Henry Kissinger told President Bush on Friday that he would not serve as chairman of a new commission investigating last year's terrorist attacks because he did not want to liquidate his lucrative international consulting firm to take the position.
Bush's appointment of the former secretary of state, announced 16 days ago, was controversial from the start. Kissinger had come under increasing pressure to step aside -- even before all the members of the commission had been named -- because critics questioned whether his continued connections to his firm would pose a conflict.
{"ask not what your country can do for you...." was that it? no wait......I'd like to help but.....well I've got this thing going.....the money's way large and... uhm ...well you know. but hey, you know, if I had some free time....}
