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Lucia Graves

Obama Administration's War On Weed Rolls On

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 04.18.2012

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WASHINGTON -- When federal agents raided Oaksterdam University, Richard Lee's downtown Oakland, Calif.-based trade school, earlier this month, it wasn...

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Lucia Graves

Federal Interference In State Medical Marijuana Laws Is A Low Priority

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 12.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday reiterated the Justice Department's support for the Ogden memo, which in 2009 declared that the...

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Marcus Baram

James Cole, Key Obama Nominee, Shot Down By Senate Republicans

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 07.10.2011

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NEW YORK -- Monday night, Senate Republicans blocked one of the Obama administration's key nominees, ending a long and frustrating wait by James Cole ...

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Obama Announces Six Recess Appointments

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 05.25.2011

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HONOLULU — President Barack Obama bypassed the Senate Wednesday to make six recess appointments, including a deputy attorney general whose links...

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Marcus Baram

James Cole, Obama's Justice Nominee, Derailed By Senate GOP Amid Questions Over AIG Role

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011

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Over the last 30 years, no one has waited longer to take the number two position at the Justice Department. For over five months, James Cole, a lawye...

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