Reply #5: An even better recap here (Bloomberg) [View All]

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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ad8yfQrXjv5s&refer=home

``We have to evaluate whether you are really being forthright,'' said Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter, the panel's top Republican. ``Your characterization of your participation is significantly, if not totally, at variance with the facts.''

``Most of this is a stretch,'' South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham told Gonzales. ``It's clear to me that some of these people just had personality conflicts'' with Bush administration officials and the Justice Department ``made up reasons to fire them.''

Graham noted that Gonzales had once explained that the decision ``just came down to these were not the right people at the right time.''

``If I applied that standard to you, what would you say?'' Graham said.

``There are some very serious problems, Mr. Attorney General,'' said Sessions. ``Your ability to lead the Department of Justice is in question.''