上一任署长是布什在得克萨斯州的得力亲信，而现任署长曾担任过法官署署长，以及国际阿拉伯马协会干事，并在那里由于“管理失误”被要求辞职。
The past director was one of Bush’s Texas political cronies, and the current director’s qualifications include a stint as commissioner for judges and stewards with the International Arabian Horse Association, where he was asked to resign for “supervision failures.”