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| Bush advisers ordered to testify |
| A Congressional committee has voted to order key White House aides to testify under oath about the controversial firing of eight federal prosecutors.
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 22-March-2007
4:9:19 AM |
| The move could set up a constitutional showdown with the White House, which has vowed to resist such moves.
President George W Bush says he will only allow the aides to speak privately, and not under oath.
Congress wants to question Karl Rove, President Bush's top political adviser, as well as Mr Bush's former lawyer.
Critics say last year's sacking of the attorneys was politically motivated.
Mr Bush's Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, has faced calls to resign over the dismissals.
The president has thus far stood by Mr Gonzales, a long-time confidant from their days in Texas before they came to Washington together.
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Mr Gonzales says the prosecutors were dismissed because their performances were below standard.
Congressional investigations have found that Mr Bush's former counsel, Harriet Miers, proposed firing all 93 US attorneys nationwide in 2005.
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