WASHINGTON, March 25, 2007

FTN Transcript - 3/25/07

Face The Nation With Bob Schieffer For March 25, 2007

  • Play CBS Video Video Fired Prosecutor Shares Story

    Former U.S. Attorney Bud Cummins says that the firings of eight U.S. Attorneys was politically motivated and not base on performance issues as Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has said.

  • Video Gonzales On Hot Seat

    New York Times' David Brooks and Politico.com's Jim VandeHei give perspective on the fired U.S. Atotrneys and the announcement of Elizabeth Edwards' health.

  • Video Schieffer On Robert Gates

    Bob Schieffer commends the bold moves by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates to correct treatment of wounded troops and his support to close Guantanamo Bay's detention facility.

  •  (CBS)

  • Who's Who Firings Firestorm

    Justice Department at center of controversy over firing of eight U.S. attorneys.

(CBS)  What did Attorney General Gonzales know about the firing of U.S. prosecutors, and when did he know it? Why can't officials get their stories straight on what happened? The attorney general says he doesn't know the reasons the prosecutors were replaced, but new e-mails suggest that he did. We'll hear today from one of the fired prosecutors, Bud Cummins of Arkansas; from Sharon Eubanks, a career government lawyer who quit because she says Justice Department officials tried to manipulate her for political reasons. We'll hear from two members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Democratic Chairman Patrick Leahy and Republican Lindsey Graham. For analysis we turn to Jim VandeHei of Politico.com and conservative columnist David Brooks of The New York Times.

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By Bob Schieffer
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