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...in scope." Governor Jon Corzine, a former Goldman Sachs chief executive, is running for a second term and only last week pulled ahead in polls against Republican Chris Christie, a former U.S. Attorney appointed by Bush. In his third...

In this article: New Jersey, Jon Corzine, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Chris Christie, Thomson Reuters, Recession, Small business, and Political science

...in a Washington speech. The Manhattan U.S. attorney's office competed with the U.S. attorney's office in eastern Virginia, home to the Pentagon, to prosecute the 9/11 suspects and senior al Qaeda leaders. A team of prosecutors from both...

In this article: Detainee, Eric Holder, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Guantanamo, U.S., Manhattan, New York City, Michael Mukasey, and Defense Department

...a judge for a gag order. The order, however, never came. The U.S. attorney's office backed off and withdrew the subpoena in late February, after Attorney General Eric Holder took office. Morrison, a Bush appointee, declined media requests to...

In this article: Attorney General, Justice Department, Eric Holder, George W. Bush, Gag order, E mail, Social Security, and Electronic Frontier Foundation

..."wow, that's really great, I didn't think they had it in them"? Replacing Bush era US Attorneys would be viewed by the Obama administration as overly partisan. Republicans might call him names and might even vote against his...

In this article: Don Siegelman, George W. Bush, Republican Party, Supreme Court, US Attorneys, Cass Sunstein, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and New Hampshire

...his interrogation in CIA-run "ghost camps", Mohammed was subjected no fewer than 183 times to waterboarding, a procedure that Eric Holder, the US Attorney-General who announced the New York trial on Friday, has publicly declared to be...

In this article: Barack Obama, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Guantanamo Bay, Defendant, Zacarias Moussaoui, George Bush, New York City, Pentagon, and US

...to be sworn in shortly. She succeeds Michael K. Loucks, who has been serving as acting US attorney since Michael J. Sullivan, a George W. Bush appointee, resigned in April after 7 1/2 years on the job. "I am truly honored and humbled...

In this article: Massachusetts, Edward M. Kennedy, Barack Obama, Allegation, Washington, George Washington University Law School, Harvard Law School, and 1980 Presidential Election

...did not get any more specific tonight. Instead, he took the fight to critics who doubted his qualifications to become U.S. Attorney when he was first appointed by former President George W. Bush. "These are the same people who said eight...

In this article: Chris Christie, New Jersey, Jon Corzine, U.S. Attorney, Tax, GOP, Bruce Springsteen, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama

...pioneer who will try to implement the same policies that led us into the worst economy since the Great Depression?" Christie served as a U.S. Attorney in the Bush administration, and before that had raised money for the Bush 2000 campaign.

In this article: Chris Christie, Robert Menendez, George W. Bush, New Jersey, and U.S. Attorney

...position, read President Barack Obama's appointment to the crowd. The new U.S. attorney replaces Joe Stecher, who was appointed in April 2007 by President George W. Bush. Gilg graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the...

In this article: Nebraska, Ben Nelson, U.S. attorney, U.S., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and George W. Bush