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On the recordJuly 18, 2002
President Bush has appointed many others from the corporate boardrooms, giving Americans the sense that the foxes are indeed guarding the henhouse.
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Jay Rockefeller
Democratic · West Virginia

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Criticizing President Bush's appointments from corporate backgrounds.

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