Nelson (D-Ne) says he will vote for Mukasey

[Omaha Steve]

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Published Tuesday | November 6, 2007
Nelson says he will vote for Mukasey
BY JAKE THOMPSON
WORLD-HERALD BUREAU

WASHINGTON — Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., said Monday that he will vote to confirm Michael Mukasey as attorney general.

Nelson met with Mukasey for 30 minutes in his Senate office Monday. Nelson said he was convinced that Mukasey would help restore credibility to the Justice Department, which Nelson said suffered under former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

"He hammered away on the fact that his job was to enforce the law, as it was," Nelson said of Mukasey. "He has a very short time (in office), and he wants to make it his legacy that he return trust and confidence to the Justice Department."

Some congressional Democrats have criticized Mukasey for saying at his confirmation hearing that he was unfamiliar with waterboarding and could not say whether he views it as torture and therefore illegal.

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