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We are a debt relief agency. We help people file bankruptcy. Serving Breakfast también! Página 2 La Prensa—Política August/agosto 21, 2009 X-AG Gonzáles says he would Latino and Asian clout in the Justice Sonia ‘do some things over’ voting booth Sotomayor By BETSY BLANEY, Associated Press Writer Washington D.C., Au- lion in 2004 to 3.4 million in LUBBOCK, Texas, August resignation in 2007. gust 13, 2009: Immediately 2008. celebrated at 12, 2009 (AP): Former U.S. “I wish I could talk about it. after the U.S. Presidential • The number of black Attorney General Alberto I really can’t,” he said. White election of 2008, it was voters increased by 15.1% White House Gonzáles said Tuesday he House e-mails and transcripts quickly apparent through (or 2.1 million) from 14 mil- wishes he could “do some of closed-door testimony re- exit polling that Latino, lion in 2004 to 16.1 million fiesta things over” from his years leased later Tuesday showed Asian, and African-American in 2008. By JENNIFER LOVEN, with the George W. Bush ad- that former White House po- voting had expanded dra- • In six of the nine states AP White House ministration, citing a memo litical adviser Karl Rove was matically compared to the that went from “red” to Correspondent he wrote that human rights deeply involved in the firing 2004 election. “blue” in the 2008 election groups contended led to the of a U.S. attorney in New Census Bureau data re- (Colorado, Florida, Indiana, WASHINGTON, D.C., Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Mexico. leased late last month con- Nevada, New Mexico, and August 12, 2009 (AP): Presi- Iraq. During the interview, firms the tremendous growth North Carolina), the num- dent Barack Obama threw a Judge Sonia Sotomayor Gonzáles said he made a Gonzáles also said that any in voting among these ber of Latino and Asian vot- big White House fiesta mistake by using the words criminal investigation into groups. Today, the Immigra- ers significantly exceeded Wednesday to celebrate tice takes the constitutional “quaint” and ``the Geneva whether CIA interrogations tion Policy Center (IPC) re- Barack Obama’s margin of Sonia Sotomayor as the U.S. oath administered to all fed- Conventions’’ in the same after 9/11 crossed legal lines leases a fact check, Latino victory over John McCain. Supreme Court’s first Latina eral employees. This was true sentence in the 2002 legal could have a chilling effect on and Asian Clout in the Vot- At a time when the United justice—and to publicly sa- for Chief Justice John G. Rob- memo about prisoner-of-war U.S. anti-terrorism efforts. ing Booth, which shows how States has elected its first vor the victory sure to earn erts Jr. and Justices Samuel protections covered under the Attorney General Eric much the electoral power of African-American president him points with politically Alito, Stephen Breyer, treaty, which he said did not Holder is weighing whether to racial and ethnic minorities and appointed its first Latina potent Latinos. Clarence Thomas, and Ruth apply to enemy combatants in name a criminal investigator increased in just four years. Supreme Court Justice, this The event—televised re- Bader Ginsberg. the war on terror. to determine whether laws were The report finds: data serves as a demographic marks from Obama and During Wednesday’s cel- Gonzáles, who at the time violated during interrogations • The number of Latino wakeup call to politicians. Sotomayor followed by a ebration, both Obama and was Bush’s White House legal of terrorism suspects after the voters increased by 28.4% Many future elections private reception for a few Sotomayor heavily empha- counsel, said people used the Sept. 11 terror attacks. (or 2.2 million) from 7.6 mil- throughout the United States hundred supporters—was sized the history being made memo to paint him as not sup- Gonzáles, the nation’s first lion in 2004 to 9.8 million in will be won and lost based packed with Sotomayor’s now that she has joined the portive of the document’s prin- Latino attorney general, said if 2008. on decisions made by family and friends, lawmak- court, its first Hispanic and ciples.