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Josh Catone, rawstory.com<\/p>\n

<\/a>As scrutiny increases on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, a new report reveals that dozens of Bush appointees are members of a partisan organization of lawyers.<\/p>\n

The appointees and civil servants include “at least 25 in the Justice Department, nine in the Department of Defense and others in the Labor and Commerce departments, the White House and the Office of Special Counsel, which oversees investigations into allegations of ethical misconduct by government employees,” report Marisa Taylor and Margaret Talev for McClatchy Newspapers.<\/p>\n

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Josh Catone, rawstory.com As scrutiny increases on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, a new report reveals that dozens of Bush appointees are members of a partisan organization of lawyers. 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