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Bush's War on Professionals
Unfortunately Pres. Bush's war on professionals has had domestic impacts as well as foreign impacts. Max Cleland, Georgia's US Senator, favored retention of civil service protections for employees of the agencies forming the Dept of Homeland Security. Cleland, a decorated Viet Nam vet, was attacked for lacking the "courage" to oppose "government unions and bureaucrats". When FEMA employees lost their protections, there was an exodus of professionals. Instead we got "Brownie" doing "a heck of a job". We lost a good US Senator and a major American city.