VERBATIM
VERBATIM
Sen. Arlen Specter found a loophole in his stewardship.
(By Jay Mallin -- Bloomberg News)
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That Was Then
" During my stewardship here, I'm going to put everybody under oath when we have testimony, as we do on confirmation hearings."
Judiciary Committee Chairman
Arlen Specter, April 5, 2005
This Is Now
"It is my judgment that it is unnecessary to swear the witness."
Specter, declining to put Attorney General
Alberto R. Gonzales under oath, Feb. 6, 2006


