Word: kimba
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pundits were already writing us off. They were saying we weren't ready for the big leagues. Gays, Zoe Baird, Kimba Wood. And then lately, Lord Owen on Bosnia and Colin Powell's retirement. Seemed like an unending streak of bad news...
...Baird debacle, officials vowed there would be no premature announcement, no surprise about illegal aliens, no misreading of public sentiment. So, while staff members completed their check of candidates for the post of Attorney General, the White House floated the name of New York Federal District Judge Kimba Wood to coax any opposition out into the open. When none emerged, word leaked from the White House that the Wood nomination was almost a sure thing. Then last Friday night came the awful deja vu. Again, a woman withdrew her name from consideration for the post. Again, the conflict involved...
Burned once by his hasty pick of Zoe Baird, President Clinton awaited results of a full background check before announcing his near certain choice for U.S. Attorney General: New York Federal Judge Kimba Wood. Surprise! On Friday what should appear but another illegal-alien baby-sitter. Wood explained that when she hired the woman from Trinidad in 1986, it was not unlawful. "I made all required filings and payments," said Wood, and the baby-sitter became a legal resident in 1987. No matter. With a push from a jittery White House, Wood withdrew her name. (See related story on page...
...this is not a license to reject law-abiding and respectable citizens like Kimba Wood. By many accounts, Wood could have been a fantastic attorney general. A Federal District Judge since 1988, she has a reputation for toughness that she earned by sentencing Michael Milken to 10 years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to six counts of fraud...
Unfortunately, a spineless overreaction to the Baird fiasco prevented Clinton from nominating Wood. That decision is a political setback for Clinton's administration, an unfortunate loss for the country and a grievous injustice to Kimba Wood...