** FILE ** In this Jan. 6, 2005 file picture, Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales is sworn in before the start of a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Washington. Attorney General Gonzales has resigned, ending a months-long standoff with Republican and Democratic critics who called for his ouster over the Justice Department's botched handling of FBI terror investigations and the firing of U.S. attorneys, officials said Monday, Aug. 27, 2007. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)