Stalwart Republican economists — like Martin Feldstein, a chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under Ronald Reagan, and Gregory Mankiw, who held the same job under George W. Bush — also favor raising taxes by closing loopholes.
Mr Heineman cites Cyrus Vance, secretary of state under Jimmy Carter, and James Baker, who did the same job under the first President George Bush as well as helping to install the second with his legal strategy in Florida.
Now, Christine Todd Whitman, head of the EPA under President George W. Bush, and Lisa Jackson, who held the same job under President Obama, have each called for government to mandate safer chemicals.
Mr. Levey, a Treasury under secretary who held the same job in the Bush administration, pointed out that the United States did far less business with Iran than did China or Europe; in the first quarter of this year, 0.02 percent of American exports went to Iran.
Notice that the French laws stipulate that a worker under a CDD has to be paid equally than a worker under a CDI for the same job.
Not only was Saakashvili minister of justice under Shevardnadze, but the thuggish Zurab Zhvania, the prime minister, had the same job under Shevardnadze, during which the worst abuses of power (now denounced) occurred.
In 1972, he was named transportation commissioner by Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller and served in the same job under Govs.
Ron Kaufman, who had the same job under the first President George Bush, said it would not be surprising for a White House to use political appointments to accomplish a political goal.
Old? The 29-year-old Applewhite was the nation's youngest offensive coordinator last season at Rice and now holds the same job under Nick Saban at Alabama, making him more whiz kid than old man.
Well, it is an old battle, though I suspect the people involved in the UKFC may come to be quietly invited back to do the same job under a different banner.
