Re: Former Number Two Man at Health and Human Services Accuse...

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Thanks for the more indepth writings about Claude . He was the Number

Two Man at Health and Human Services? Who in the hell is running the ship?

I am sorry. I know KC hates politics on this board. But I have had it with

that Bozo in the White House. How many more of his cronies will have get

publicly brought to light that shows just how screwed up they are before anyone

takes action? I personally have come to the conclusion that Bush should be

impeached. This guy gets promoted from Health and Human services, even

after the Senate turns him down cold for a judge? Read his " queer " comment.

This administration seems to cruelly have an agenda to shut out and shut down

anyone who is not a Bible carrying Christian (in church, not business

practices). It is an administration built on greed and pious bigotry - and it

is

harming us all. This guy sounds like he is even nuttier than the rest of the

hypocrits.

Former Bush Aide Arrested for Theft

Claude , the former number two man at Health and

Human Services, is accused of bilking department stores out of thousands of

dollars in fraudulent return claims. (March 11)

Jan 06, 2005

Politics and Policy | Bush Appoints HHS Deputy Secretary

Claude as Domestic Policy Adviser

President Bush has named HHS Deputy Secretary Claude -

- who was twice denied a Senate confirmation vote when

President Bush nominated him for a federal judgeship -- as

his domestic policy adviser, White House Press Secretary

McClellan announced on Wednesday, the AP/Boston Globe

reports (Loven, AP/Boston Globe, 1/6). Bush nominated

for the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the spring of

2003 and again in January 2004. However, the nomination

started a battle in the Senate Judiciary Committee, and

Republicans were not able to vote to move the nomination to

the Senate floor. Comprehensive sex education advocates

have criticized for his support of abstinence-only

sex education. As HHS deputy secretary, has supported

doubling federal funding for abstinence-only education and

has said that encouraging teenagers to abstain from sexual

intercourse until marriage is the best way to prevent

pregnancy, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases

(Kaiser Daily Reproductive Health Report, 1/22/04). At the

closing of the 2003 National HIV Prevention Conference in

Atlanta, called for abstinence to be a " key pillar "

of HIV prevention programs aimed at young people in the

United States, which drew criticism from HIV advocates

attending the closing of the meeting. " Encouraging young

people and young adults to abstain is the only appropriate

initial strategy, " said, adding, " Delaying sexual

debut is the first message they should hear " (Kaiser Daily

HIV/AIDS Report, 7/31/03). " Claude has been a

valuable member of my administration since 2001, helping to

improve the health and welfare of all Americans, " Bush said

in a White House release, adding, " He is a dedicated public

servant and a tireless advocate for those in need. I look

forward to his continued service in this new role as my

domestic policy adviser " (White House release, 1/5).

will replace Margaret Spellings, who Bush nominated to be

secretary of education (Reuters, 1/5).

Blocked judicial pick is now Bush adviser

By Loven, Associated Press | January 6, 2005

WASHINGTON -- President Bush is bringing into the top ranks

of his White House staff another official he has been

unsuccessful in appointing to a federal appeals court.

Bush has chosen Claude , the Department of Health and

Human Services' number two official, to be his domestic

policy adviser, responsible for shaping all White House

proposals and decisions on domestic issues, press secretary

McClellan said yesterday.

Bush nominated to a federal appeals court, the Fourth

Circuit, based in Richmond, in April 2003 and again a year

ago, but the Senate never voted on 's nomination.

During his confirmation hearing, was questioned about

his use of the word ''queer " in 1984 when he was a press

aide to Senator Helms, Republican of North Carolina.

said he did not intend it as a slur against gay

people.

Bush's choice of -- the former health secretary in

Virginia and a lawyer in the Virginia attorney general's

office -- for the judgeship also upset land's two

senators because the position is typically held by a

lander.

Democrats blocked with filibusters 10 of Bush's 34 appeals

court nominees, including .

Another was Brett Kavanaugh, who was an associate White

House counsel when Bush nominated him in July 2003 to the

US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. That

court decides important government cases involving

separation of powers, the role of the federal government,

the responsibilities of federal officials, and the

authority of federal agencies.

Before joining the White House, Kavanaugh was a top lawyer

under independent counsel Starr during his

investigations of President Clinton.

As Kavanaugh's judicial nomination languished in the

Senate, Bush promoted him to White House staff secretary.

He oversees all paper that crosses the president's desk and

is often at Bush's side.

The White House has said Bush will soon renominate

Kavanaugh and others who did not get up-or-down votes on

their federal appeals court nominations, but not .

In other second-term White House personnel changes, Bush is

elevating communications director Dan Bartlett to a more

sweeping role in which he will add more policy formulation,

agenda implementation, and big-picture message planning to

his portfolio. Bartlett will serve as counselor, a title

that was suspended when left Bush's full-time

employ in 2002.

Taking Bartlett's place as communications director in

charge of the White House press operation will be Nicolle

Devenish, who filled the same role in the Bush-Cheney

presidential campaign last year, McClellan said.

The announcement leaves just two senior White House

positions unfilled as Bush gets closer to his Jan. 20

inauguration. Both posts' former occupants have taken on

larger duties -- former deputy chief of staff Harriet Miers

is Bush's new White House counsel and deputy national

security adviser Steve Hadley is becoming national security

adviser.

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-I'm with you

Sharon

-- In , snk1955@... wrote:

>

> Thanks for the more indepth writings about Claude . He was

the Number

> Two Man at Health and Human Services? Who in the hell is running

the ship?

> I am sorry. I know KC hates politics on this board. But I have

had it with

> that Bozo in the White House. How many more of his cronies will

have get

> publicly brought to light that shows just how screwed up they are

before anyone

> takes action? I personally have come to the conclusion that Bush

should be

> impeached. This guy gets promoted from Health and Human

services, even

> after the Senate turns him down cold for a judge? Read

his " queer " comment.

> This administration seems to cruelly have an agenda to shut out

and shut down

> anyone who is not a Bible carrying Christian (in church, not

business

> practices). It is an administration built on greed and pious

bigotry - and it is

> harming us all. This guy sounds like he is even nuttier than the

rest of the

> hypocrits.

>

> Former Bush Aide Arrested for Theft

>

> Claude , the former number two man at Health and

> Human Services, is accused of bilking department stores out of

thousands of

> dollars in fraudulent return claims. (March 11)

>

> Jan 06, 2005

> Politics and Policy | Bush Appoints HHS Deputy Secretary

> Claude as Domestic Policy Adviser

>

>

> President Bush has named HHS Deputy Secretary Claude -

> - who was twice denied a Senate confirmation vote when

> President Bush nominated him for a federal judgeship -- as

> his domestic policy adviser, White House Press Secretary

> McClellan announced on Wednesday, the AP/Boston Globe

> reports (Loven, AP/Boston Globe, 1/6). Bush nominated

> for the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the spring of

> 2003 and again in January 2004. However, the nomination

> started a battle in the Senate Judiciary Committee, and

> Republicans were not able to vote to move the nomination to

> the Senate floor. Comprehensive sex education advocates

> have criticized for his support of abstinence-only

> sex education. As HHS deputy secretary, has supported

> doubling federal funding for abstinence-only education and

> has said that encouraging teenagers to abstain from sexual

> intercourse until marriage is the best way to prevent

> pregnancy, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases

> (Kaiser Daily Reproductive Health Report, 1/22/04). At the

> closing of the 2003 National HIV Prevention Conference in

> Atlanta, called for abstinence to be a " key pillar "

> of HIV prevention programs aimed at young people in the

> United States, which drew criticism from HIV advocates

> attending the closing of the meeting. " Encouraging young

> people and young adults to abstain is the only appropriate

> initial strategy, " said, adding, " Delaying sexual

> debut is the first message they should hear " (Kaiser Daily

> HIV/AIDS Report, 7/31/03). " Claude has been a

> valuable member of my administration since 2001, helping to

> improve the health and welfare of all Americans, " Bush said

> in a White House release, adding, " He is a dedicated public

> servant and a tireless advocate for those in need. I look

> forward to his continued service in this new role as my

> domestic policy adviser " (White House release, 1/5).

> will replace Margaret Spellings, who Bush nominated to be

> secretary of education (Reuters, 1/5).

>

> Blocked judicial pick is now Bush adviser

> By Loven, Associated Press | January 6, 2005

>

> WASHINGTON -- President Bush is bringing into the top ranks

> of his White House staff another official he has been

> unsuccessful in appointing to a federal appeals court.

>

> Bush has chosen Claude , the Department of Health and

> Human Services' number two official, to be his domestic

> policy adviser, responsible for shaping all White House

> proposals and decisions on domestic issues, press secretary

> McClellan said yesterday.

> Bush nominated to a federal appeals court, the Fourth

> Circuit, based in Richmond, in April 2003 and again a year

> ago, but the Senate never voted on 's nomination.

> During his confirmation hearing, was questioned about

> his use of the word ''queer " in 1984 when he was a press

> aide to Senator Helms, Republican of North Carolina.

> said he did not intend it as a slur against gay

> people.

> Bush's choice of -- the former health secretary in

> Virginia and a lawyer in the Virginia attorney general's

> office -- for the judgeship also upset land's two

> senators because the position is typically held by a

> lander.

> Democrats blocked with filibusters 10 of Bush's 34 appeals

> court nominees, including .

> Another was Brett Kavanaugh, who was an associate White

> House counsel when Bush nominated him in July 2003 to the

> US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. That

> court decides important government cases involving

> separation of powers, the role of the federal government,

> the responsibilities of federal officials, and the

> authority of federal agencies.

> Before joining the White House, Kavanaugh was a top lawyer

> under independent counsel Starr during his

> investigations of President Clinton.

> As Kavanaugh's judicial nomination languished in the

> Senate, Bush promoted him to White House staff secretary.

> He oversees all paper that crosses the president's desk and

> is often at Bush's side.

> The White House has said Bush will soon renominate

> Kavanaugh and others who did not get up-or-down votes on

> their federal appeals court nominations, but not .

> In other second-term White House personnel changes, Bush is

> elevating communications director Dan Bartlett to a more

> sweeping role in which he will add more policy formulation,

> agenda implementation, and big-picture message planning to

> his portfolio. Bartlett will serve as counselor, a title

> that was suspended when left Bush's full-time

> employ in 2002.

> Taking Bartlett's place as communications director in

> charge of the White House press operation will be Nicolle

> Devenish, who filled the same role in the Bush-Cheney

> presidential campaign last year, McClellan said.

> The announcement leaves just two senior White House

> positions unfilled as Bush gets closer to his Jan. 20

> inauguration. Both posts' former occupants have taken on

> larger duties -- former deputy chief of staff Harriet Miers

> is Bush's new White House counsel and deputy national

> security adviser Steve Hadley is becoming national security

> adviser.

>

>

>