Annie
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I didn't think this was going to happen this quickly.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&u=/ap/20050204/ap_on_go_co/senate_gonzales&printer=1
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&u=/ap/20050204/ap_on_go_co/senate_gonzales&printer=1
Senate OKs Gonzales As Attorney General
1 hour, 5 minutes ago
By JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Alberto Gonzales won Senate confirmation Thursday as attorney general despite Democratic accusations that he helped formulate White House policies that led to overseas prisoner abuse and was too beholden to President Bush (news - web sites) to be the nation's top law enforcement official.
The Senate voted 60-36 to put the first Hispanic ever into the job, with all of the "no" votes coming from Democrats and Democratic-leaning Independent Jim Jeffords of Vermont. Last week, 12 Democrats and Jeffords voted against Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (news - web sites)'s confirmation.