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Gonzales Asked For "Full And Complete Account" Of Attorney Firings

Gonzales Asked For "Full And Complete Account" Of Attorney Firings
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The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee asked Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales on Thursday to provide the panel with a written account of his role in last year's dismissals of eight United States attorneys at least two days before his scheduled April 17 testimony.

In a letter to Mr. Gonzales, the chairman, Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont, requested "a full and complete account of the development of the plan to replace United States attorneys, and all the specifics of your role in connection with that matter."

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