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Bush backs attorney general but no-confidence vote looms (AFP)
Filed: May 24th 2007: Democrat

President George W. Bush restated Thursday his confidence in embattled US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, seen here on 18 May 2007, in the face of claims that top prosecutors were fired for political motives.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Win McNamee)AFP - President George W. Bush Thursday stood by embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales as angry Democrats vowed to topple the law enforcement chief over the firings of US prosecutors.

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