Not exact matches
If only he didn't keep stocking the agencies and authorities with hacks... if his 10 % cut to State govt was not directed at the civil service schlubs and instead
involved real consolidation and elimination of redundant bureaucracies and deadwood management
political appointees, I'd be pretty satisfied.
The degree to which
political appointees were
involved in hand - picking reviewers is not clear.
Many scientists have said that things got markedly worse through two terms under President Bush, as strings of incidents showed how
political appointees were
involved in shaping government reports on everything from climate to condoms.
The new EPA
political appointees involved in climate policy were apparently screened on the basis of their views on climate policy.