Senate Panel Authorizes Subpoenas of Rove, Other Top White House Aides in Prosecutor Firings

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WASHINGTON -- A Senate panel, following the House's lead, authorized subpoenas Thursday for White House political adviser Karl Rove and other top aides involved in the firing of federal prosecutors.

The Senate Judiciary Committee decided by voice vote to approve the subpoenas as Republicans and Democrats sparred over whether to press a showdown with President Bush over the ousters of eight U.S. attorneys.

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Senate Panel Authorizes Subpoenas of Rove, Other Top White House Aides in Prosecutor Firings

Democrats angrily rejected Bush's offer to grant a limited number of lawmakers private interviews with the aides with no transcript and without swearing them in. Republicans counseled restraint, but at least one, Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, backe...

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