03-21-2007
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Joint Chiefs of Staff Member
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Member Since: Feb 2007
Location: Left Coast
Posts: 1,918
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Re: Republicans Call For Gonzales' Resignation
It appears that Congress is NOT going to stand for the snow job offered by the White House.
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House Panel Authorizes Subpoenas for Top Bush Aides
By CARL HULSE and SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
March 21, 2007
A House Judiciary subcommittee today authorized subpoenas for Karl Rove, President Bush’s political adviser, and other senior White House officials in the investigation into the firing of eight United States attorneys.
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Under growing political pressure, the White House had offered to allow private interviews with Mr. Rove, Harriet E. Miers, the former White House counsel; and two other officials. It also offered to provide access to e-mail messages and other communications about the dismissals, but not those between White House officials.
Democrats promptly rejected the offer, which specified that the officials would not testify under oath, that there would be no transcript and that Congress would not subsequently subpoena them.
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In the Senate, lawmakers responded to the furor over the firings on Tuesday by voting overwhelmingly to revoke the authority they had granted the administration last year under the USA Patriot Act to install federal prosecutors indefinitely without Senate confirmation.
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