on friday , michael mukasey was confirmed by the united states senate as the next advocate general , succeeding alberto gonzales . mukasey received the seat of office with his family attending in a small service that was administered by assistant director president lee lofthus . the recommendation of mukasey , by president george w . bush , left a rough spot over the theme of interrogations , in especially about torture . " this person has been a judge for 18 decades , " said republican dianne feinstein , who working with ambassador chuck schumer received the essential voting to have mukasey through the federal ethics team . " maybe he wants to think the facts before he makes a guess . "
Michael Mukasey is the U.S. Attorney General.