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Termed "Fundamentally dishonest" and "woefully incompetent", Alberto Gonzales was US [[Attorney General]] in the [[George W. Bush]] administration. He was named #3 (after [[Dick Cheney]] and [[Karl Rove]] of a list of "The Top 43 Appointees Who Helped Make Bush The Worst President Ever".<ref name=tp>http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2009/01/17/34948/bush-43-worst/</ref>
 
Termed "Fundamentally dishonest" and "woefully incompetent", Alberto Gonzales was US [[Attorney General]] in the [[George W. Bush]] administration. He was named #3 (after [[Dick Cheney]] and [[Karl Rove]] of a list of "The Top 43 Appointees Who Helped Make Bush The Worst President Ever".<ref name=tp>http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2009/01/17/34948/bush-43-worst/</ref>

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Person.png Alberto Gonzales  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
BornAlberto R. Gonzales
1955-08-04
San Antonio, Texas
Alma materRice University, Harvard Law School
ReligionRoman Catholic
PartyRepublican

Employment.png United States Attorney General

In office
February 3, 2005 - September 17, 2007
Preceded byJohn Ashcroft
Succeeded byPaul Clement

Employment.png White House Counsel Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
January 20, 2001 - February 3, 2005
Preceded byBeth Nolan
Succeeded byHarriet Miers

Employment.png Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court

In office
January 3, 1999 - January 20, 2001

Employment.png Secretary of State of Texas

In office
January 1, 1998 - January 3, 1999

Termed "Fundamentally dishonest" and "woefully incompetent", Alberto Gonzales was US Attorney General in the George W. Bush administration. He was named #3 (after Dick Cheney and Karl Rove of a list of "The Top 43 Appointees Who Helped Make Bush The Worst President Ever".[1] [2]

Career

He signed off on the US use of torture and was an architect of the legal facade to try to excuse the "war on terror".[1]

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