Topic: Resignations
May 8, 2009
Official responsible for scaring the pants off Manhattan gets the boot
The head of the White House Military Office is the fall guy for the president’s April 27 photo op that sent Air Force One on a low-flying mission over lower Manhattan with an F-16 in tow, scaring people on the ground who remember the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.
February 3, 2009
More tax troubles: Killefer withdraws
The woman President Obama appointed to head the new chief performance officer of the federal government withdrew her nomination after it was reported that she failed to pay employer taxes on her household help.
Nominating Daschle for HHS
As another of President Obama’s nominees to skip on paying taxes, Tom Daschle withdraws as HHS secretary nominee.