European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Pages stars and stripes Mideast edition april 2007 in the states Bush considers naming War Czar report three retired four stars declined consideration for position late launch the associated press Washington the White House is considering naming a High powered official to oversee the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and report directly to president Bush and National Security adviser Stephen the goal would be to improve the coordination of military and civilian efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan by different parts of the the Washington Post reported that the White House has approached at least three retired fourstar generals in recent but they have declined to be considered for the National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said wednesday the White House has sought advice from a number of people but that no one has been offered the the most senior White House official responsible exclusively for the wars is Meghan a Deputy National Security adviser who re ports to she has announced she is present ing an Opportunity for the White House to rethink How it manages study terror taking Fri off other cases the associated press Seattle the Bush administrations refocusing of the Fri in the Wake of the 2001 terrorist attacks has left far fewer agents to target certain White Collar crime cases in the the Seattle Post intelligencer reported More than five years after the the Justice department has failed to replace at least agents who were detailed to focus on the newspapers the switch has led to thou Sands of White Collar criminals nationwide who Are no longer prosecuted in Federal the newspaper this Trade off has been said Charles who retired four years ago As special agent in charge in but do the american people know this Trade off has been made the newspaper said its six month investigation Analysed More than cases handled by Fri agents and Federal prosecutors before and after among the key findings the number of criminal cases investigated by the Fri nationally has steadily in the Bureau brought slightly More than cases to Federal compared with about in a 34 percent Fri investigations of White Collar crime also have in the Fri sent prosecutors a Frac Tion of the More than cases assigned to agents in had the Fri continued investigating financial crimes at the same rate As it had before the Ter ror about More White Collar criminals would be behind according to the newspapers which was based on Justice department data from 1996 through june the the White House is looking into creating a higher profile Posi Tion that would have the full time focus on implementing and executing the recently completed strategic reviews for both Iraq and Johndroe this position would report directly to the president As Well As Steve Hadley and have representatives in the offices or the secretaries of state and defense in order to Speed up and make More efficient the implementation of these presidential spokeswoman Dana Perino refused to say whether anyone had turned Down the i will stress to you that there have been no decisions about any possible change in there has been no list of Candi dates that been narrowed its an idea that is one very much in the democrats poked fun at the White House for searching for an official to oversee the someone needs to Tell Steve Hadley that position is its the commander in unless the decides become the Dele a said Rahm Mike from left freshmen Rashidat Myia Brittany Epiphany Prince and Dee Dee Jernigan from Rutgers women basketball team listen As coach Vivian Stringer Speaks at a news conference in on exp Aagep head Calls for Imus firing by David Crary the associated press new York Bruce former head of the a act and a director of lbs said wednes Day the broadcasting company needs a Zero Toler Ance policy on racism and Hopes talk show Host Don Imus is fired for his demeaning remarks about the mostly Black Rutgers women basketball Hes crossed the Hes violated our commune Gordon said in a Telephone interview with the associated he needs to face the Conse Quence of that a longtime telecommunications exec stepped Down in March after 19 months As head of the National association for the Advance ment of coloured one of the Foremost civil rights he said he had spoken with lbs chief executive Leslie Moonves and hoped the after re viewing the would make the smart Deci Sion by firing Imus rather than letting him return to the air at the end of a two week suspension begin Ning next we should have a Zero tolerance policy when it comes to what i see As racist behave Gordon the Imus comments go beyond maybe he thought it was but that not what there has to be a consequence for that Gordon said that As a matter of firing Imus should be an easy decision to though he respects the right of lbs leadership to consider All including Legal and financial Imus triggered the uproar on his april 4 when he referred to the Rutgers players As Nappy headed his comments have been widely denounced by civil rights and women and two Staples and Procter Gam ble have pulled their Adver Tising from the radio because of the recent com ments that were made on the program it did prompt us to take a look at our decision to advertise on the program and we have decided to Stop Advertis Staples spokesman Paul Capili said tuesday once we became aware of the we sort of stepped Back and took a look at he declining to Dis close the Dollar amount of the advertising we we rent on today and Are not planning on being on going Imus has apologized repeatedly for his he said tuesday he haunt been thinking when Mak ing a joke that went Way too he also said that those who called for his firing without knowing his philanthropic work or what his show was about would be making an ill informed Gordon space shuttle Atlantis streaks into the sky in Nasa managers said tuesday that they were pleased with the Progress of Atlantis repairs but that the new launch Date would be no earlier than june 8 a nearly three month Mccain assails dems for Iraq timetable Republican presidential contender John Mccain on wednesday called the fou year Iraq conflict Neces sary and just and accused Antiwar including their leading White House of reckless struggling to reinvigorate his troubled presidential also criticized presi Dent Bush for initially going to War without a plan to Suc but the decorated War hero staunchly backed the commander in chiefs recent troop increase and said Bush is right to veto legis lation that places conditions on the bid to hang portrait of King in Capitol fails Atlanta a bid to hang Cor Etta Scott Kings portrait in georgias Capitol died in committee on prompting the state lawmaker pushing the proposal to liken the move to Don Imus slur about the Rutgers University women basketball its just like calling King a Nappy headed Roberta Abdulsalam told re porters after the the comments came after the three member House special rules committee declined to move the proposal state Calvin the committees Republican called Abdul Salaam comments an from the associated press Mccain