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Mukasey's Confirmation Back on Track

NPR | By David Welna
Published November 2, 2007 at 4:00 PM EDT

At first, Michael Mukasey seemed to be a shoo-in for confirmation as the next attorney general. Then the nomination seemed to unravel. On Friday, it got back on track when two Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Charles Schumer and Dianne Feinstein, said they would vote for Mukasey.

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David Welna
David Welna is NPR's national security correspondent.
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