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By
Jessica Calefati
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The Paper Trail - July 9, 2009
Alberto Gonzales will teach a course on contemporary executive-branch issues for the Red Raiders.
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Obama's Power Players: Holder is the 'People's Lawyer'
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Amanda Ruggeri
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Nation & World - May 19, 2009
Both Obama and Holder graduated from Columbia.
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Palin's Latest Blunder: Attorney General Nominee Reportedly Defended Marital Rape
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Bonnie Erbe
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Bonnie Erbe - April 14, 2009
Her attorney general nominee reportedly called gays "degenerates," defended marital rape.
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Eric Holder Was Correct on D.C. Voting Rights and the Office of Legal Counsel
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Robert Schlesinger
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Robert Schlesinger - April 2, 2009
Ignoring the Office of Legal Counsel was unusual, but not wrong.
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Obama, Holder's Drug Policy Partially Decriminalizes Pot—Time to Go All the Way?
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Robert Schlesinger
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Robert Schlesinger - March 19, 2009
Obama's attorney general OK's medical marijuana in California, elsewhere. Is it time to go all the way?
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Why Eric Holder Says Civil Rights is His Top Priority After the Bush Years
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Alex Kingsbury
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Nation & World - March 12, 2009
The attorney general says the Justice Department's legendary Civil Rights Division needs to be rebuilt.
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'Nation of Cowards' Aside, Holder Was Right, Especially About Black History Month
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Mary Kate Cary
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Mary Kate Cary - February 20, 2009
The attorney general's "cowards" comment was extreme, but he's got other good points.
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Holder: "Waterboarding is Torture"
Nation & World - January 15, 2009
Attorney General-nominee disputes President Bush over legality of that interrogation method.
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Obama Picks Muscular National Security Team, Including Former Rival Hillary Clinton
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Amanda Ruggeri
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Nation & World - December 1, 2008
Other names include Bush Pentagon chief Robert Gates and Eric Holder as attorney general.
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Health Buzz: Mukasey's Collapse and Other Health News
Health - November 21, 2008
What felled the AG? Also, your birthday's role in asthma risk, quitting the smokes, and pregnancy tips.
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Health Buzz: At-Home Medical Monitors and Other Health News
Health - November 11, 2008
Tanning salon's health claims, avoiding norovirus or stomach flu, and skepticism about a statin study
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5 Administration Positions Barack Obama Must Fill and the Potential Candidates
Opinion - November 7, 2008
Obama has chosen Rahm Emanuel as his chief of staff. Here are potential candidates for other positions.
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Rep. John Mica on Fannie/Freddie Special Prosecutor
By
Luke Mullins
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The Home Front - October 29, 2008
Congressman wants a special prosecutor to investigate the two housing finance giants.
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How Crafty Health Insurers Are Denying Care
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Bernadine Healy, M.D.
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Health - August 25, 2008
You can fight back when your health plan says no.
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Bush Fumes in Private About Mukasey
News Desk - November 2, 2007
Behind the scenes, President Bush is fuming even more than he has let on publicly at the Senate's delay in voting on his choice of Michael Mukasey as the new attorney general.
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His Turn on the Hot Seat
By
Emma Schwartz
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Nation & World - October 12, 2007
Congress to grill the AG pick
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Bush AG Choice: No Loyalist or Insider
By
Emma Schwartz
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Nation & World - September 17, 2007
Former federal Judge Michael Mukasey is seen as a compromise candidate.
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Chertoff Is Still the One
By
Paul Bedard
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Washington Whispers - August 27, 2007
Nothing's changed since Whispers broke the story.
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Maybe Trading Up Soon at Justice
Washington Whispers - August 26, 2007
The buzz among top Bushies is that beleaguered Attorney General Alberto Gonzales finally plans to depart and will be replaced by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. Why Chertoff? Officials say he's got fans on Capitol Hill, is untouched by the Justice prosecutor scandal, and has more experience than Gonzales did, having served as a federal judge and assistant attorney general.
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Maybe Trading Up Soon at Justice
By
Paul Bedard
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Washington Whispers - August 24, 2007
The buzz among top Bushies is that beleaguered Attorney General Alberto Gonzales finally plans to depart and will be replaced by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. Why Chertoff? Officials say he's got fans on Capitol Hill, is untouched by the Justice prosecutor scandal, and has more experience than Gonzales did, having served as a federal judge and assistant attorney general.
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