President Barack Obama began filling the nation’s 93 U.S. attorney positions on Friday, announcing his first wave of six nominees. The move touched off a closely guarded process freighted with symbolism in the wake of the Bush administration firings scandal.
President George W. Bush and President Bill Clinton made their first U.S. attorney nominations days before Congress’ summer recess in August. Each nominated more than two dozen in the first round.
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