives of Enron Unit, the Skill Was in Leaving
Neela Banerjee with Shaila K. Dewan, New York Times, 15 February 2002
- Army Secretary Thomas White Denies Impropriety at His Former Enron Unit
James Dao, New York Times, 1 February 2002
- Army Secretary Should Testify Before Congress, Democrat Says
Alex Berenson with James Dao, New York Times, 26 January 2002
- Army Secretary Takes On Afghan, Enron Wars
John Hendren, Los Angeles Times (in CommonDreams), 26 January 2002
- Army Chief Being Challenged on Ties to Enron
Christopher Marquis, New York Times, 25 January 2002
- Former Enron executive to head homeland security
Houston Chronicle, 3 October 2001
Paul Wolfowitz: Deputy Defense Secretary
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