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Star Tribune"My job is to call it like it is," said the chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), who tied the Aug. 1 catastrophe not to corrosion and improper maintenance, but to a design failure in the bridge's original construction. "We deal in facts, analysis and science. Politics, in any way, shape or form, does not enter into the decisions we make."
Rosenker, 61, brought a lifetime of experience in the military, electronics, communications and politics when President Bush appointed him to the safety board in 2003. By then, he had worked on most of the Republican presidential campaigns since Richard Nixon's 1972 reelection.
When he was sworn in as board chairman in 2006, Vice President Dick Cheney credited him with overseeing some of "those secure, undisclosed locations where I've been known to spend some of my time."
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Politics have long been a little more than peripheral in Rosenker's career. Before his appointment to the NTSB, he worked as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Military Office. That's where he worked closely with Cheney.
Alongside his 37 years in reserve and active duty the Air Force, Rosenker spent 23 years lobbying for the Electronic Industries Alliance.
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Controversy has been that this very loyal GOPer made public the preliminary findings of his team. Findings which of course averts all blame from Bush Admin's infrastructure maintenance program and puts the blame on original bridge design.