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President Bush nominated Harvard Law School alum Alberto R. Gonzales to serve as the first Hispanic U.S. attorney general Wednesday, just one day after the controversial John Ashcroft stepped down from his post as the nation’s top law enforcement official...
Experts said Gonzales is all but certain to win Senate confirmation. “Because so many people were discontent with Ashcroft, Gonzales ought to win relatively easy approval,” said Barry C. Burden, an associate professor of government...
...short list to replace John Ashcroft as Attorney General? President Bush has made little secret of his choice: Georgia lawyer Larry Thompson, an African American who worked as Ashcroft?s chief deputy for 21⁄2 years but left because he was feeling ignored and cut out. Bush has twice asked Thompson to travel with him around the country and has even said in public that he will soon be asking Thompson to return to government. Thompson is believed to prefer the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), but he?s unlikely to turn down the Attorney General...
...senior officers that they would have to fight the coalition without biological, chemical or nuclear weapons. But the story also said that "military officers lied about their preparedness," which led Saddam to miscalculate Iraq's ability to deter an invasion. Was Saddam the duper or the duped? Ermes Culos Ashcroft, Canada...
...three years, our nation has been blessed. But the hand of Providence has been assisted by the Justice Department." JOHN ASHCROFT, U.S. Attorney General, in a speech to the Washington, D.C., Chamber of Commerce, on why the country hasn't suffered a terrorist attack since Sept...