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Subpoenas Target Justice; White
House Could be Next
CNN News
Thursday
15 March 2007
• Senate committee OKs subpoenas for five
Justice Department officials.
• Senate Judiciary
chairman says he may subpoena White House
staffers.
• New Hampshire's Sen. John Sununu urges
dismissal of attorney general.
• President says he's
"not happy" about mistakes surrounding attorney
firings.
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Feinstein: Lam Fired Over
Cunningham Prosecution
The Associated
Press
Wednesday 14 March 2007
Washington - Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Wednesday she believes the ouster of San Diego U.S. Attorney Carol Lam was connected to Lam's prosecution of former Republican congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham, even though the Bush administration has denied it.
"In my heart of hearts I do, no matter what they say," Feinstein, D-Calif., a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said in an interview with The Associated Press.
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Republican Says Gonzales Should Be
Fired
By Laurie Kellman
The
Associated Press
Thursday 15 March 2007
A Senate Republican is calling for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' dismissal as Democrats weigh subpoenaing President Bush's top aides in the escalating political furor over the firing of eight federal prosecutors.
Sen. John Sununu of New Hampshire, a longtime Bush administration critic facing a tough re-election campaign, called for Gonzales' ouster Wednesday just hours after Bush expressed confidence in the attorney general, who is a longtime friend.
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