Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Tom Ridge Steps Down

The pro-choice Tom Ridge has resigned his post as Secretary of Homeland Security.


Ridge, who has spent most of his adult life in public service, came home from Vietnam, earned a law degree and went into private practice in Pennsylvania. He later served as an assistant district attorney and ran for Congress in 1982.

Ridge was re-elected five times. He became the Pennsylvania governor in 1995, leaving the state capital in October 2001 after the White House called.


Ridge, the former Governor of Pennsylvania, appears to be too stressed of running the Lieberman-initiated Department. Cabinet members are dropping like flies, it seems.

Ridge joins the coontinually-growing list that includes Attorney General John Ashcroft, Commerce Secretary Donald Evans, Education Secretary Rod Paige, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman; Secretary of State Colin Powell and Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham.

President Bush has chosen as replacements:
National security adviser Condoleezza Rice for the State Department
White House counsel Alberto Gonzales for the Justice Department
Kellogg's CEO Carlos Guitierrez for Commerce
Margaret Spellings for Education

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