Meanwhile Alberto Gonzales was sworn in on Monday to become Attorney General, replacing John Ashcroft. Gonzales was approved by the Senate by a 60 to 26 vote a week ago. Democrats criticized him for helping to pave the legal groundwork that led to the torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay. He was widely criticized for calling the Geneva Conventions quaint. On Monday he pledged to uphold the constitution. At the swearing-in ceremony, Bush praised outgoing Attorney General John Ashcroft and the controversial USA Patriot Act.