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By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee said Monday he will vote for a no-confidence resolution against Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Sen. Arlen Specter , R-Pa., said he’s concerned like others in his party that the resolution, sponsored by Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and up for a test vote later in the day, was a Democratic effort to embarrass Bush and push Gonzales to resign.

But Specter has long said that Gonzales has exercised poor leadership on a host of issues, from the firings of eight federal prosecutors to the Justice Department’s handling of wiretapping authority under the USA Patriot Act.

“If you ask Arlen Specter, do I have confidence in Attorney General Gonzales, the answer is a resounding no,” Specter said during a news conference in Philadelphia. “I’m going to vote that I have no confidence in Attorney General Gonzales.”

Gonzales showed no sign of stepping down, and Bush continued to support him.

“I am not focusing on what the Senate is doing,” Gonzales said at a nuclear terrorism conference in Miami. “I am going to be focusing on what the American people expect of the attorney general of the United States and this great
Department of Justice.”

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called the debate a waste of time, “which I think the president will pay little or no attention to.”

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