- Scott Palmer
Scott B. Palmer (born
November 22 1950 inHartford, Connecticut , USA) was the Chief of Staff to United States RepresentativeDennis Hastert (R-Illinois ), the formerSpeaker of the House in the U.S. House of Representatives.Palmer attended
Aurora University inAurora, Illinois [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/28/AR2005052801183.html Washington Post,May 29 2005 ] ] , from which he received a B.A. degree in history in 1972 and a Master's degree in management in 1983. From 1972 until 1984, he worked for Aurora University. [ [http://www.cantorforcongress.com/news/2006/june/chiefs_of_staff.htm Campaign and Elections, July 2006 via Eric Cantor's campaign website] (Link dead as of15 January 2007 )]Palmer was Hastert's Chief of Staff from Hastert's initial election to the U.S. House in 1986 until the former Speaker's retirement in 2007. He also worked on Hastert's campaign staff since Hastert's first run for the
Illinois House of Representatives in 1980. [ [http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/052306/news2.html "The Hill",May 23 2006 ] ]On
October 4 ,2006 , in the midst of theMark Foley scandal , Palmer publicly denied the assertion byKirk Fordham , the onetime Chief of Staff for former U.S. RepresentativeMark Foley , that Fordham had told Palmer about Foley's inappropriate contacts with male pages in 2003 or earlier and had asked Palmer to intervene. [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/06/AR2006100601888.html?nav=rss_email/components Washington Post,October 7 2006 ] ] Palmer released a statement that day that read, in full: "What Kirk Fordham said did not happen." [ [http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20061005/pl_usnw/statement_from_speaker_s_chief_of_staff_scott_palmer_to_speaker_hastert330_xml Yahoo News,October 4 2006 ] (Link dead as of15 January 2007 )]Palmer testified under oath in front of the
House Ethics Committee on October 23, 2006, regarding his knowledge of the Mark Foley scandal. [ [http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/washington/index.ssf?/base/washington-0/116165217018580.xml&storylist=washington Associated Press,October 23 2006 ] (Link dead as of15 January 2007 )]References
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