Bush nominee to replace Gonzales draws praise
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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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US President George W. Bush on Monday formally nominated retired federal judge Michael Mukasey as attorney general and urged the US Senate to confirm him swiftly.
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Former U.S. District Judge Michael Mukasey, nominated to the federal bench two decades ago by Republican President Ronald Reagan, has emerged as the new leading contender to replace outgoing Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, a senior Republican Party aide said on Sunday.
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Former President George H.W. Bush has endorsed Sen. John McCain for the Republican presidential nomination.
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President Bush nominated as his new  attorney general on Wednesday the top White House lawyer,  Alberto Gonzales, a son of migrant workers who rose to become a  Bush confidant and helped shape legal opinions about prisoner  treatment in the war on terror.
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President George W. Bush named White House counsel Alberto Gonzales as the first Hispanic US attorney general, elevating his top lawyer to help lead the nation&#39;s war on terrorism.
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President Bush will nominate Michael B. Mukasey, a former federal judge from New York, as attorney general, according to people familiar with the decision.
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With President Bush settled on naming Michael B. Mukasey to replace former attorney general Alberto R. Gonzales, and intending to announce his choice as early as today, the man favored by many for the job has instead been passed over.
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By nominating National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice to become secretary of state and White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales to become attorney general, President Bush is sending a clear message.
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Former federal judge Michael Mukasey, a tough-on-terrorism jurist with an independent streak, was tapped by President Bush on Monday to take over as attorney general and lead a Justice Department accused of being too close to White House politics.
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Michael Mukasey, the man President Bush will nominate Monday morning to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general, is not expected to prompt the confirmation battle that Senate Democrats threatened to wage if a more partisan nominee was chosen
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The US president is to name a replacement for outgoing Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, reports say.
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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 - President Bush moved quickly to nominate White House lawyer Alberto Gonzales yesterday to replace Attorney General John Ashcroft.
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Former Solicitor General Theodore B. Olson, seen as a staunch partisan, is considered a top candidate to replace Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales.
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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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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.