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WASHINGTON -- Conservatives on Saturday lined up for and against potential attorney general nominee Michael Mukasey, the man they believe has ascended to the top of President Bush's list of replacements for Alberto Gonzales.
Earlier in the week, Democrats in the Senate threatened to block confirmation of another prospect -- Theodore Olson, a longtime GOP ally and former solicitor general who represented Bush before the Supreme Court in the contested 2000 presidential election.See the full content of this document
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Possible Ag Nominees Surface
The behind-the-scenes battle over who will succeed Gonzales heated up over the weekend as the president, who was at Camp David, moved closer to announcing his choice.
So far, the White House has stayed quiet about who will replace Gonz...See the full content of this document
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