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WASHINGTON -- President Bush used the swearing in of former Houston lawyer Alberto Gonzales as attorney general Monday to urge Congress to pass elements of the controversial Patriot Act, set to expire at the end of the year.
Gonzales, 49, the first Hispanic among 80 people who have held the office, promised that he and the other 110,000 Justice Department employees would "work together tirelessly to address terrorism and other threats to our nation and to confront injustice with integrity and devotion to our highest ideals."See the full content of this document
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New Attorney General Sworn In
The ceremony at the Justice Department marked a proud moment for members of the Texas legal community, some of whom were there to hon...
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