It would be difficult, for example, to tell the story of Barack Obamas first 100 days without mentioning Tom Daschle. Or Bill Clintons without mentioning Zoe Baird. Or George H.W. Bushs without mentioning John Tower.
Date: Apr 24, 2017
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
No style points in GOP push to break logjam on Cabinet picks
President Clinton burned through two attorney general nominations in 1993 before settling on Janet Reno. Both of Clintons picks, Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood, also had household worker employment problems.
First, he nominated lawyer Zoe Baird. When word leaked that she had hired people in the U.S. illegally as household workers and failed to pay their Social Security taxes, Clinton blamed a slipshod review process. Next, he settled on federal Judge Kimba Wood. Her nomination never went forward after t
Date: Feb 16, 2017
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Labor nominee Puzder admits to employing a housekeeper who was in the US illegally
Employing an immigrant who is in the country illegally sank President Clintons nominationof Zoe Baird to be attorney general in 1993 and then led a possible replacement, Kimba Wood, to withdraw from consideration.
Date: Feb 07, 2017
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Watchdog Says US Transparency Rating May Be Endangered
Cabinet nominees have historically undergone intense scrutiny. In 1993, Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood, two of then-President Bill Clintons choices for attorney general, failed the confirmation process following media revelations they had employed undocumented migrants as nannies.
Date: Jan 27, 2017
Category: World
Source: Google
The Daily 202: Liberal disappointment with Obama will fade over time
Bill Clinton is now remembered fondly by Democrats for presiding over a pre-9/11 period of peace and prosperity, but so many liberals were despondent during his tenure about everything from throwing Zoe Baird under the bus at the beginning to pardoning Marc Rich at the end as well as shepherding t
Date: Jan 10, 2017
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Janet Reno, first female US attorney general, dies at 78
Reno, the daughter of Miami newspaper reporters, was plucked from the trenches of Floridas criminal justice system only after Clintons first two candidates for the job as the nations chief law enforcement officer corporate lawyer Zoe Baird and federal judge Kimba Wood were upended by question
Date: Nov 07, 2016
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
My Gen X Hillary problem: I know why we don't “like” Clinton
To make matters worse, the next year gave us Nannygate. Zoe Baird, Clintons nominee for attorney general, and the first woman to be nominated for the position, was forced to remove her name from consideration after it was revealed that she had hired a nanny off the books. The woman named to replace