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...“It’s my absolute honour to be in Congress, but I serve with some real scumbags,” said Tony Gonzales, a Texas Republican, before referring to his “neo-Nazi” primary challenger who is being backed by some...
...“We’re in an offensive strategy going after their incumbents, and they’re just trying to stop the bleeding at this point”, said Daniel Scarpinato, a spokesman for the National Republican Campaign Committee...
...Daniel Richman, a former federal prosecutor, says he expects Mr Holder to beconfirmed after some “appropriately pointed questions” on his role in the Clinton pardons....
...The department’s inspector-general is still reviewing allegations that the DoJ fired nine US attorneys for political reasons, a controversy that led to the resignation of Alberto Gonzales, former US attorney-general...
...This week, The New York Times reported that Alberto Gonzales, the since-departed attorney-general, approved a legal determination by the justice department’s office of legal counsel that “waterboarding”...
...Other Texan loyalists to have recently left the administration include Karl Rove, former White House political adviser, Alberto Gonzales, former attorney-general, and Harriet Miers, former White House counsel...
...Bush also complained personally in October to Mr Gonzales that some prosecutors had not aggressively pursued voter fraud....
...Bush on Wednesday said he had confidence in Mr Gonzales but added: “Mistakes were made. And I’m frankly not happy about them.”...
...It marks a stark change on a year ago, when Alberto Gonzales, the attorney-general, boldly asserted that the policy was justified by the President’s inherent constitutional authority as commander-in-chief...
...A justice department spokesman on Wednesday said Mr Gonzales had been expressing the legal opinion of the department and not US policy....
...She took over as top legal adviser from Alberto Gonzales when he became attorney general in February 2005....
...Ms Miers, 60, replaced Alberto Gonzales in February as the president's top legal adviser. For several months, her priority has been vetting potential Supreme Court nominees....
...One of the people Mr Bush passed over was his close friend, Alberto Gonzales, the attorney general. Some Republicans had questioned Mr Gonzales’ conservative credentials....
...He strongly defended Alberto Gonzales, his attorney-general, who is mooted as a potential nominee but has been criticised by conservative groups such as the Family Research Council, for not being conservative...
...No doubt Alberto Gonzales, the US attorney-general, will find a way round it: perhaps by dubbing the interventions "coercive aid projects" rather than combat operations. Lifelong Fallaci?...
...The Senate is to begin hearings today with Alberto Gonzales, attorney-general, testifying....
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