President Bush apparently called Alberto Gonzalez and affirmed his support for the Attorney General in the midst of the U.S. Attorneys controversy
President Bush reaffirmed his “strong backing and support” for Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales in a telephone conversation with him this morning, an endorsement that came amid wide speculation about Gonzales’s future in the administration.
White House deputy press secretary Dana Perino said the president called Gonzales around 7:15 a.m. to assure him he still had the president’s backing despite controversy over the Justice Department’s firing last year of eight U.S. attorneys.
If I were Gonzalez, I wouldn’t rest just yet. In Washington, a reaffirmation of support can often be the equivalent of the Sicilian Kiss of Death.
