WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 Michael Mukasey was sworn in Friday as U.S. attorney general in a private ceremony at the Justice Department, a department spokesman said.
Mukasey's swearing-in came less than 24 hours after winning Senate confirmation despite criticism at his refusal to call the interrogation technique of waterboarding, which simulates drowning, as torture, CNN reported.
The former federal judge flew to Washington from his New York home, and a short time later was administered the oath in private by Assistant Attorney General for Administration Lee Lofthus, CNN said.
Mukasey will be formally sworn in next week in at a public ceremony either at the White House or the Justice Department, official said. A date has not been announced.
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