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The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman says he intends to subpoena White House officials involved in ousting federal prosecutors and is dismissing anything short of their testimony in public. The White House is expected to announce early this week whether it will agree to let political strategist Karl Rove, former White House counsel Harriet Miers, and other officials testify, or will seek to assert executive privilege in preventing their appearances.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031907J.shtml



Leahy Subpoenas: "Tired of Getting Half-Truths"

Yesterday on ABC's "This Week," Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) called on key White House officials such as Deputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove and former White House Counsel Harriet Miers to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify under oath. This comes after the Senate Judiciary Committee authorized Senator Leahy to issue subpoenas to eleven current and former Department of Justice officials.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031907R.shtml



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