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Dawn Johnsen: Why Obama Backed Down On Yearlong Nomination

Time | Theo Emery | Posted 05.25.2011

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Late on April 9, amid a flurry of news over the retirements of Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens and Congressman Bart Stupak, the White House qu...

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Jason Linkins

Dawn Johnsen's Usefulness As A Stalking Horse For Principles Is Apparently Over

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Surprise! Last Friday, the White House announced that Dawn Johnsen had withdrawn her nomination. The announcement was pretty anodyne, but I'm guessing that maybe Johnsen withdrew in abject disgust.

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Jason Linkins

Dawn Johnsen Says Her OLC Nomination Foundered Due To Her Opposition To Torture

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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In her first public statement since she withdrew her nomination to head the Office of Legal Counsel, Dawn Johnsen briefly discusses the reason her nom...

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Dawn Johnsen Wrote Forcefully About Confronting 'Our Nation's Past Transgressions'

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama's nominee to head the Office of Legal Counsel, Dawn Johnsen, withdrew her name after sustained opposition from Republicans and a coupl...

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Sam Stein

Obama 'Frustrated' By 'Slow' Confirmation For Nominees, Expected To Re-Nominate

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama is increasingly frustrated with the slow pace of confirmation for his judicial and executive appointees, according to White House Pres...

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