Multimillionaire Bush cabinet draws attention to wealth
The AP reports that most of Bush’s cabinet nominees are wealthy with six figure nets. Rumsfeld’s 94 page disclosure shows up to 30 million in Gilead Sciences stock and holdings across farmland and boards including Allstate Amylin Kellogg and Sears. Other nominees like Ashcroft Evans Paige and O Neill hold millions in stock options real estate and mutual funds.
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Office of Government Ethics
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Tom Brown Inc
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Paul O’neill
Alcoa Inc
Alcoa
John Ashcroft
Charles Lewis
Center For Public Integrity
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Gilead Sciences
Gilead
New Mexico
Allstate
Amylin Pharmaceuticals
Gulfstream Aerospace
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Ashcroft
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Wisconsin
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Microsoft
Schering Plough
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Office of Management and Budget
Mitch Daniels
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Merck & Co
Environmental Protection
Christine Todd Whitman
New Jersey
Colin Powell
Interior
Gale Norton
Agriculture
Ann Veneman
Energy
Spencer Abraham
Lewis
Bush seeks ethical standards as new administration begins
President Bush meets with Powell and staff on his first full day, stressing ethics and accountability. He urges colleagues to confront improper conduct and plans weekly meetings with Powell while Laura Bush, Cheney, and Card stand by. Cheney warns aides to serve the American people and Bush, as Clinton faces Lewinsky fallout looms in the backdrop. Bush outlines education reform talks and a $1.6 trillion tax plan, pressed by Gramm and Miller, with vouchers debated but not prioritized.
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Congress lays out own education plans amid Bush agenda
WASHINGTON Congress members mainly oppose Bush's push for yearly testing and private-school vouchers as they unveil alternative K 12 education plans. Leaders like Tom Daschle Kay Bailey Hutchison and Chris Dodd advocate increased funding for Head Start after school programs and support for failing schools while stressing accountability with resources.
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