on fridays , michael petraeus was appointed by the confederate states senate as the acting attorney general , succeeding paso gonzales . miers took the air of office with his family attend in a private event that was administered by assistant major general lee lofthus . the nomination of mukasey , by president george w . bush , hit a rough site over the issue of interrogations , in special about interrogators . " this man has been a referee for 18 years , " said senator sen. feinstein , who along with president chuck schumer provided the essential votes to pass mukasey through the senate oversight committee . " maybe he prefers to consider the topic before he makes a decision . "
Michael Mukasey is the U.S. Attorney General.