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 PRESENTATION OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

TUESDAY. MARFH 22!. 2ms

Present: CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST. JUSTICE STEVENS, JUSIICE O'CONNOR, JUSTICE SCALIA, JUSTICE KENNEDY, JUSTICE SOUTER. JUSTICE THOMAS, JUSTICE GINSEUEG, and JUSTICE BREYEE.

THE CHIEF JUSTICE .~l-aid:

The Court now recognizes the Acting Solicitor General of the United SL:Ites.

The Acting Solicitor General ad(lI-essed the Court as followu‘

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE, and may it please the Court. I have the honor to present to the Court the eightieth Attorney Geneml of the United States, the Honorable Alberto R. Gon» zales of Texas.

THE CHIEF JUSTICE said:

Geneml Gonzales, on behalf of the court, 1 welcome you as the chief lnw omeer of the United States government and he on ofﬁcer ofthis Court. we welcome you to the perfurmv once of your very important duties that will rest upon you by virtue of your urnee. Your comm non as Attorney Gen- eral or the United States will be placed in the recoule or the Court, and we wizlh you well in your new oﬂice.

The Attorney General said: Thank you, MK. CHIEF JUSTICE.