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Patrick Leahy: “I have no objection to presidents appointing close friends, but will he keep the kind of independence that a attorney…”

On the recordAugust 26, 2007
I have no objection to presidents appointing close friends, but will he keep the kind of independence that a attorney general has to keep from the president?
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Senator Leahy questions Gonzales' ability to maintain independence as Attorney General.

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