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Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is planning to make a quiet, low-key exit from the Justice Department at the end of the month, according to the Washington Post.

Does he have any regrets, a reporter asked Gonzales in Iowa on Tuesday. The Attorney General’s response: “Well, of course, we’re all human, and all of us make mistakes, and the thing that’s important is to identify when those mistakes are made, acknowledge the mistakes, correct the mistakes and then you move on, and that’s what I’ve endeavored to do as Attorney General.”

Translation: The former White House counsel wants folks to know that he’s actually not infallible, that he messes up (hey, “we’re all human”), and that he’ll take a hit for President Bush whenever he can.