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Mukasey Named as Attorney General
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A retired federal judge, Michael Mukasey, was named to replace Alberto R. Gonzales as the attorney general, President George W. Bush announced on Monday.

 

 

"I'm pleased to announce my nomination of Judge Michael Mukasey to be the 81st attorney general of the United States," Bush said at the White House around 10:30 AM.

 

Noting that the attorney general has "an especially vital role to play in a time of war" and when US face challenges protecting its people "on a daily basis from deadly enemies," Bush said Mukasey brings impressive credentials to this task.

 

The 66-year-old judge, the former chief in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, was described by Republicans as a conservative on counterterrorism issues, such as electronic surveillance, who has a solid reputation and trust of Bush and his aids.

 

"With Mukasey, the Justice Department will be in the hands of a great lawyer and an accomplished public servant," Bush said," Mikehas shown good judgment in the courtroom. He's shown good judgment outside the courtroom."

 

"I am, of course, deeply honored to be selected as the nominee for attorney general of the United States," Mukasey said standing beside Bush.

 

"The department faces challenges vastly different from those it faced when I was an assistant US attorney 35 years ago. But the principles that guide the department remain the same: to pursue justice by enforcing the law with unswerving fidelity to the Constitution," he added.

 

Mukasey can officially take the office after Congress confirms his nomination.

 

The jurist also has rich experience in anti-terrorism through presiding some of the nations' most high-profile trials of terrorist suspects. After spending 19 years on the federal bench in New York, he formed bonds with former mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and became a member of justice advisory committee for the his presidential campaign.

 

Michael was put on table after Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid vowed last week to block another top candidate, former US Solicitor General Theodore Olson, for he being too partisan.

 

However, Mukasey is expected to be more easily greenlighted in Congress. Senate Democrats have signaled, as the Washington Post said on Monday, that they were likely to accept Mukasey without a big fight and said they saw the pick as a conciliatory gesture from the White House.

 

Gonzales resigned late last month from the Justice Department after he was suspected of lying to Congress on his dismissal of nine federal prosecutors. Congressional Democrats claimed they had evidence to show the White House was actually behind the dismissal but Gonzales denied any wrongdoing.

 

He officially left his office on Monday.

 

(Xinhua News Agency September 18, 2007)

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