...selection committee. Holder briefly was acting attorney general under President George Bush until the Senate confirmed John Ashcroft. Holder's political views are similar to Obama's, officials said. Holder favors closing the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,...
...acting attorney general under President George W. Bush during the confirmation of the nomination of former Attorney General John Ashcroft. Obama appointed Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. "Janet assumes this...
...the nomination which best demonstrated just how inept this administration would prove to be was John Ashcroft. You will recall that Ashcroft got the job of running the Justice Department because he lost his Senate seat in the 2000 election. To a dead...
...Bush in which she challenged him on a number of fronts. Most notably, she seemed to chide Bush for choosing John Ashcroft as Attorney General because he "openly opposes abortion," and claimed that Ashcroft was "not considered a friend to civil rights."...
... George W. Bush has chosen the person he wants to be Attorney General. He is the 58-year old soon to be former Senator John Ashcroft of Missouri. Senator Ashcroft lost his bid for re-election this year. The Senator is a former law professor and former...
...for measuring who would be a good pick for AG has to factor this into account. No. Why would it? Why President Bush nominated John Ashcroft, the Democrats surely did take into account the fact that Ashcroft's priorities reflected Bush's priorities. The...
Background
John David Ashcroft (born May 9, 1942) is an American politician who was the 79th United States Attorney General. He served during the first term of President George W. Bush from 2001 until 2005. Ashcroft was previously the Governor of Missouri (1985 – 1993) and a U.S. Senator from Missouri (1995 – 2001).
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