It’s time for business to fight for Bersin

Washington Notebook

Friday, September 23, 2011

Washington Notebook By Eric Kulisch The clock is ticking on Alan Bersin’s short tenure as commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Unless the Senate confirms him by the end of the year he is finished -- at least one year sooner than necessary depending on the outcome of the 2012 presidential election. Bersin’s in this predicament because President Obama used the recess appointment process to install him on an interim basis in March 2010, when the Senate Finance Committe...

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