(White House photo by Paul
Morse) |
President Bush announced his nomination
of Judge Alberto Gonzales, currently White House counsel,
to succeed John Ashcroft as attorney general of the United
States.
Speaking at the White House November 10,
the president said that Gonzales, as the chief U.S. law
enforcement officer, would continue the fight against crime,
strengthen the FBI, and improve "our domestic efforts
in the war on terror."
"As a steward of civil rights laws,
he will ensure that Americans are protected from discrimination
so that each person has the opportunity to live the American
Dream, as Al himself has done," Bush said.
The president spoke of Gonzales' humble
beginnings as the child of migrant workers, and his distinguished
service as Texas's secretary of state and as a justice of
the Texas Supreme Court before becoming then-Governor Bush's
general counsel.
