Janet Reno, the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general, died Monday morning after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. She was 78.
Reno served in the Clinton White House from 1993 to 2001 and her tenure was bracketed by two controversial actions—the 51-day siege of the Branch Davidian compound in 1993 and her decision to have armed federal agents storm a Miami home in 2000 to return 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez to his native Cuba.
In a statement released by the White House this morning, President Obama praised Reno as being “tough as nails”—someone who “never cowered in her fight for what was right.” He noted her commitment to “ensuring that all Americans are treated equal under the law.”
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