Another nominee withdraws…

No,  not the incoherent and illogical Judge Sotomayor,  but the pick to be the Army’s top lawyer .     It appears Donald Remy referred to Fannie Mae not by name,  but as a “major U.C. company”,  a red flag of major proportions even if you aren’t in the Senate.

And the White House has made a mistake in refusing a request from Sen.  Chuck Grassley for all the exemptions it’s granted to Pres. Obama’s  ethics policy.    Grassley is now on a mission to see which high-level appointees received the waivers and why.     The administration is trying to ignore it,  pointing to the 4 waivers it has released,  often months after the hire,  but it looks bad for Obama’s claims of openness and transparency.    The good senator is a tenacious man,  and I expect this issue will pop up every other week and get coverage.