Gonzales On Defensive: We Could Have Handled Attorney Firings "More Smoothly"

Wall Street Journal EVAN PEREZ March 6, 2007 10:20 AM

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, facing criticism for the firing of eight U.S. attorneys, defended the action as appropriate but said the Justice Department handled the situation poorly.

"We could have rolled out the decisions more smoothly," he said in an interview. But he also rejected accusations from Democrats and other critics that the prosecutors were fired for failing to follow the Bush administration's political agenda.

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