| Attorney General Janet Reno arrives on Capitol Hill Tuesday, April 25, 2000, for a meeting with Senators to discuss the Elian Gonzalez raid. She has said in earlier interviews she believed she had no realistic choice but to proceed with the armed seizure. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook) |
| President Clinton leads a round of applause for Attorney General Janet Reno after he commended her for her actions in the Elian Gonzalez case during an event on hate crimes at the White House, Tuesday. During his remarks, Clinton called on members of the media, and politicians alike to give the Gonzalez family time to heal. Joining Clinton and Reno on stage was Amy Klobuchar, an attorney from Hennepin County, Minnesota. (Win McNamee/Reuters) |
| President Clinton walks behind Attorney General Janet Reno in the East Room of the White House Tuesday April 25, 2000 during a ceremony where they sought to revive hate-crimes legislation. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) |
| President Clinton passes behind Attorney General Janet Reno shortly before he commended her for her actions in the Elian Gonzalez case during an event on hate crimes at the White House, Tuesday. During his remarks, Clinton called on members of the media, and politicians alike to give the Gonzalez family time to heal. (Win McNamee/Reuters)
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| A bouquet of flowers from an anonymous person sits in Attorney General Janet Reno's office at the Justice Department in Washington Tuesday April 25, 2000. Reno has received many floral arrangements from around the country since the Elian Gonzalez raid. (AP Photo/Khue Bui) |
| Carol Foreman of the Justice Department's public affairs office, foreground, shows off various floral arrangements received by Attorney General Janet Reno from across the country, Tuesday April 25, 2000 in Reno's Justice Department office. The flowers have been arriving since the Elian Gonzalez raid. (AP Photo/Khue Bui) |
Thursday, April 27, 2000
| Attorney General Janet Reno speaks to reporters during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday April 27, 2000. Reno said that the agents who seized 6-year-old Cuban boy Elian Gonzalez had to have a "show of force, not a use of force, to show we were in control". Reno also said she "can't imagine that Marisleysis will be out of his (Elian's) life". (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) |