Interesting this is happening right after this:
BUSH NOMINATES ALBERTO GONZALES TO FILL ASHCROFTS SHOES. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites) nominated as his new attorney general on Wednesday the top White House lawyer, Alberto Gonzales, a son of migrant workers who rose to become a confidant of Bush and helped shape legal opinions about prisoner treatment in the war on terror. Bio on Gonzales: http://bakerinstitute.org/Resource/Events/...s/07sep2001.htm
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Judge Alberto R. Gonzales was appointed Counsel to the President in January 2001. Prior to joining the White House, Judge Gonzales was a justice on the Texas Supreme Court. He also served Texas as the 100th Secretary of State and as General Counsel to Governor George W. Bush. He was a partner with Vinson & Elkins in Houston before joining the Governor's staff.
Judge Gonzales attended the U.S. Air Force Academy prior to transferring to Rice University where he earned a B.A. degree. He then earned his Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School. Among his many professional and civic activities, he has served as a director for the State Bar of Texas, President of the Houston Hispanic Bar Association, Chairman of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly of Harris County, and President of Leadership Houston. He was chosen as one of the Five Outstanding Young Texans by the Texas Jaycees and as the Outstanding Young Lawyer of Texas by the Texas Young Lawyers Association.
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Vinson & Elkins website: http://www.vinson-elkins.com/
Hmmmmm, worked for an INTERNATIONAL LAW FIRM, SERVED BUSH IN TEXAS, FROM A MIGRANT WORKING FAMILY..... my heart is just warmed with global peace and prosperity.....
This is playing out like a bad story, with a worse ending.