Michael Mukasey
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Michael Bernard Mukasey is an American lawyer and jurist who served as the 81st United States attorney general from 2007 to 2009 and as a U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Souther
Official portrait, 2007
President George W. Bush listens to remarks by Mukasey after announcing his nomination to be Attorney General.
Mukasey speaking at the National Security Law Journal symposium on NSA surveillance, March 26, 2014, in Arlington, Virginia.
Alberto Gonzales
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Alberto Reynaldo Gonzales is an American lawyer who served as the 80th United States attorney general from 2005 to 2007. He was the highest-ranking Hispanic American in the executive government in Ame
Michael Mukasey
…in 2006. In 2007, Mukasey was nominated to the position of United States Attorney General by President George W. Bush following the resignation of Alberto Gonzales. Upon his Senate confirmation and swearing-in, Mukasey became the second Jewish attorney general in U.S. history. He left office after Bush's term as…
Official portrait, 2005
U.S. President George W. Bush announces his nomination of Gonzales to succeed Ashcroft as the next Attorney General during a press conference in the Roosevelt Room Wednesday, November 10, 2004.
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor presents Gonzales to the audience after swearing him in as Attorney General, as Mrs. Gonzales looks on.
Gonzales and his wife Rebecca, with George W. Bush and Laura Bush, at the Prairie Chapel Ranch on August 26, 2007, the day that Gonzales's resignation was accepted