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Report: White House To Re-Nominate Dawn Johnsen For OLC Chief
Sam Stein asked White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs about the pace of federal appointments in the past year, and Gibbs said the President is unhappy about the slowness of the confirmations. More...
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Dawn Johnsen Will Be Re-Nominated
Based on multiple reports and my own confirmation, the White House plans to re-nominate Dawn Johnsen to the post of Assistant Attorney General at the Office of Legal Counsel. Johnsen joins five other...
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Pushed By Sestak, Specter Becomes Supporter Of Dawn Johnsen’s Confirmation
Yesterday I mentioned in The Roundup that Joe Sestak was pressuring Arlen Specter, previously opposed to the nomination of Dawn Johnsen as the head of the Office of Legal Counsel, to support her...
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Republicans Want New Hearings On Dawn Johnsen
Dawn Johnsen’s nomination cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee months ago, and with Arlen Specter’s support her confirmation has been thought to be all but assured. Nevertheless, with the...
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Nelson Never Asked For Johnsen Confirmation Vote
The Indianapolis Star has a fascinating tidbit in the ongoing Dawn Johnsen saga: Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., has said he is likely to vote for her, which would give Democrats the 60 votes they need for...
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Obama Gets 27 Nominees Confirmed, Reserves Right To Use Recess Appointments
Depending on your perspective, the President either won a showdown last night or put into reserve a tool he should be using. The Senate confirmed a huge group of administration nominees on Thursday,...
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Dawn Johnsen Approved By Senate Judiciary Committee Again
It took five attempts – the committee seemed to always run out of time, or lose a quorum – but today the Senate finally approved the nomination of Dawn Johnsen to head the Office of Legal Counsel....
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Dawn Johnsen Withdraws Her Nomination To Head OLC
Multiple sources have reported and Sam Stein confirms that Dawn Johnsen, the Indiana University law professor whose bid to run the Office of Legal Counsel at the Justice Department has been delayed for...
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“Dream Team” at OLC Dismantled, as Marty Lederman Leaves Executive Branch
Let me go in the wayback machine to January 20, 2009, and the announcement of Marty Lederman joining the Administration in the Office of Legal Counsel: Lederman, another former Clinton Office of Legal...
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