Source: Bush Picks Retired Federal Judge Mukasey for Attorney General

Posted on Monday 17 September 2007

President Bush has settled on Michael B. Mukasey, a retired federal judge from New York, to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general and will announce his selection Monday, a source familiar with the president’s decision said Sunday evening. Some legal conservatives and Republican activists have expressed reservations about Mukasey’s legal record and past endorsements from liberals, and are already drafting a strategy to oppose his confirmation.


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