    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 38 (Monday, September 25, 2006)]
    [Page 1658]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Statement on Senate Confirmation of Kenneth Wainstein To Be Assistant
    Attorney General for National Security at the Department of Justice

    September 22, 2006

        I am pleased the Senate has confirmed Kenneth Wainstein as the first
    Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the Department of
    Justice. As head of this new division, Ken will bring together our
    national security, counterterrorism, counterespionage, and foreign
    intelligence surveillance litigation under one Assistant Attorney
    General. Ken is an effective leader, who will play an important role in
    our efforts to combat terrorism.
        Ken's confirmation fulfills one of the critical recommendations of
    the WMD Commission and further strengthens our ability to protect all
    Americans.
        I urge the Senate to give all my nominees a prompt up-or-down vote.