Anne C. Mulkern reports in “When advocates become regulators” in the Denver Post that President Bush has appointed more than 100 officials in his administration who were once lobbyists, lawyers, or spokespeople for the industries they now oversee on behalf of the citizenry.
Although a White House spokesman said that administration officials “must abide by strict legal and ethical guidelines…” Mulkern points out that six administration officials have been subjects of ethics investigations or resigned after being charged with conflicts of interest and that at least 14 more are singled-out by public-interest groups.
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