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Durbin: Can’t Reward Gonzales After Abu Ghraib

HeadlineFeb 03, 2005

On Capitol Hill, the Senate is continuing debate over the nomination of Alberto Gonzales for attorney general. Democratic Senator Richard Durbin said “I cannot in good conscience vote to reward a man who ignored the rule of law and the demands of human decency and created the permissive environment that made Abu Ghraib possible.”

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