Attorney General Nominee Hit for Prisoner Policy
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U.S. attorney general nominee  Alberto Gonzales faced blistering criticism on Thursday for his  role in shaping administration policies blamed for contributing  to the torture of terror suspects, which Democrats said had put  Americans at greater risk.
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Democrats forced a delay in a Senate committee vote on Alberto Gonzales' nomination to be US attorney general, saying he has been evasive about his role in drafting White House policy on interrogating terror suspects.
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Democrats won't try to filibuster Alberto Gonzales' nomination to be attorney general but will hold extensive debate over his role in developing the Bush administration's policies on foreign detainees, the Senate's top Democrat said Tuesday.
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ALBERTO Gonzales, the White House legal adviser once embroiled in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, was named by President George Bush yesterday as US Attorney-General.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee's top Democrat said Wednesday that Alberto Gonzales will face tough questioning during hearings on his nomination to become the next attorney general but is on track to be confirmed.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush's pick to be the No. 3 official in the Justice Department asked to have his nomination withdrawn Friday, four days before appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Attorney General-nominee Michael Mukasey refused to say Thursday whether he considers waterboarding a form of torture, frustrating Democrats and potentially slowing his confirmation to head the Justice Department
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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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Civil rights leader Al Sharpton blasted Georgia's attorney general Thursday for challenging the release of a man serving 10 years in prison for a teenage sexual encounter, saying, "People did not suffer for your career."
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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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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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White House counsel Alberto Gonzales  will be grilled over what critics call his "appalling" role in  policies blamed for abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison and  Guantanamo Bay, when Senate hearings begin on Thursday over his  nomination to be U.S. Attorney General.
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The arrest of a state campaign chairman highlights potential problems for the law and order candidate
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President George W. Bush named Alberto Gonzales as his choice for attorney general yesterday, picking a close personal friend who has a compelling personal story but who many say
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In his first public appearance since submitting his resignation, Attorney General John Ashcroft sharply criticized federal judges Friday for &quot;second guessing&quot; the Bush administration&#39;s decisions on handling prisoners captured in the
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President Bushâs nominee to be the second-ranking official at the Justice Department refused to say whether he considered the interrogation technique to be âtorture.â
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WASHINGTON  -- Michael Mukasey should be denied Senate confirmation as U.S. attorney general unless the retired judge denounces as torture the interrogation technique known as waterboarding, a top Democrat said on Sunday.