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Senate Votes to End President's Power to Name Prosecutors
The Senate has voted 94-to-2 to rescind the President's unilateral power to replace US attorneys. Meantime, Mr. Bush called Alberto Gonzales this morning to reaffirm what the White House called "strong backing" of his Attorney General. Evan Perez covers the Justice Department for the Wall Street Journal .
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readThe Senate has voted 94-to-2 to rescind the President's unilateral power to replace US attorneys. Meantime, Mr. Bush called Alberto Gonzales this morning to reaffirm what the White House called "strong backing" of his Attorney General. Evan Perez covers the Justice Department for the Wall Street Journal.
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- 7:29Is Our Government Keeping Too Many Secrets?
- 41:55UN Says Iraqi Refugee Crisis Going Unnoticed