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		<title>Grassley: Seitz a &#8216;Lackey&#8217; for Authorizing Recess Appointments</title>
		<link>http://www.mainjustice.com/2012/01/24/grassley-seitz-a-lackey-for-the-administration-in-authorizing-recess-appointments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee criticized Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel chief Virginia Seitz.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Panel to Consider DOJ Nominees</title>
		<link>http://www.mainjustice.com/2011/04/11/senate-panel-to-consider-doj-nominees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Ramonas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate Judiciary Committee will consider the nominees for the Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel and the Bureau of Justice Assistance.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Taps Seitz for Office of Legal Counsel</title>
		<link>http://www.mainjustice.com/2011/01/05/obama-taps-seitz-for-office-of-legal-counsel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Ramonas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington, D.C., lawyer is President Barack Obama's second nominee for an office that hasn't had a Senate-confirmed leader since 2003.]]></description>
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		<title>D.C. Lawyer on Track for OLC Nomination</title>
		<link>http://www.mainjustice.com/2010/12/22/d-c-lawyer-on-track-for-olc-nomination/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Ramonas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel has not had a Senate-confirmed leader since Jack Goldsmith resigned in 2003.]]></description>
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		<title>Former OLC Nominee Would Have Accepted Recess Appointment</title>
		<link>http://www.mainjustice.com/2010/11/22/former-olc-nominee-would-have-accepted-recess-appointment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Ramonas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The former nominee faced stiff opposition from Republicans because of her aversion to the George W. Bush administration's national security policies and her pro abortion-rights views.]]></description>
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		<title>D.C. Lawyer Is Frontrunner for OLC Nomination</title>
		<link>http://www.mainjustice.com/2010/08/04/d-c-lawyer-is-olc-nominee-frontrunner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Ramonas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A partner at Sidley Austin LLP would be the second Office of Legal Counsel nominee sent to the Senate by President Barack Obama.]]></description>
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		<title>Another Top Official Leaving OLC</title>
		<link>http://www.mainjustice.com/2010/07/21/another-top-official-leaving-olc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan J. Reilly</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jonathan Cedarbaum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marty Lederman]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel will leave the Justice Department next month and return to teaching at Georgetown University Law Center.]]></description>
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		<title>Bush DOJ Officials Not United On Kagan</title>
		<link>http://www.mainjustice.com/2010/07/01/bush-doj-officials-not-united-on-kagan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 01:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Ramonas</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elena Kagan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three former Justice Department officials from the George W. Bush administration testified Thursday on the nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court.]]></description>
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		<title>Former OLC Nominee Johnsen: &#8216;I Have No Regrets&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.mainjustice.com/2010/06/18/former-olc-nominee-johnsen-i-have-no-regrets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Ramonas</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dawn Johnsen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dawn Johnsen, the former Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel nominee, addressed members of the American Constitution Society in her first public appearance in a year and a half. UPDATED: 1:57 p.m.]]></description>
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		<title>OLC Publishes Opinion on Obama&#8217;s Nobel Prize</title>
		<link>http://www.mainjustice.com/2010/04/16/olc-publishes-opinion-on-obamas-nobel-prize/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mainjustice.com/2010/04/16/olc-publishes-opinion-on-obamas-nobel-prize/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Palazzolo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama's acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize did not violate the Constitution's Emoluments Clause because the Norwegian government had "no meaningful role" in selecting the president for the honor, the Office of Legal Counsel advised.]]></description>
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