From the BBC:
The man chosen by President George W Bush to take over as the new US homeland security secretary has withdrawn his nomination.
The pull-out came after Mr Kerik uncovered tax and immigration problems relating to his employment of a nanny.
"I uncovered information that now leads me to question the
immigration status of a person who had been in my employ as a
housekeeper and nanny," he said in a statement."It has also been brought to my attention
that for a period of time, during such employment, required tax
payments and related filings had not been made."
That’s too bad. I personally think he would have done a great job. See previous posts for the why. Having listened to his lawyer on FoxNews this am, he apparently didn’t want to put his family nor the President (and President re-elect) through any sort of nasty confirmation hearings.
More at Blogs for Bush, and Poliblog has an article himself, as well as a good roundup of commenters
