Gonzales, Alberto R.

(gŏnzăl`ĭs), 1955–, American government official, b. San Antonio, Tex. After serving in the Air Force (1973–75), he attended the Air Force Academy and graduated from Rice Univ. (B.A., 1979) and Harvard Law School (J.D., 1982). He was in private practice in Texas until he was named general counsel to Texas governor George W. BushBush, George Walker,
1946–, 43d President of the United States (2001–9), b. New Haven, Conn. The eldest son of President George H. W. Bush, he was was raised in Texas and, like his father, attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., and Yale, graduating in 1968.
..... Click the link for more information. in 1994. Texas secretary of state after 1997, he was appointed to the Texas supreme court in 1999. After Bush became president (2001), Gonzales was named White House counsel. He was criticized for helping craft U.S. policies that increased restrictions on access to government information and disregarded the Geneva Conventions, especially with respect to the use of torture in interrogating enemy prisoners. In 2005, Gonzales succeeded John AshcroftAshcroft, John,
1942–, American political figure, b. Chicago, grad. Yale Univ. (B.A., 1964), Univ. of Chicago School of Law (J.D., 1967). A conservative Republican, Ashcroft was Missouri state auditor (1975–76) and attorney general (1976–85) before being twice
..... Click the link for more information. as U.S. attorney general. In 2007 he again became a focus of controversy when his statements—some of them under oath—concerning why several federal prosecutors were dismissed and concerning whether Justice Dept. officials had objected in 2004 to a secret government surveillance program were contradicted by testimony from his subordinates and others. He was strongly criticized by both Democrats and some prominent Republicans in Congress and ultimately resigned in Sept., 2007.

Bibliography

See biography by B. Minutaglio (2006).

单词	gonzales, alberto r.
释义	Gonzales, Alberto R. Gonzales, Alberto R. (gŏnzăl`ĭs), 1955–, American government official, b. San Antonio, Tex. After serving in the Air Force (1973–75), he attended the Air Force Academy and graduated from Rice Univ. (B.A., 1979) and Harvard Law School (J.D., 1982). He was in private practice in Texas until he was named general counsel to Texas governor George W. BushBush, George Walker, 1946–, 43d President of the United States (2001–9), b. New Haven, Conn. The eldest son of President George H. W. Bush, he was was raised in Texas and, like his father, attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., and Yale, graduating in 1968. ..... Click the link for more information. in 1994. Texas secretary of state after 1997, he was appointed to the Texas supreme court in 1999. After Bush became president (2001), Gonzales was named White House counsel. He was criticized for helping craft U.S. policies that increased restrictions on access to government information and disregarded the Geneva Conventions, especially with respect to the use of torture in interrogating enemy prisoners. In 2005, Gonzales succeeded John AshcroftAshcroft, John, 1942–, American political figure, b. Chicago, grad. Yale Univ. (B.A., 1964), Univ. of Chicago School of Law (J.D., 1967). A conservative Republican, Ashcroft was Missouri state auditor (1975–76) and attorney general (1976–85) before being twice ..... Click the link for more information. as U.S. attorney general. In 2007 he again became a focus of controversy when his statements—some of them under oath—concerning why several federal prosecutors were dismissed and concerning whether Justice Dept. officials had objected in 2004 to a secret government surveillance program were contradicted by testimony from his subordinates and others. He was strongly criticized by both Democrats and some prominent Republicans in Congress and ultimately resigned in Sept., 2007. Bibliography See biography by B. Minutaglio (2006).
随便看	roamed about roamed around roamef roamer roamer online support service roamers roamer verification and reinstatement roaming roaming about roaming agreement roaming agreement exchange trendelenburg gait trendelenburg limp trendelenburg lurch trendelenburg operation trendelenburg position trendelenburg positions trendelenburg radiograph trendelenburg's gait trendelenburg sign trendelenburg's position trendelenburg's sign trendelenburg's test trendelenburg symptom trendelenburg tampon