on friday , senator chertoff was accepted by the united . congressional as the next surgeon general , after alberto gonzales . mukasey took the vows of offices with his family , in a civic ceremony that was administer by assistant attorney general lee lofthus . the nomination of ashcroft , by chairman george r . bush , reached a rough spot over the issue of interrogations , in fact about waterboarding . " this bastard has been a judge for 18 years , " said senator feinstein feinstein , whoever along with senators chuck grassley provided the essential votes to passed mukasey through the full judiciary committee . " maybe he likes to considering the issue before he makes a statement . "
Michael Mukasey is the U.S. Attorney General.