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Incoming U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey. (AP) del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 12:17 14/11/2007 Mukasey set to be sworn in as second Jewish AG in U.S. history By The Associated Press and Haaretz Service tags: Jewish, U.S. attorney general  The chief justice of the Supreme Court prepared Tuesday to issue a ceremonial oath of office to incoming Attorney General Michael Mukasey, who will become only the second Jewish attorney general in United States history. The White House said President George W. Bush was also to speak Wednesday at the Justice Department ceremony, after which Mukasey would address his employees for the first time. M Advertisement ukasey, a 66-year-old retired federal judge and Modern-Orthodox Jew from New York, graduated from Columbia University in 1963. He later received a degree in law from Yale. The first Jewish U.S. attorney general, Edward Hirsch Levi, was appointed to the post is 1975, with the task of restoring the federal justice department's greatly diminished status following the Watergate affair. Mukasey was sworn in officially last Friday in a brief rite with little pomp, allowing him to start receiving daily classified briefings from his national security aides. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts was to re-enact the oath in Wednesday's fete in front of hundreds of dignitaries and Justice Department attorneys, with potentially thousands of other employees across the country watching on the Justice Department's internal TV network. Mukasey, the third attorney general of the Bush administration, has 14 months until the president's term is up to turn around the beleaguered Justice Department. Mukasey replaces former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who resigned in September amid allegations that he allowed politics to interfere illegally with personnel decisions and lied to Congress about national security programs. An ongoing Justice Department investigation also is looking at last year's firings of nine U.S. attorneys, and whether at least one of them was dismissed because he refused to target Democratic candidates shortly before the 2006 elections. Mukasey, whom Bush nominated the day Gonzales left, has made clear to Congress that he will not tolerate political meddling at the Justice Department, and promised to fire anyone who allows it. Mukasey's own nomination briefly snagged after he refused to say whether he believes a harsh interrogation tactic known as waterboarding is a form of torture. The Senate narrowly confirmed him last week, 53-40. Critics noted that marked the slimmest margin to confirm an attorney general in more than 50 years. Related articles: Mukasey one step closer to becoming second Jewish AG in U.S. history Bush's candidate for AG gets seal of approval from N.Y. Jews When politics trumps integrity Bookmark to del.icio.us Speaking for Israel U.S. Secretary Rice says Israelis are prepared to give up the West Bank for peace. Doable deal Solana says an Israeli-PA peace agreement can be achieved within 9 months.   1.   The ONLY Factor 13:35  |  Nephtaly 14/11/07   2.   oath to Israel 16:28  |  edgar 14/11/07

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