Where's Timoney Now? In D.C. Supporting Sotomayor

We all know Miami Police Chief John Timoney likes to get out of town every chance he gets, so he couldn't pass up the opportunity to meet Vice President Joe Biden and talk up President Obama's Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. "She's done all right for herself. She's the quintessential American...

By Kyle Munzenrieder

June 9, 2009

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We all know Miami Police Chief John Timoney likes to get out of town every chance he gets, so he couldn't pass up the opportunity to meet Vice President Joe Biden and talk up President Obama's Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.

"She's done all right for herself. She's the quintessential American story, from rags to riches," Timoney said.

Timoney, who also serves as head of the Police Executive Research Forum, went up for the presser with a bunch of other law enforcement bigwigs to demonstrate the sector's support for Sotomayor.

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