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Time Line of Gonzales' career
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LA Times
August 28, 2007
At last the attorney general has done the right thing and stepped down.
Some significant dates in the Washington career of Alberto R. Gonzales, the nation's 80th U.S. attorney general, who announced his resignation Monday.
January 2001: Named President Bush's White House legal counsel.
Jan. 25, 2002: In a memo, Gonzales contends that the president can waive anti-torture
laws and international treaties that provide protections to prisoners of war.
Feb. 3, 2005: Confirmed and sworn in as attorney general.
