Old Texas Friends "Rewarded With Plum Jobs" For Loyalty To Bush

The New York Times SHERYL GAY STOLBERG February 20, 2007 08:10 PM

Israel Hernandez was a fresh-faced college graduate from the Texas border town of Eagle Pass in the summer of 1993 when he landed a job in Dallas as the personal aide to the part-owner of the Texas Rangers George W. Bush.

Together, they spent months driving the dusty back roads of the Lone Star State to promote the team, Mr. Hernandez behind the wheel of Mr. Bush's Lincoln Town Car.

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