Christie was told that President Bush had decided to nominate him for appointment to his first political job , United States Attorney for New Jersey , on September 10 , 2001 . Ingle and Symons write that the appointee might have faced a political battle , but that the September 11 attacks made New Jersey 's Democratic senators , Jon Corzine and Robert Toricelli decide to give President Bush the personnel he wanted as the Bush administration worked to respond to Islamist terrorism
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
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