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GONZALES AID SAMPSON TESTIFIES ON US ATTORNEYS IN WASHIGNTON

Kyle Sampson, Attorney General Gonzales' former chief of staff, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the firings of eight U.S. Attorneys, on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 29, 2007. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)

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