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On the recordFebruary 2, 2009
This is a man of really exceptional experience. This is a man who has been a U.S. attorney, who has been a Federal judge, who has been the Deputy Attorney General of the United States--the No. 2 position in this Department, and who, by all standards, has acquitted himself with remarkable distinction during the course of his tenure in those three positions. It is also noteworthy that the Department of Justice has fallen on very hard times recently. People from both sides of the aisle from recent and distant administrations have come forward to try to be helpful to express their concern and their dismay about what was allowed to happen to this great Department.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Discussing the qualifications of the new Attorney General and the challenges facing the Department of Justice.

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