BUSH NOMINATES MICHAEL MUKASEY FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL IN WASHINGTON
U.S. President George W. Bush (R) shakes hands with Michael B. Mukasey, a retired federal judge from New York, whom Bush nominated to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general in the Rose Garden of the White House on September 17, 2007. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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