07/04/05

President Bush said Monday that special-interest groups running TV ads and mobilizing supporters for a fight over his choice of a successor to Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor should 'tone down the heated rhetoric.' He forcefully defended Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, a prospect criticized by conservatives. 'Al Gonzales is a great friend of mine,' Bush said in a phone interview. 'When a friend gets attacked, I don't like it'...

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from USA Today


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp