I think that is starting to show here now in jobs where the administration would like to have some quality and would like to have some expertise.
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You can go through it and select the position and the title that you might like to have, like the associate deputy under secretary of interior.
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There may be some pattern here that has to do with the fact that Bush has spent a lot of time in New Jersey and New York dealing with Sept. 11, ... And Bush is the kind of president who tends to appoint people that he knows and likes.
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