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Report: Chertoff to replace
Gonzales
CNN
Monday Aug 27, 2007
As often happens with high level administration resignations,
it wasn’t too long after news broke of the departure of
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales before speculation over his
replacement reached a feverish pitch.
Senior administration officials were quick to tell CNN's Suzanne
Malveaux that Homeland Security head Michael Chertoff would likely
get the nod.
Chertoff, 53, previously sat on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals, which handles appeals from New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania
and the Virgin Islands. Before becoming a judge, he was assistant
attorney general in the Department of Justice's criminal division
from 2001 to 2003.
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Chertoff received his law degree from Harvard University and
was a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice William H. Brennan Jr.
in 1979 and 1980. He first stepped into a prosecutorial role as
an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York
from 1983 to 1987.
But while some senior administration officials are strongly floating
Chertoff as a candidate, others are waiving CNN off, saying that
because of his role during Hurricane Katrina, the nomination could
run into problems.
Chertoff has taken heat from both Democrats and Republicans for
the government's slow response in providing relief to victims
of the 2005 storm.
Meanwhile, a congressional source familiar with deliberations
about Gonzales' replacement tells CNN's Dana Bash the impression
is that it will not be Chertoff and that the media is "playing
us."
Furthermore, a source close to Chertoff told CNN's Kelli Arena
that the Homeland Security chief isn’t aware if he is being
considered for the top Justice post.
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