Hmmm. A blast from July of this year from the President's speeech in Chicago and Fitzgerald is mention. Here is an excerpt of his speech in July:
THE PRESIDENT: Yes, I think we had a reasonable chance of shooting it down. At least that's what the military commanders told me.Rick. Let's get a little local here, Ricky. Do you consider yourself local or national? Hybrid? Are you a hybrid?
Q It seems trendy --
THE PRESIDENT: Yes, very trendy. You're kind of a trendy guy. Got the gray shirt.
Q Thank you very much. Mr. President, the work of U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald in prosecuting alleged corruption is well-known here in Chicago, as well as nationally. It's my understanding that technically, he hasn't been reappointed to his position, and serves at your pleasure. Do you have any plans to formally reappoint him to the post, or any position at Department of Justice?
THE PRESIDENT: As a special prosecutor?
Q And would you give us your assessment of the job that he's doing?
THE PRESIDENT: I don't have any plans to reappoint him because I haven't thought about it. I will now think about it, now that you brought it up.The only -- I can give you an assessment of how I thought he handled the case in Washington. I haven't been following the cases here. I thought in Washington he handled the case with professionalism, he was very professional about it. You didn't see a lot leaks, you didn't see a lot of speculation, you didn't see a lot of people kind of dropping a little crumb here for the press to chew on.
And I really thought he handled himself well.
But as far as reappointing him as a special prosecutor, I don't know whether the Attorney General is going to do that, or not. That's his choice to make."For that and more, here is the complete White House transcript of the July 7 press conference in Chicago.
http://www.ilcampaign.org/blog/2006_07_01_archive.html
It would be really ashame if the White House wasted good talent like Fitz!
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The world is open to Patrick J. Fitzgerald. This time around it's his choice not the government. If they don't reappoint him then his career will grown on the bases of his talent and bringing down the one of the biggest crimes in history. The government has already lost some great Attorneys to the private sector. Money is great but when a DOJ attorney gives up most of his/her private life to fight for American justice then the White House allows the criminal to go free it's a question of what for. Fitz has given years to serving America and devoted so much energy it's time to look at what's outside and test the water who knows it just might be better and appreciated more.
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