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Bush Announces 5 Nominees for Top Justice Posts
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Nov 16, 2007 08:53pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Saturday, November 17, 2007 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | New York Times article.
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"President Bush announced Thursday that he was nominating a federal judge and former prosecutor from Chicago as the No. 2 official in the Justice Department.
Mr. Bush also said he had selected nominees for four other senior posts left vacant in the wake of turmoil at the department under Alberto R. Gonzales, who stepped down in September as attorney general.
The announcements came a day after Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey had his ceremonial swearing in to replace Mr. Gonzales.
Justice Department officials said the White House had selected the nominees for deputy attorney general, associate attorney general and the other jobs some time ago, but the announcement was delayed until Mr. Mukasey, a retired federal judge from New York, had a chance to review and approve the list.
In a statement, Mr. Mukasey said the judge nominated as deputy attorney general, Mark R. Filip, 41, of Federal District Court in Chicago, and the four other nominees, were “exceptionally well qualified” and he called on the Senate to move quickly to confirm the appointments.
For associate attorney general, the No. 3 post, the White House chose Kevin J. O’Connor, the United States attorney in Connecticut since 2002 who served for several months this year as chief of staff to Mr. Gonzales.
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont, who had opposed Mr. Mukasey’s nomination because of his uncertain definition of torture, offered no timetable Thursday for the consideration of the nominations.
Mr. Leahy did say he was aware that “the exodus of many top officials has left the Justice Department rudderless for many months” and that the jobs needed to be “filled with nominees who are committed to restoring the independence and mission of the Justice Department.” |
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