Alberto Gonzales has become the nation’s first Latino Attorney General after being confirmed by the Senate in a 60 to 36 vote Thursday. All but six Democrats opposed Gonzales largely for his role in setting the legal groundwork that led to the abandonment of the Geneva Conventions and the torturing of detainees in Iraq, Guantanamo Bay and Afghanistan. Senator John Kerry voted against Gonzales saying “It’s a mistake to choose as our nation’s chief law enforcement officer someone who called [the Geneva Conventions] 'quaint' and opened a Pandora’s Box that has tarred America’s image in the world and placed our troops at even greater risk.”