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Bush taps former New York city police chief to lead homeland security agency.
Byline: Frank James
Dec. 3--WASHINGTON -- President Bush was expected Friday to name the street-smart former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik to be the nation's new homeland security secretary.
Kerik, 49, a high school dropout who became an undercover narcotics detective and eventually rose to head the nation's largest police force, witnessed firsthand the horror of terrorism on U.S. soil. As the World Trade Center towers burned after Al Qaeda's Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Kerik was on the scene helping coordinate the emergency response.
An administration official confirmed Thursday evening that Kerik was the president's choice to succeed Secretary Tom Ridge, the first leader of the Homeland Security Department. Ridge announced this week he was resigning to devote more time to his family.
There were other moves in the top levels of the Bush administration Thursday as the Cabinet for the president's second term takes shape. Bush named…
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