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The New York Times DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and JIM RUTENBERG March 28, 2007 11:05 PM

Almost every Wednesday afternoon, advisers to President Bush gather to strategize about putting his stamp on the federal courts and the United States attorneys' offices.

The group meets in the Roosevelt Room and includes the aides to the White House counsel, the chief of staff, the attorney general and Karl Rove, a top adviser to the president, who tries to attend himself. Each of them signs off on every nomination.

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