Stories Tagged ‘Bill Clinton’
By Stephanie Woodrow | March 5, 2010 11:24 am
The nominee to be Connecticut U.S. Attorney was Associate Counsel to President Bill Clinton from 1995 to 1996. He also worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York from 1989 to 1995.
Tags: Bill Clinton, Connecticut, David Fein, Kevin O'Connor, Nora Dannehy, Nora R. Dannehy, U.S. Attorney nominations
By Joe Palazzolo | February 15, 2010 11:34 am
After being targeted for weeks by Republicans and supporters of military commissions, the Attorney General has struck a deal with President Obama’s advisers: They’ll let him speak out more, and he’ll allow them to help sharpen his message, The New York Times reports.
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, David Ogden, Eric Holder, Janet Reno, Jim Messina, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, military tribunals, Rahm Emanuel, terrorism, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
By Jesse Sunenblick | January 28, 2010 2:26 pm
The dueling narratives of impassioned assistance and circumspection regarding reconstruction efforts in Haiti came to light today, during a special session of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Tags: Bill Clinton, corruption, Haiti, Huguette Labelle, Transparency International
By Jesse Sunenblick | January 26, 2010 12:56 pm
How will Haiti, long one of the world’s most corrupt countries, handle a surge of cash intended for rebuilding but subject to the miserable nexus of factors that have long complicated the island’s existence?
Tags: Bill Clinton, Bob Shacochis, corruption, Danny Glover, foreign policy, Fox News, Haiti, Jean-Max Bellerive, Jeffrey Sachs, Rene Preval
By Ryan J. Reilly | December 21, 2009 2:09 pm
Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez, in a speech at the National Press Club, harshly criticized the Civil Rights Division’s actions in the Bush administration.
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Brad Reynolds, Civil Rights Division, Ed Meese, Eric Holder, George H.W. Bush, hate crimes, John Dunne, National Press Club, Thomas Perez, Tom Perez
By Joe Palazzolo | December 16, 2009 2:52 pm
The White House has shown little appetite for controversy, one reason the confirmation process has been slow. Candidates in Alabama and Mississippi are among those who appear to have foundered after Republican objections.
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Christi McCoy, District of Colorado, Eric Holder, George W. Bush, Jim Greenlee, Joe Van Heest, Leura Canary, Middle District of Alabama, Northern District of Mississippi, Richard Shelby, Stephanie Villafeurte, Stephanie Villafuerte, U.S. Attorney nominations
By Steve Bagley | October 13, 2009 4:08 pm
But the Attorney General’s ranking rises to No. 3 when everyone without a mustache is eliminated. White House adviser David Axelrod and Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) came in above Holder.
Tags: Attorney General, awards, Bill Clinton, David Obey, Dick Cheney, Eric Holder, George W. Bush, Henry Waxman, Hillary Clinton, Most Powerful Man in DC, Rahm Emanuel, Robert Mueller, Robert Mueller III
By Andrew Ramonas | October 2, 2009 9:05 pm
Data compiled by Main Justice show that President Obama is moving relatively slowly to replace top federal prosecutors around the country. Some of the Bush-era U.S. Attorneys still serving were embroiled in the controversies over alleged politicization of the DOJ.
Tags: Alabama, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Bill Mercer, Edward Kubo Jr., George W. Bush, Gregory Brower, Joe Stecher, Leura Canary, Mary Beth Buchanan, Montana, U.S. Attorney nominations, William Mercer
By Joe Palazzolo | September 11, 2009 12:09 pm
Connecticut’s senators have recommended four candidates to the White House, including the prosecutor investigating the 2006 U.S. Attorney firings, The Hartford Courant reports.
Tags: Bill Clinton, Christopher Dodd, David Fein, Edgardo Ramos, Joseph Lieberman, Nora Dannehy, U.S. Attorney firings, U.S. Attorneys Office for the District of Connecticut, William Tong
By Joe Palazzolo | August 31, 2009 1:19 pm
Neil Kinkopf, a respected constitutional law scholar and former lawyer in the Office of Legal Counsel during the Clinton administration, will join OLP as a counselor.
Tags: Bill Clinton, Christopher Schroeder, Janet Reno, Joe Biden, Neil Kinkopf, Office of Legal Counsel, Office of Legal Policy, Raj De, Spencer Overton
