[link=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/04/20/MNGJVPCFV21.DTL wrote:
SFGate[/link]]"Why should you not be judged by the same standards at which you judged these dismissed U.S. attorneys?" [...]Oklahoma Republican [Tom Colburn] asked. He dismissed Gonzales' repeated apologies for mishandling the firings and his protestations that they were made on the grounds of poor performance.
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Coburn did not challenge Gonzales' decision to dismiss the prosecutors -- who are political appointees of the president -- but said the firings were "handled incompetently, the communication was atrocious, it was inconsistent. It's generous to say that there were misstatements. ... I believe you ought to suffer the consequences that these others have suffered. And I believe the best way to put this behind us is your resignation."
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When told by reporters that Gonzales had replied "I don't recall" 55 times in his first round of questioning, ranking committee Republican Sen. Arlen Specter quipped, "That's an improvement, I'd say."