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...dragged on last spring and administrators still refused to negotiate with protesters, help came in the form of AFL-CIO General Counsel, Jon Hiatt, who played a significant role in negotiating the deal with Harvard that brought the students out of the building...
...understand how important it is to have a person who I can trust and whose judgment I trust to serve as the White House Counsel,” President Bush said at a press conference announcing Gonzales as the first Hispanic American to hold the prominent White House position. “Al is a man who has only one standard in mind when it comes to ethics, and that is the highest of high standards...
...strong legal background and connections to the Bush family led to his appointment in 1995 as general counsel to then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush, fulfulling similar duties to the ones he holds now at the White House...
...while Gonzales may have been a moderate on the Texas Supreme Court, as counsel to the President he has proven himself to be a unwavering advocate of Bush’s conservatism...
...While no one is exactly sure what the outcome of this investigation will be - the appointment of an independent counsel? a bone-dry memo? searing partisan accusations? the public shaming of former FBI director Louis Freeh? - its very existence appeals to Americans' sense of frustration, especially as new revelations of lapses surface. Everyone, including the President, the public and each member of the congressional panel wants to know: how did so much crucial information slip through our intelligence channels? And how in the world can we keep that from happening again...