Most recently, the graduate of Texas A&M's George H.W. Bush School of
Government served as aide-de-camp to senior White House adviser Karl
Rove.


From The New York Daily News, 6/24/05:

Out of the closet & into sub-Cabinet?


President Bush isn't letting potential howls from the Christian right
stop him from nominating an openly gay man as assistant secretary of
commerce.

Just in time for Pride Week, Bush has tapped longtime aide Israel
Hernandez for the post, which also carries the title of director
general of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service.

The 35-year-old Republican go-getter has been a Bush acolyte since the
President's 1994 campaign for governor of Texas.

(Among Hernandez's duties was supplying the candidate with breath
mints, prompting Dubya to dub him "Altoid Boy.")

Most recently, the graduate of Texas A&M's George H.W. Bush School of
Government served as aide-de-camp to senior White House adviser Karl
Rove.

One source tells us Hernandez waited until Bush was sworn in for a
second term to formally tell him he is gay.

By then, says a source, he'd brought his partner to several official
events.

Hernandez appeared yesterday before the Senate Commerce, Science and
Transportation Committee.

Asked by Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) if he'd like to introduce anyone,
Hernandez mentioned his sister, mother and father.

Mike Rogers, whose blogactive.com covers gay political issues, was
disappointed that Hernandez didn't mention his partner.

"You know, if he were married to a woman and she was there, he would
specifically mention her," Rogers told us.

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Hmmmmmmm

Harry