Gonzales Says Dismissals Were Appropriate, Mishandled
EmailABC News’ Lindsay Hamilton reports: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will face the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. In his written statement to the committee, Gonzales said he believes "that these dismissals were appropriate," but he made mistakes in handling the situation. Gonzales also apologized to the fired attorneys.
"I apologize to them and to their families for allowing this matter to become an unfortunate and undignified public spectacle, and I am sorry for my missteps that have helped to fuel the controversy," he said in the statement.
In an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Arlen Specter, R-Penn., said Gonzales will need to explain each firing "case-by-case" and "either justify the reasons for replacing them, or concede that he was wrong."
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Almost every individual that the president has appointed has been involved in some scandal that somehow always includes unethical practices.
If political cronyism is the method the president uses to select appointees, how can we wonder that so-called “good men” would abandon their “good judgment” and acquiesce to the demands of irrational head of state?
Posted by: Lynn Harris | April 15, 2007, 1:12 pm 1:12 pm
Who proof read his op-ed? It was riddled with contradictory message points.
1). U.S. Atty’s do not have ’4-yr terms.’ If so, all 93 would have to be terminated.
2). The firing of public officials is by its nature PUBLIC, not a private matter as asserted in his op-ed.
Posted by: Ben | April 16, 2007, 12:59 pm 12:59 pm