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April 12, 2010

Obama Pick Withdraws Nomination for Legal Office
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The Obama administration’s choice to head the Justice Department’s
Office of Legal Counsel has withdrawn herself from consideration after
more than a year of Republican-led opposition to her nomination. The
nominee, Dawn Johnsen, is a law professor at Indiana University.
Republicans had criticized her for opposition to Bush-era interrogation
and surveillance policies, as well as her work for an abortion rights
group two decades ago. She was left off a list of fifteen recess
appointments by President Obama last month.



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