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Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Resigns from the Bush Cabinet
President Bush has accepted the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, one of his oldest political friends from Texas. We hear about law and politics. On Reporter's Notebook, the city of Athens and the site of the first Olympic Games have been threatened by deadly forest fires. Some are still out of control.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenPresident Bush has accepted the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, one of his oldest political friends from Texas. We hear about law and politics. On Reporter's Notebook, killer fires threaten some of the most important ruins of ancient Greece.
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales leaves after holding a news conference to announce his resignation at the Department of Justice.
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2 storiesGonzales Resigns, Bush Says Critics 'Dragged Him Through the Mud'
Brutal treatment of terrorist detainees, electronic surveillance without judicial approval, politics in the administration of justice. Republicans as well as Democrats accused Attorney General Alberto Gonzales of being less than candid about policies dealing with human rights and the Constitution.
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Forest fires have been burning throughout Greece, and dozens of blazes reportedly are out of control. The fires on the outskirts of Athens reportedly have been extinguished and Olympia on the Peloponnesian Peninsula has been saved--at least for the moment.
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