President Bush is expected to nominate former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik today to become the nation’s new Homeland Security director replacing Tom Ridge. One presidential adviser told the Washington Post that Kerik “brings 9/11 symbolism into the Cabinet.” Kerik was serving as commissioner at the time of the attacks. More recently he has spent time in Iraq helping to rebuild Iraq’s police force and he has worked as a consultant for former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s firm Giuliani Partners. Prior to becoming a New York police officer, he spent four years in Saudi Arabia overseeing security for the royal family. In one of his first moves after learning of his new job, Kerik had to sell off $5 million worth of stock in Taser, the stun gun manufacturer. Kerik, who has no experience working in Washington, will oversee the massive department that includes 22 former agencies and offices.