Seattle police chief to become nation's drug czar

Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske has accepted a job as the nation's drug czar in the Obama administration.... Kerlikowske, who was appointed Seattle chief in 2000 by then-Mayor Paul Schell, had worked the previous two years as deputy director of the Justice Department's community-oriented policing division during the Clinton administration. Sources said Kerlikowske established ties in Washington, D.C., and has a strong relationship with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who served as deputy attorney general during the Clinton years....