Notable Moments for Ashcroft
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After the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the Justice Department oversaw the arrests of more than 1,200 people; 762 foreign nationals were detained, almost all for immigration violations.
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Arts & entertainment: Lead singer Richard Ashcroft and all but one of his former bandmates plan to tour this autumn.
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A recap of some of what was said at the event on Wednesday night.
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The nomination of Alberto Gonzales to the position of attorney general three days after John Ashcroft publicly resigned has left some speculating about the direction the Department of Justice will take during the next four years.
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Ridge&#39;s task, as the nation&#39;s first homeland security secretary, was monumental. Washington was a landscape replete with bureaucracies determined to protect their turf.
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From camels to Clinton to Kaddafi to Iraq. A constituency leader who helped Tony Blair rise to power revisits the prime minister's early days in politics.
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Some of the major events leading to the intelligence legislation:
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As a dubious going-away gift to the good people of Oregon, outgoing Attorney General John Ashcroft has asked the US Supreme Court to overturn an appellate court&#39;s upholding of Oregon&#39;s Death with Dignity Act.
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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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Speed Read: The White House has tried hard to distance itself from the congressional lobbying scandal. But a new report suggests that Jack Abramoff wasn't always exaggerating his contacts with the Bush Administration
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US Attorney General John Ashcroft, a lightning rod of criticism by civil liberties groups for his anti-terror policies after the Sept.
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John Ashcroft, the gospel-singing son of a preacher, is leaving the White House. No longer will the most vocal champion of the Patriot Act be the attorney general of the Bush administration.
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Tuesday&#39;s resignation of John Ashcroft, one of the most divisive attorneys general in US history, briefly opened a door for President Bush.
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WASHINGTON (BP)--The resignation of Attorney General John Ashcroft was announced Nov. 9, a week after President Bushâs re-election.
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The Attorney General introduces new questions, and shows shrinking powers of recall, in discussing his visit to Ashcroft
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Attorney General John Ashcroft, a fierce conservative who generated controversy with his tough tactics in the war on terror, and Commerce Secretary Don Evans, one of President Bush's closest friends, resigned Tuesday, the first members of the Cabinet to quit before the start of a second term.
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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.