Top Scientist Rails Against Hirings

Another tale of Republican nepotism. Qualifications.....naaahhhhh.
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by: Juliet Eilperin and Carol D. Leonnig, The Washington Post

Oceanographer and Climate scientist James McCarthy, in a critique of Bush administration shifting political appointees into career positions claims, "It's ludicrous to have people who do not have a scientific background, who are not trained and skilled in the ways of science, make decisions that involve resources, that involve facilities in the scientific infrastructure." (Suzanne Kreiter / Globe Staff)

Bush appointees land career jobs without technical backgrounds.

The president of the nation's largest general science organization yesterday sharply criticized recent cases of Bush administration political appointees gaining permanent federal jobs with responsibility for making or administering scientific policies, saying the result would be "to leave wreckage behind."