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==Controversy==
==Controversy==
Alberto Gonzales was involved in a controversy over the firings of 8 United States attorneys. Detractors insisted that the attorneys were fired for political reasons, instead of performance-based reasons (a claim that no one in the White House has ever made, though some Justice Department officials initially made this claim in Congressional testimony).<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/18/AR2007011801880.html</ref> Despite the "fact" that United States attorneys serve at the "pleasure" of the [[President of the United States]] and the firings were therefore "legal", the "[[Liberal bias|liberally biased]]" media insists on calling it a scandal. In fact, Alberto Gonzales "tempered the White House desire to replace U.S. Attorneys wholesale." <ref>http://communities.justicetalking.org/blogs/day24/archive/2007/03/23/alberto-gonzales-raw-deal.aspx</ref>
Alberto Gonzales was involved in a controversy over the firings of 8 United States attorneys. Detractors insisted that the attorneys were fired for political reasons, instead of performance-based reasons (a claim that no one in the White House has ever made, though some Justice Department officials initially made this claim in Congressional testimony).<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/18/AR2007011801880.html</ref> Despite the fact that United States attorneys serve at the pleasure of the [[President of the United States]] and the firings were therefore legal, the [[Liberal bias|liberally biased]] media insists on calling it a scandal. In fact, Alberto Gonzales "tempered the White House desire to replace U.S. Attorneys wholesale." <ref>http://communities.justicetalking.org/blogs/day24/archive/2007/03/23/alberto-gonzales-raw-deal.aspx</ref>
==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* Albert Gonzales was voted the "Outstanding" Young Lawyer of Texas in 1992.
* Albert Gonzales was voted the Outstanding Young Lawyer of Texas in 1992.
* His Secret Service nickname is Elephant, a reference to his uncanny ability to stomp on things he doesn't like.
* His Secret Service nickname is "Elephant", a reference to his uncanny ability to memorize obscure parts of United States law.
==External links==
==External links==