Senate Votes 60-36 to Confirm Gonzales as Attorney General
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Alberto R. Gonzales's confirmation today came after one of the most polarized debates over a cabinet nominee in years.
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Up to two-thirds of the 44 Democrats  in the Republican-led U.S. Senate prepared on Tuesday to oppose  Alberto Gonzales as the next U.S. attorney general because of  his role in helping craft policies they blame for contributing  to the abuse of foreign detainees.
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President Bush has picked White  House legal counsel Alberto Gonzales, a trusted adviser from  Texas and prominent Hispanic, as his new attorney general, and  planned to announce it on Wednesday, administration officials  said.
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President-elect Bush listens to Alberto R. Gonzales, his choice as White House general counsel, during a ceremony at the Governor&#39;s Mansion in Austin, Texas, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2000.
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The US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has unanimously backed the nomination of retired vice admiral Michael McConnell as Director of National Intelligence.
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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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Although they fell short of the 60 votes needed to bring the no-confidence resolution to a vote, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzalesâs critics mustered a majority with some Republican support.
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Attorney-General designate Gonzales will draw some terror-war questions, but is likely to be confirmed.
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The Senate voted overwhelmingly yesterday to confirm Rep. Porter J. Goss (R-Fla.) as the new head of the CIA, brushing aside complaints from some Democrats that he is too partisan and insufficiently interested in reform to head the embattled agency.
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Alberto Gonzales was sworn in as US attorney general shortly after being confirmed by the US Senate.
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A divided Senate Judiciary Committee  on Wednesday approved Alberto Gonzales as U.S. attorney  general, rejecting Democratic complaints about his role in  formulating administration policies blamed for contributing to  the torture of detainees.
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The Senate on Thursday gave President Bush the first legislative victory of his second term by approving legislation to help shield businesses from major class action lawsuits.
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The US Senate on Tuesday by a vote of 60 to 38 approved a sweeping homeland security bill meant to shore up US defenses against future terror attack.
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Posted November 10, 2004 -- Not more than 24 hours after John Ashcroft resigned his position as Attorney General, President George Bush has named Alberto Gonzales to fill Ashcroftâs shoes and become the first Hispanic to serve in the position.
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President George Bush announced Wednesday his nomination of current White House Legal Counsel Alberto Gonzales to replace Attorney General John Ashcroft, who submitted his resignation on Tuesday.
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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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Former federal judge Michael Mukasey, picked by President Bush to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general, appears unlikely to face a bruising confirmation battle in the Democratic-controlled Senate.