{"id":1183,"date":"2007-04-10T09:22:16","date_gmt":"2007-04-10T15:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=1183"},"modified":"2017-06-07T19:39:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T01:39:00","slug":"six-us-attorneys-given-2nd-posting-in-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/04\/six-us-attorneys-given-2nd-posting-in-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"Six U.S. Attorneys Given 2nd Posting in Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By <font color=\"#0c4790\">Dan Eggen<\/font>, Washington Post<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/0405us21.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/0405us2.thumbnail1.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>A half-dozen sitting U.S. attorneys also serve as aides to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales or are assigned other Washington postings, performing tasks that take them away from regular duties in their districts for months or even years at a time, according to officials and department records.<\/p>\n<p>Acting Associate Attorney General William W. Mercer, for example, has been effectively absent from his job as U.S. attorney in Montana for nearly two years &#8212; prompting the chief federal judge in Billings to demand his removal and call Mercer&#8217;s office &#8220;a mess.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another U.S. attorney, Michael J. Sullivan of Boston, has been in Washington for the past six months as acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. 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