Business Week: Team Bush...with a Few New Faces

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This is my first LBN post, be gentle, didn't see this article already here, and it's only 7 hours or so old from what I can see

http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/nov2004/nf2004114_4363_db016.htm

Among domestic posts, the biggest headline-grabber will likely be the departure of Attorney General John Ashcroft, a too-controversial darling of conservatives. The favorites to succeed him start with Larry D. Thompson, Ashcroft's former deputy, who recently became general counsel at PepsiCo. Thompson, a distinguished lawyer respected by both Democrats and Republicans, would become the first African-American AG.

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1. If Ashcroft is stepping down, look for a Gitmo connection

He may be the designated scapegoat for that monumental civil rights cluster fuck.

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2. will the bare breasted statue's at the justice department lose its blue

drapping after azzcroft is gone?

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3. if Thompson is not nominated...one REALLY has to wonder