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By SCOTT LINDLAW
.c The Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (Dec. 22) - President-elect Bush nominated defeated Missouri
Sen. John Ashcroft to be attorney general on Friday, choosing a conservative
Republican who lost his re-election bid to a dead man.
''An effective attorney general must be a person of prudent character and
executive ability,'' Bush said. He also said there must be a commitment to
''fair and firm and impartial administration of justice.
''I'm confident I found the correct person in John Ashcroft,'' he said.
Ashcroft was a two-term governor of Missouri before he went to the Senate in
1994. Gov. Mel Carnahan challenged him for re-election in one of the feature
Senate contests of 2000, but was killed in an airplane crash in October. His
name remained on the ballot, and he won. His widow, Jean, was appointed to
the Senate seat.
Ashcroft said political defeat ''brings more than emotion and pain, it brings
perspective.'' With the appointment, he said, it also brought a call to
renewed and noble service.
The 58-year-old senator, a favorite of Republican conservatives who had
maneuvered against more moderate choices for the Justice Department, said he
would ''strive to be a guardian of liberty and equal justice.'' He said the
rule of law ''knows no class, sees no color and bows to no creed,'' and that
will be his guideline.
''You have my word that I will administer the Department of Justice with
integrity, I will advise your administration with integrity and I will
enforce the laws ... with integrity,'' he promised Bush.
At a news conference after the announcement, Bush said Ashcroft will enforce
the civil rights laws fully and fairly. ''This is a person who believes in
civil rights for all citizens,'' the president-elect said.
Dealing with White House criticism of his suggestions that there are warning
signs of an economic slowdown, Bush said it is foolish for anyone to suggest
that he is trying to talk down economic prospects.
Bush said one way to encourage consumption and enhance consumer confidence
''would be to let the people have some of their own money back'' with a tax
cut.
''There are clear warning signs, warning signs which will require action in
the halls of Congress,'' Bush said in a push for his $1.3 trillion, 10-year
tax cut proposal.
He was asked about his apparent difficulty in finding a secretary of defense.
''I would characterize my search as deliberate,'' he said. Bush said he is
taking his time on all appointments, but is not going to move until he is
certain he has the right nominee.
Bush said he knows there is a lot of speculation but when he makes up his
mind on Cabinet posts, he won't be acting on the basis of politics but on the
basis of what is right for the country.
Asked about a moratorium on the federal death penalty, Bush said he supported
capital punishment ''when it is administered fairly.''
He said he sees no reason for a moratorium on the death penalty at the
federal level, and that his administration will enforce the laws.
''His views are the correct views,'' Ashcroft said. ''... I agree
completely.''
Bush said ''if there is compelling evidence that the system is not swift and
sure and just, I will listen'' on any death penalty case.
The president-elect also has selected New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman to
head the Environmental Protection Agency, choosing a passionate outdoorswoman
to safeguard the nation's land, air and water, officials said. Bush was
expected to make more announcements later Friday.
He also was meeting with state agriculture officials and industry leaders.
AP-NY-12-22-00 1052EST
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