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| Clarify position on torture, senators urge attorney general nominee - CNN |
| Published: October 28, 2007, 7:09 pm |
| Tags: U S |
| urge attorney general nomineeCNN - 3 hours agoWASHINGTON (CNN) -- A senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Sunday he plans to vote against Michael Mukasey's confirmation as US attorney general.Republican senator urges US attorney general nominee to answer ... International Herald TribuneSo Mukasey Doesn't |
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| Senate Panel Sets Vote on Mukasey's Nominee - New York Times |
| Published: October 31, 2007, 6:16 pm |
| Tags: Top Stories |
| Panel Sets Vote on Mukasey's NomineeNew York Times - 3 hours agoBy DAVID STOUT WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 - The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote Tuesday on the nomination of Michael B. Mukasey to be attorney general, the committee's chairman, Senator Patrick J. Leahy said today.Top GOP senator: Attorney general nomination 'at risk' |
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| CNN caption during report on Mukasey's waterboarding answers: "Political Torture Over Nominee" |
| Published: November 1, 2007, 3:23 pm |
| Tags: Jessica Yellin, Wolf Blitzer, Cnn, The Situation Room, National Security Foreign Policy, Torture |
| a report on attorney general nominee Michael B. Mukasey by stating: "Happening now, political torture. Michael Mukasey's nomination to be attorney general is at risk, the issue -- waterboarding. Is it torture?" Congressional correspondent Jessica Yellin subsequently reported "on the uncertainty and confusion ... surrounding this |
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| Bush defends nominee amid torture debate - Reuters |
| Published: November 1, 2007, 5:24 pm |
| Times IrelandBush defends nominee amid torture debateReuters - 5 hours agoBy Caren Bohan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US President George W. Bush defended on Thursday his attorney general nominee Michael Mukasey, who has come under fire from Senate Democrats for refusing to say whether an interrogation technique that simulates ...Bush Defends |
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| Bush defends nominee amid torture debate - Reuters |
| Published: November 1, 2007, 5:24 pm |
| Tags: U S |
| PhoenixBush defends nominee amid torture debateReuters - 7 hours agoBy Caren Bohan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US President George W. Bush defended on Thursday his attorney general nominee Michael Mukasey, who has come under fire from Senate Democrats for refusing to say whether an interrogation technique that simulates ...Taking All the |
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| Torture answers may sink AG nominee |
| Published: November 2, 2007, 3:13 pm |
| General nominee Michael Mukasey's confirmation could be derailed after his answers on the legality of waterboarding interrogations made a key senator decide against confirming him. Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said: "No American should need a classified briefing to determine whether waterboarding is torture." |
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| Judiciary head to vote against Bush attorney general nominee - CNN |
| Published: November 2, 2007, 3:42 pm |
| Tags: Top Stories |
| Bush attorney general nomineeCNN - 1 hour agoWASHINGTON (CNN) -- Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy will vote against the nomination of Michael Mukasey as attorney general, a source close to the senator told CNN Friday.Tortured Answers TIMEComment by Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky)Wall Street |
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| Leahy won't support Attorney General nominee |
| Published: November 2, 2007, 1:54 pm |
| Source: [b]Associated Press[/b] Sen. Patrick Leahy, D.-Vt., the powerful chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said today he won t support Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey, potentially derailing his confirmation for refusing to define waterboarding as torture. No American should ... |
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| Bush attorney general nominee gets key Democratic support - CNN International |
| Published: November 2, 2007, 5:41 pm |
| Tags: Top Stories |
| attorney general nominee gets key Democratic supportCNN International - 1 hour agoWASHINGTON (CNN) -- The confirmation of Michael Mukasey as attorney general was all but assured Friday when two key Democratic senators said they will vote in favor of the nominee despite questions about his views on "waterboarding" and |
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| Key Senate Democrats boost Bush nominee's prospects for becoming attorney general |
| Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm |
| Associated Press - November 3, 2007 12:33 AM ET CAPITOL HILL (AP) - Things may be looking up for President Bush's nominee for attorney general. |
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| Bush attorney general nominee gets boost |
| Published: November 3, 2007, 11:49 am |
| "Unfortunately, this nominee, indeed any proposed by President Bush, will not agree with this. I am, however, confident that this nominee would enforce a law that bans waterboarding."Schumer, who was Mukasey's chief Democratic sponsor, said the retired judge told him that if Congress passes a law banning waterboarding "the president would |
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| Bush lauds attorney general nominee |
| Published: November 4, 2007, 10:49 am |
| said he was confident the nominee would enforce any law passed that bans the interrogation practice. Schumer said Mukasey told him that if Congress passes a law banning waterboarding, "the president would have absolutely no legal authority to ignore such a law."Mukasey has called waterboarding personally offensive, but in response to questions |
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| Attorney general nominee narrowly wins panel's nod - San Francisco Chronicle |
| Published: November 7, 2007, 5:04 am |
| general nominee narrowly wins panel's nodSan Francisco Chronicle - 1 hour agoThe Senate Judiciary Committee, as expected, narrowly approved the nomination of Michael Mukasey as attorney general Tuesday, moving him a step closer to virtually assured confirmation on the Senate floor as the new head of the troubled Justice |
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| Attorney general nominee narrowly wins panel's nod - San Francisco Chronicle |
| Published: November 7, 2007, 5:04 am |
| Tags: U S |
| general nominee narrowly wins panel's nodSan Francisco Chronicle - 1 hour agoThe Senate Judiciary Committee, as expected, narrowly approved the nomination of Michael Mukasey as attorney general Tuesday, moving him a step closer to virtually assured confirmation on the Senate floor as the new head of the troubled Justice |
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| 2-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee to speak in Des Moines tonight |
| Published: November 7, 2007, 1:12 pm |
| Tags: Young Adult Board |
| a two-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee who recently returned from Amman, Jordan where she lived with a group of Iraqi refugees, will give a lecture in Des Moines tonight titled “What have we done to the people of Iraq?” The lecture will be held at Chet Guinn’s Old Fire Station, 1041 8th Street, Des Moines, Iowa. The Old Fire |
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