More housecleaning at Homeland Security

They're dropping like flies.

The Department of Homeland Security appears likely to lose its No. 2 official within weeks of the departure of its No. 1.

James M. Loy, the department's deputy secretary, plans to stay until March 1 or until a successor is confirmed, the agency said yesterday. Secretary Tom Ridge, who announced his resignation from the Cabinet late last month, plans to leave by Feb. 1 if his replacement has been lined up. [emphasis original]

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Hopefully the Bush administration will find someone as "qualified" as Bernie Kerik for the post...