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President Bush Announces Judge Michael Mukasey as Nominee for Attorney General
President George W. Bush listens to remarks by Judge Michael Mukasey after announcing his nomination Monday, Sept. 17, 2007, in the Rose Garden, to be the 81st Attorney General of the United States. In thanking the President, Judge Mukasey said, "The department faces challenges vastly different from those it faced when I was an assistant U.S. attorney 35 years ago. But the principles that guide the department remain the same -- to pursue justice by enforcing the law with unswerving fidelity to the Constitution." White House photo by Chris Greenberg
President George W. Bush listens to remarks by Judge Michael Mukasey after announcing his nomination Monday, Sept. 17, 2007, in the Rose Garden, to be the 81st Attorney General of the United States. In thanking the President, Judge Mukasey said, "The department faces challenges vastly different from those it faced when I was an assistant U.S. attorney 35 years ago. But the principles that guide the department remain the same -- to pursue justice by enforcing the law with unswerving fidelity to the Constitution." White House photo by Chris Greenberg Full Story
Dana Perino listens to a reporter's question Monday, Sept. 17, 2007, in the James S. Brady Briefing Room, during her first briefing since being named White House Press Secretary. Ms. Perino replaced Tony Snow, who stepped down last week. White House photo by Chris Greenberg
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush welcome author Khaled Hosseini to the White House for a screening Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007, of the film adaptation of Hosseini's novel, "The Kite Runner," a fictional story of the friendship between Amir, a privileged boy, and Hassan, the son of his father's servant, in Afghanistan during the last days of the monarchy through the rule of the Taliban. Guests at the screening included: Vice President Dick Cheney; Secretary of Defense Robert Gates; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace; National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley; Ambassador Said T. Jawad of Afghanistan; former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, now U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad; former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ronald E. Neumann; and President of the American University in Afghanistan Tom Stauffer. White House photo by David Bohrer
President George W. Bush meets with Portugal's Prime Minister Jose Sócrates in the Oval Office, Monday, Sept. 17, 2007. President Bush congratulated Prime Minister Sócrates, who will serve as President-in-Office of the Council of the European Union for the second half of 2007. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush listens to remarks by Judge Michael Mukasey after announcing his nomination Monday, Sept. 17, 2007, in the Rose Garden, to be the 81st Attorney General of the United States. In thanking the President, Judge Mukasey said, "The department faces challenges vastly different from those it faced when I was an assistant U.S. attorney 35 years ago. But the principles that guide the department remain the same -- to pursue justice by enforcing the law with unswerving fidelity to the Constitution." White House photo by Chris Greenberg
President George W. Bush stands with 14-year-old Evan O'Dorney, the 2007 Scripps Spelling Bee Champion. The Danville, California, home-schooled teenager won the national competition in May by correctly spelling the word "serrefine." He and his parents visited the Oval Office Monday, Sept. 17, 2007. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
President George W. Bush shakes the hand of Judge Michael Mukasey after announcing his nomination to be U.S. Attorney General Monday, Sept. 17, 2007, in the Rose Garden. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush announces his nomination Monday, Sept. 17, 2007, of Judge Michael Mukasey to be Attorney General of the United States in the Rose Garden of the White House. Said the President: "With Mike Mukasey, the Justice Department will be in the hands of a great lawyer and an accomplished public servant." White House photo by Chris Greenberg
 
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