No wonder Americans are confused by the selective swearing-in of witnesses on Capitol Hill. The Washington Post noted that Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said last April, “During my stewardship here, I’m going to put everybody under oath when we have testimony, as we do on confirmation hearings.”
Then Monday, Specter said of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, “It is my judgment that it is unnecessary to swear the witness.”
Posted by Rhonda Holman
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