8.27.07Giuliani, in town for fund-raiser and Tigers game, suggests Chertoff as Gonzales replacement
By DAVID N. GOODMAN
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rudy Giuliani suggested today that President George W. Bush might want to turn to Michael Chertoff, a man Giuliani himself once hired, when picking a replacement for outgoing At
torney General Alberto Gonzales.
Speaking before a fund-raiser in Detroit, where the Detroit Tigers were hosting his New York Yankees tonight, Giuliani echoed neither Bush’s effusive praise of Gonzales nor Democrats’ harsh criticism.
After months of attacks, Gonzales announced today that he was stepping down next month.
"I think Judge Gonzales has given service with his contribution both at the White House and as attorney general," the former New York mayor and federal prosecutor said. "He made his choice. I know he’s lived through a lot of fire in many areas."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rudy Giuliani suggested today that President George W. Bush might want to turn to Michael Chertoff, a man Giuliani himself once hired, when picking a replacement for outgoing At
torney General Alberto Gonzales.Speaking before a fund-raiser in Detroit, where the Detroit Tigers were hosting his New York Yankees tonight, Giuliani echoed neither Bush’s effusive praise of Gonzales nor Democrats’ harsh criticism.
After months of attacks, Gonzales announced today that he was stepping down next month.
"I think Judge Gonzales has given service with his contribution both at the White House and as attorney general," the former New York mayor and federal prosecutor said. "He made his choice. I know he’s lived through a lot of fire in many areas."
It now is critical, Giuliani said, that Bush "select a really great attorney general" who has the trust of both Republicans and Democrats.
"I believe that the attorney general is one of the two or three most demanding jobs in U.S. government," Giuliani said. "Everything we do now involves very difficult legal questions."
"You need a great lawyer ... with a great legal mind to be attorney general."
He said he would make any suggestions confidentially, not in public, then pointed out that one of those whose name has come up is Chertoff, now U.S. secretary of Homeland Security.
Giuliani was U.S. attorney in New York in the 1980s when he hired Chertoff as an assistant, and Chertoff led several high profile organized crime cases. President George Bush named Chertoff U.S. attorney for New Jersey, and President Clinton retained him, at the urging of then Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley.
Giuliani also joked with the head of his Michigan campaign, U.S. Rep Candice Miller, about the rivalry between her Tigers and his Yankees.
"I want to thank you very much for sitting with me at a Tigers-Yankees game," he told her.
Giuliani recalled the sadness he felt flying home after watching the Tigers eliminate the Yankees in last year’s American League playoffs.
"The Tigers have a great team — great pitching," he said before entering the $2,300 a head, 150-person fundraiser at the Fox Theatre, across from Comerica Park.
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"I believe that the attorney general is one of the two or three most demanding jobs in U.S. government," Giuliani said. "Everything we do now involves very difficult legal questions."
"You need a great lawyer ... with a great legal mind to be attorney general."
He said he would make any suggestions confidentially, not in public, then pointed out that one of those whose name has come up is Chertoff, now U.S. secretary of Homeland Security.
Giuliani was U.S. attorney in New York in the 1980s when he hired Chertoff as an assistant, and Chertoff led several high profile organized crime cases. President George Bush named Chertoff U.S. attorney for New Jersey, and President Clinton retained him, at the urging of then Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley.
Giuliani also joked with the head of his Michigan campaign, U.S. Rep Candice Miller, about the rivalry between her Tigers and his Yankees.
"I want to thank you very much for sitting with me at a Tigers-Yankees game," he told her.
Giuliani recalled the sadness he felt flying home after watching the Tigers eliminate the Yankees in last year’s American League playoffs.
"The Tigers have a great team — great pitching," he said before entering the $2,300 a head, 150-person fundraiser at the Fox Theatre, across from Comerica Park.
Find this article at:
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070827/NEWS07/70827093
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