Michael Mukasey confirmed as attorney general
(CNN) -- After weeks of controversy over Michael Mukasey's views on waterboarding, the Senate late Thursday approved the former judge's nomination for attorney general by a 53-40 vote.
President Bush nominated Mukasey to replace longtime ally Alberto Gonzales, who resigned in September.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/08/mukasey/index.html
Background on Orthodox Judaic Mukasey and his adherance to the rabbinic Kol Nidre tradition of deceit here:
Bush Nominates Kol Nidre Upholding Talmudist for U.S. Attorney General
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