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Feinstein calls for Gonzales to resign

WASHINGTON, March 25 (UPI) -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif,, said U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was "damaged very badly" by the firings of eight U.S. attorneys and should quit.

"I believe he should step down, and I don't like saying this," the California senator, a member of the Senate Judiciary committee, said during an interview with Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday."

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"I think we need to get to the bottom of why these resignations were made, who ordered them, and what the strategy was," she said.

Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., said he thought President Bush would be making a "huge mistake" if he agreed to let his top White House advisers testify to Congress on the U.S. attorney firings under oath.

"There is a thing called executive privilege. I do think," Lott, the second-ranking Republican in the Senate, said.

Documents released by the Justice Department on Friday showed Gonzales met with top advisers to discuss the matter 10 days before the politically-botched firings of the eight U.S. attorneys.

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