Confirmation hearing on the nomination of Alberto R. Gonzales to be Attorney General of the United States : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, January 6, 2005.

Witnesses: Alberto R. Gonzales of Texas, Nominee to be Attorney Gen. of the U.S.; John Cornyn, a U.S. Senator from the State of TX, & Ken Salazar, a U.S. Senator from the State of CO, presenting Alberto R. Gonzales, Nominee; John D. Hutson, Dean & Pres. of the Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH; Douglas A. Johnson, Exec. Dir., Center for Victims of Torture, Minneapolis, MN; & Harold Hongju Koh, Dean & Gerard C. & Bernice Latrobe Smith Prof. of International Law, Yale Law School. Also includes numerous submissions for the record, such as newspaper & magazine articles, letters, memoranda, prepared statements, etc. Charts & tables.

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Highlights the life and career of the man who became attorney general of the United States in 2005.