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The itch of incompetence. So who should be the new Secretary of the Navy? How about an executive vice president of General Dynamics? Check.

Need to nominate a director to the board of the United States Institute of Peace? How does an anti-Muslim racial profiler sound? Perfect.

President Bush will nominate Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Gordon England to be Secretary of the Navy, the White House said on Friday.

The White House also said in a statement that Bush had signed the recess appointment of Daniel Pipes to the board of directors of the United States Institute of Peace, a controversial decision because Pipes has been accused of being anti-Muslim.

England, who has served previously as Navy secretary, replaces Bush's previous Navy nominee, oil executive Colin McMillan, who committed suicide in July.

He is a former executive vice president of General Dynamics Corporation.

Pipe's pending appointment has generated controversy because some Muslim-Americans and Democrats in Congress accuse him of defending racial and religious profiling.

Pipes has also suggested that mosques in America should be targets of police surveillance.

Once again, the least beneficial and most inflammatory choices are brought to you by Preparation W.

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