Andrew Card Resigns as White House Chief of Staff
White House Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr. announced his resignation this morning after nearly 5-1/2 years as President Bush’s top aide. Bush said Card will be replaced by Joshua B. Bolten, the director of the Office of Management and Budget.
It is time for a little White House shake-up, although the degree to which Bolten represents someone who can do some of that shaking up is unclear.
Here’s some info on Bolten:
Bolten served as deputy White House chief of staff in Bush’s first term and then was moved over to head the budget office at a time when spending on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as Medicare benefits and the recovery from Hurricane Katrina pushed up deficits. In an attempt to deal with the new spending demands, Bolten oversaw two consecutive budgets that actually cut overall non-security discretionary domestic spending. But many Republicans in Congress have complained that the administration has not done enough to tighten the federal belt.Sphere: Related Content
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March 28th, 2006 at 10:34 am
Daughter predicted his resignation after hearing him talk to her internship class back in November. He sounded tired and not too happy. However, he was very friendly to the class and spend a lot of time talking with them.
March 28th, 2006 at 10:36 am
It has to be an exhausting and stressful job. There’s a reason that the average tenure in the position is something like 2.5 years.