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Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Gonzales: 'Mistakes were made' in U.S. attorneys' firings
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday that "mistakes were made" regarding the firing of eight U.S. attorneys and he accepts responsibility for the ordeal.

"My pledge to the American people is to find out what went wrong here," he said. "As we can all imagine, in an organization of 110,000 people, I am not aware of every bit of information that passes through the halls of justice, nor am I aware of all decisions."

However, despite calls for his resignation, Gonzales said he was not stepping down.

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