Chris Christie (R) Fires Education Commissioner Bret Schundler For Deceiving Him on 'Race to The Top' Presentation

Christie (R) defended him and attack the federal government, able to forgive a simple mistake. Deceit on the other hand was not, and cannot, be tolerated. That is what led to his firing; though Christie's critic of the federal government still holds.

http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20100827/UPDATES01/100827035/BREAKING-Gov-Christie-fires-Schundler-over-Race-to-the-Top-grant-gaffe

"Christie had defended Schundler on Wednesday and blamed the U.S. Education Department for considering form over substance. Christie said this week that Schundler gave the federal government the missing information during a meeting in Washington this month. But a video released Thursday by the federal Education Department shows that wasn't the case.

"I was extremely disappointed to learn that the videotape of the Race to the Top presentation was not consistent with the information provided to me by the New Jersey Department of Education and which I then conveyed to the people of New Jersey," Christie said in a statement Friday. "As a result, I ordered an end to Bret Schundler's service as New Jersey's Education Commissioner and as a member of my administration."

In an interview at his Jersey City home Friday, Schundler responded that he gave the governor's staff the right story."