Leahy request for DOJ probe of Gonzales testimony [US Senate] News
Leahy request for DOJ probe of Gonzales testimony [US Senate]

Letter to the Department of Justice Inspector General Glenn Fine, US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, August 16, 2007 [requesting the inspector general to investigate potentially misleading or dishonest testimony given by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales before the Senate Judiciary Committee]. Read the full text of the letter [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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RFK assassin sentenced to death

On April 23, 1969, Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death for the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Review a 1998 statement by Sirhan attorney Larry Teeter claiming Sirhan did not commit the crime. Sirhan was most recently denied parole in March 2023.

U.S. Army reserve created

On April 23, 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt created the U.S. Army Reserve.

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