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U.S. President George W. Bush nominated Bernard B. Kerik, the police commissioner of the  during the , to succeed Tom Ridge as the .

Kerik resigned as police commissioner two months following the terrorist attacks, citing the desire to spend more time with his family, 
but has since kept a very high profile.  Following the invasion of Iraq, he chose to lead the training of Iraqi law enforcement.  He campaigned for President George W. Bush in the  and delivered a prime time speech at the .

Among other security qualifications, he has served in the , as narcotics detective in the NYPD and as private security worker in .

Kerik faces the daunting task of running the DHS, an agency assembled from 22 other agencies with over 180,000 employees.