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...question of week seems to be this: Was Marta Mercato actually working for Linda Chavez? Or was Chavez simply being friendly? If Mercato was working for Chavez, were any laws broken...
Labor Secretary-designate Linda Chavez withdrew her nomination Tuesday, saying she did not want any controversy to distract from President-elect George W. Bush's transition team. Chavez has faced increasing scrutiny for hosting an illegal Guatemalan immigrant 10 years ago - and paying her undisclosed sums of money for unspecified "chores" around the house...
...George W. Bush's first choice, Linda Chavez, withdrew from consideration Tuesday afternoon at a highly unusual press conference in which she introduced immigrants she had helped over the years. Citing recent allegations of harboring and employing Marta Mercato, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, Chavez announced she'd become "a distraction" and asked Bush to take her out of the running for the Cabinet post...
...Bush camp kept well out of the fray before and during the announcement, only releasing a brief statement after Chavez stepped offstage. "Linda is a good person with a great deal of compassion. I am disappointed that Linda Chavez will not become our nation's secretary of labor," read the statement from the President-elect. Asked if Bush had asked for her resignation, Chavez answered quickly. "At no time was I ever asked by the campaign to withdraw my name...
...will the withdrawal of Linda Chavez as labor secretary nominee affect the Bush team's transition plans...