Bush Names Cheney Kin to Legal Post: "the president nominates individuals he believes are the best qualified for the job"

The New York Times > Washington > Bush Names Cheney Kin to Legal Post: "By ERIC LIPTON | Published: March 31, 2005

WASHINGTON, March 30 - President Bush has nominated the vice president's son-in-law, Philip J. Perry, as general counsel of the Homeland Security Department, where he would oversee 1,500 lawyers who work on legal matters like Coast Guard maritime laws and immigration.

Mr. Perry, who is married to Elizabeth Cheney, is leaving the Washington office of the Latham & Watkins law firm, where he was a partner, as well as a lobbyist for Lockheed Martin, one of the top 10 contractors for the Homeland Security Department."
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Lockheed Martin and its partners have won hundreds of millions of dollars worth of commitments in the last two years for products and services it sells, including a contract to train airport security screeners for the Transportation Security Administration.
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"The president," Ms. Perino said, "nominates individuals he believes are the best qualified for the job to serve the American people."