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>> IN THOSE DAYS, MY OLDEST BOY, HENRY AND I,
WORKED IN SHOP EVERY DAY.
JUST ENOUGH GOODS TO KEEP GOING.
BUT, WE HAD BIG PLANS FOR THE FUTURE AND WE KNEW
WE HAD A LOT TO LEARN.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED WAS THE RELATION BETWEEN
OUR BUSINESS AND THE PRESIDENT 'S CABINET.
>> HOW DID WE GO ABOUT SETTING UP A SOUTH AMERICAN MARKET?
CAN WE GET ANY HELP FROM THE GOVERNMENT?
>> WE HAVE TO WRITE A LETTER --
>> I DID WRITE A LETTER BUT YOU WOULDN'T LET ME MAIL IT.
>> OF COURSE NOT.
LOOK AT THE ADDRESS.
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
HA !
>> WELL, WHAT IS SO WRONG ABOUT THAT?
>> YES WHAT IS WRONG?
>> WELL, THE THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT OFFICES WE GOT TO SEND
OUR LETTER TO THE RIGHT ONE.
>> WE'LL GO ON WITH OUR WORK, BUT YOU EXPLAIN IT TO MARY.
SO WE'LL ALL UNDERSTAND.
>> ALL RIGHT, DAD.
COME OVER HERE, MARY.
>> LOOK, THIS BOOK WILL HELP, IT'S THE GOVERNMENT MANUAL.
HERE, THE THREE BRANCHES OF OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARE,
LEGISLATIVE, JUDICIAL, AND EXECUTIVE.
>> WE SHOULD ALL STUDY THIS CHART.
>> PUT YOUR HANDS DOWN.
>> HENRY, YOU WENT TO SCHOOL, YOU TELL SOME OF
THE EXECUTIVES OF DEPARTMENTS.
>> LET'S SEE THERE IS THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
STATE, TREASURY, POST OFFICE, QUITE A FEW.
AND THE HEADS OF THE DEPARTMENTS MAKE UP
THE PRESIDENT 'S CABINET.
>> THE PRESIDENT 'S CABINET.
I DON'T SEE THAT ON THE CHART.
WE ARE LIKE THE PRESIDENT AND HIS CABINET, EH?
>> NOW POLITICAL INFLUENCE IN HIRING AT
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
WE BEGIN WITH SOME BACKGROUND.
>> THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REPORT MAKES CLEAR AIDS TO FORMER
ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBERTO GONZALES,
BROKE THE LAW BY USING POLITICAL CRITERIA IN HIRING DECISIONS.
THE 140-PAGE INDEPENDENT REPORT STEMS FROM THE INVESTIGATION
INTO THE FIRING OF EIGHT
U.S. ATTORNEYS IN 2006.
TODAY'S REPORT FOCUSES ON THE HIRING OF CAREER PROSECUTORS AND
IMMIGRATION JUDGES AND POINTS TO THE ACTIONS OF TWO AIDS
IN PARTICULAR.
KYLE SAMSON, THE FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF TO GONZALES AND MONICA
GOODLING, SHE WAS THE CHIEF LIAISON BETWEEN THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT AND THE WHITE HOUSE.
GOODLING WAS QUESTIONED ABOUT HER ROLE IN HIGHERING CAREER
ATTORNEYS AT A HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MEETING LAST YEAR.
>> -- WITH ANY LAWS THAT YOU COULD HAVE BROKEN,
BY TAKING POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS INTO ACCOUNT,
QUOTE, ON SOME OCCASIONS?
>> THE BEST I CAN SAY IS THAT I KNOW THAT I TOOK POLITICAL
CONSIDERATIONS INTO ACCOUNT ON SOME OCCASIONS.
>> WAS THAT LEGAL?
>> SIR, I'M NOT ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
I KNOW I CROSSED THE LINE.
>> WHAT LINE?
LEGAL?
>> I CROSSED THE LINE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES.
>> TODAY'S REPORT EXPANDS ON GOODLING'S ADMISSION,
SAYING SHE IMPROPERLY SUBJECTED CANDIDATES FOR CERTAIN CAREER
POSITIONS TO THE SAME POLITICALLY-BASED EVALUATION
SHE USED ON CANDIDATES FOR POLITICAL POSITIONS.
IN VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW AND DEPARTMENT POLICY.
THE REPORT ALSO FOUND GOODLING AND SAMSON SCREENED CANDIDATES
BY RESEARCHING THEIR POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND
VOTER REGISTRATION RECORDS.
>> AND HERE ARE THE PRINCIPALS THAT I THE DRAW FROM.
NUMBER ONE, COMPETENCE.
ALL RIGHT?
NO MORE, NO MORE FOLKS WHO WERE CHARGE OF -- NO MORE
ARABIAN HORSE JUDGES IN CHARGE OF FEMA.
NUMBER TWO, IS INTEGRITY.
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN PUBLIC SERVICE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PUBLIC
SERVICE AND NOT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GET RICH.
SO I -- THE THIRD THING, WHICH I THINK IN SOME WAYS IS -- IS THE
BIGGEST MISSING INGREDIENT OUT OF THIS WHITE HOUSE
IS INDEPENDENCE.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT -- I VOTED AGAINST ROBERTO GONZALES,
AT THE TIME SOME PEOPLE ASKED ME, WHY IS THAT?
I SAID, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS THAT HE THINKS
HE'S THE PRESIDENT 'S LAWYER.
BUT THAT'S NOT THE JOB OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
THE JOB OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS TO BE THE PEOPLE'S LAWYER.