Senate OKs Gonzales As Attorney General
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Alberto Gonzales won Senate confirmation Thursday as attorney general despite Democratic accusations that he helped formulate White House policies that led to overseas prisoner abuse and was too beholden to President Bush to be the nation's top law enforcement official.
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A Senate Judiciary Committee divided along partisan lines advanced Alberto Gonzales' nomination as attorney general to the full Senate Wednesday despite Democratic complaints that he is too close to President Bush to be effective as the nation's top law enforcement official.
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George W. Bush announced that he will nominate Alberto Gonzales, current White House counsel and a trusted advisor from his days in Texas, to replace John Ashcroft as the nation&#39;s top law enforcement official.
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The Republican-led Senate on Wednesday approved President Bush&#39;s choice to head the CIA, Republican Porter Goss. The approval came amid protests from some Democrats who said he has too many Republican ties for a job that requires independence.
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President Bush has settled on Michael B. Mukasey, a retired federal judge from New York, to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general and will announce his selection Monday, a person familiar with the president's decision said Sunday evening.
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Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' resignation Monday after months of draining controversy drew expressions of relief from Republicans and a vow from Democrats to pursue their investigation into fired federal prosecutors.
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The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Julie L. Myers as director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, two years after President Bush appointed her to the position amid questions about her qualifications to lead the government's second-largest law enforcement agency.
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The choice of Alberto R. Gonzales as attorney general may be part of a strategy to bolster his credentials with conservatives.
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U.S. President George W. Bush on Monday nominated a retired federal judge and law-and-order conservative to replace embattled Alberto Gonzales as U.S. attorney general.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the nomination of Alberto Gonzales to be US attorney general in a vote that was sharply divided along party lines.
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President Bush on Wednesday nominated Alberto R. Gonzales, the White House counsel and a longtime political loyalist, to be his next attorney general.
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President Bush yesterday nominated White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales, a son of migrant workers, to succeed Attorney General John Ashcroft as head of the Justice Department
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The Senate voted 60 to 36 yesterday to confirm Alberto R. Gonzales as attorney general, but only a handful of Democrats backed him after days of often strident debate over his role in setting controversial interrogation policies for detainees.
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Former federal judge Michael Mukasey has accepted President Bush's offer to replace Alberto Gonzales as U.S. attorney general, two government sources familiar with the president's selection said Sunday.
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President Bush's nominee for attorney general, Alberto R. Gonzales, was all but guaranteed Senate confirmation today.
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White House counsel Alberto Gonzales  won U.S. Senate confirmation on Thursday as the nation's next  attorney general with the second highest number of "no" votes  ever for a successful nominee for the post.
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Alberto Gonzales, the White House nominee for attorney general, is likely to face a grilling at a Senate hearing.