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Kirk Wouldn't Want to See Prosecutor Fitzgerald Go
CHICAGO (AP) -- Republican Sen. Mark Kirk has three words for U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald: Stay in Chicago.

Fitzgerald's name has surfaced among potential nominees to replace outgoing FBI Director Robert Mueller, whose nonrenewable term ends in September.

Kirk said Monday he doesn't wish Fitzgerald any ill will in his career but ``gosh, we need him here.'' Kirk said he would miss Fitzgerald ``greatly'' if he was promoted to the FBI. Under Fitzgerald, the office has prosecuted two former Illinois governors, including the upcoming retrial of ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich on corruption charges.

But Fitzgerald is a potential nominee who could have trouble with congressional confirmation. Some Republicans think he overreached in his prosecution of I. Lewis ``Scooter'' Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, in the Valerie Plame affair.

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