This week in History
On February 3, 2005, Alberto Gonzalez won Senate confirmation as the nation's first Hispanic attorney general. The vote was made largely on party-line politics with 60 for and 36 against, reflecting the shear split between the nation's two parties. The reason for the split was due to the current administration's (Bush Jr.) counter-terrorism policies, which had led to the abuse and even torture of prisoners in Iraq and elsewhere.
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