Alberto Gonzales
Alberto Gonzales
Alberto R. Gonzaleswas the 80th United States Attorney General, appointed in February 2005 by President George W. Bush, becoming the highest-ranking Hispanic American in executive government to date. He was the first Hispanic to serve as White House Counsel, and earlier he had been Bush's General Counsel during his governorship of Texas. Gonzales had also served as Secretary of State of Texas and then as a Texas Supreme Court Justice...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth4 August 1955
CitySan Antonio, TX
CountryUnited States of America
we are bringing this prosecution at this time because it is the appropriate thing to do.
These provisions of the USA Patriot Act are essential to our efforts in the war on terrorism, and their loss will damage our ability to prevent terrorist attacks. Our nation cannot afford to let these important counter-terrorism tools lapse.
The short answer is we didn't think we needed to.
As the court noted today, the authority to detain enemy combatants like Jose Padilla plays an important role in protecting American citizens from the very kind of savage attack that took place almost four years ago to the day,
Judge Roberts ... will seek to assure the American people that he will be fair and open-minded, that he understands what his role is as a judge in our system of government: not to legislate, not to execute laws but to apply the law.
Justice must serve offenders and victims as well as the economy and the general public,
We take each individual, each case, case by case,
Here are the young people. This is our future. This is a decision they made upon themselves. You got to give it to them. They're trying to make a strong statement.
I don't think it's appropriate for him to answer
I disagree we waited too long to focus on this issue,
Security is a concern, ... It is a priority . . . We will do everything that we can do to ensure law and order in the affected areas.
Security is a concern, ... It is a priority.
Obviously we would have preferred the escape not to have occurred,
We have to be successful in this endeavor because we -- if we're not successful it makes our job, in terms of evacuation and providing relief, even more dangerous and more difficult,