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...other Republicans questioned Gonzales before lunch and they were easier on him. Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas simply ran down the list of ousted U.S. attorneys, asking why they had been fired. Gonzales delivered his well-practiced responses. Sen. Orrin Hatch provided the kind of leading questions that are designed to help a witness dig himself out of hole. Gonzales tentatively took the opportunity. After a mid-morning break Sen. Cornyn, an old colleague of Gonzales' from Texas, was equally deferential...
...believe that anyone involved in this process sought the removal of a U.S. attorney for an improper reason," Gonzales asserted. "I firmly believe that these dismissals were appropriate." But he did not offer specifics about any of the firings, and specifics seem likely to dominate Tuesday's Senate hearings. Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the top Republican on the committee, said yesterday that Gonzales has a "steep hill to climb" to keep his job, noting that, "He's going to be successful, in my opinion, only if he deals with the [specific] facts...
Usually, Institute of Politics Director Jeanne Shaheen is the one trying to persuade out-of-work politicians to return to the podium. Now, national political leaders are courting her. Shaheen met recently with Democratic campaign leaders to discuss a possible 2008 run against Republican Sen. John E. Sununu, her former rival in an unsuccessful 2002 Senate bid, The New Hampshire Union Leader reported this week. If she decides to run, the race could immediately become one of the 2008 cycle’s marquee Senate races. But Shaheen, the former governor of New Hampshire who came to Harvard...
...former U.S. president and husband of presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will address students as Class Day speaker at June’s Commencement exercises, the Senior Class Committee announced Thursday...
...improved its safety standards, it's still vulnerable to terrorist attack, particularly one that might come in the form of a suicide bomber using a plane. Now concerns over the nuclear facility have embroiled two potential Presidential candidates from New York, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton...