Bush's attorney general pick a Patriot Act defender
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Retired federal judge Michael Mukasey, the president's nominee to succeed Alberto Gonzales, has aired a largely favorable public view of the controversial law.
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Michael Mukasey, the man President Bush will nominate Monday to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general, will likely see a less hostile confirmation environment than someone considered more partisan.
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President Bush nominated federal judge Michael Chertoff as the new homeland security chief Tuesday, completing the second-term Cabinet with a former prosecutor who recently called for a new look at the tough terrorist detainee laws that he helped craft after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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President Bush opted to try to avoid a confirmation fight by nominating Michael B. Mukasey to be attorney general, concluding that the retired federal judge shares his approach to national security issues, but without the appearance of partisanship, administration officials and others close to the...
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Michael Mukasey, Bush's pick for attorney general, was a tough, conservative judge - with liberal admirers.
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President Bush on Tuesday nominated  federal judge Michael Chertoff, a former prosecutor and  architect of the anti-terror Patriot Act after the Sept. 11,  2001, attacks, to become secretary of homeland security.
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President George W. Bush plans to announce on Monday he has chosen former federal judge Michael Mukasey as his nominee for attorney general, the White House said.
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U.S. President George W. Bush on Monday nominated Michael Mukasey, a retired federal judge and law-and-order conservative, to replace beleaguered Alberto Gonzales as U.S. attorney general.
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President Bush on Wednesday nominated White House counsel Alberto Gonzales, who helped shape the administration's controversial legal strategy in the war on terror, to be attorney general. He would be the first Hispanic to serve as the nation's top law enforcement officer.
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WASHINGTON-The Bush administration is expected to appeal a federal judge&#39;s decision striking down a Patriot Act provision empowering law enforcement to force telecom carriers and Internet service providers-including wireless operators-to turn over
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WASHINGTON - US President George W. Bush has nominated White House counsel Alberto Gonzales to succeed John Ashcroft as attorney general.
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Outgoing US Attorney General John Ashcroft has served the country well for the past four years and will be missed. President Bush has nominated a well-qualified successor, White House Counsel Alberto Gonzalez.
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President Bush's pick to be the nation's next defense chief will face his first round of questioning from senators Tuesday.
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President Bush's pick to run the Justice Department is a talented and experienced lawyer. But does he have what it takes to turn around a badly damaged bureaucracy?
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As he sought to renew the USA Patriot Act two years ago, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales assured lawmakers that the FBI had not abused its potent new terrorism-fighting powers. "There has not been one verified case of civil liberties abuse," Gonzales told senators on April 27, 2005.
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Attorney General John Ashcroft did not violate anti-lobbying laws when he gave a series of speeches last year promoting the anti-terror Patriot Act, Justice Department internal investigators have concluded.
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Alberto R. Gonzales goes before the Senate on Thursday as President Bush's pick for attorney general.