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On the recordJanuary 24, 1990
I intend to nominate John R. Dunne to be an Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Nomination of John R. Dunne To Be an Assistant Attorney General

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