we are here to hear from alberto gonzales, the author of his newh book, "true faith and allegiance" a story of service and sacrifice in war and peace. he served our country and our state as attorney general, as the white house counsel, senior counsel to the president in the white house, as a member of the texas supreme court and chief of the secretary of state of texas. i worked with al in austin and washington, d.c., and we both agreed it was such an honor and privilege and hard work to work at the highest level of government in the state of texas and washington, d.c.. i thought i knew everything, big picture wise, that has happened with governor president bush. t but reading al book, there was a complexity of the notion i didn't know at all. i found his book inspiring and interesting. it was about the key decisions that were made, what decisions were made and how and why they were made. it's also in my opinion a clean america look. look. look. becoming a supreme court justice, the attorney general of the united states coming from the background he did in houston i am told time and t