1.0 link 155288 <![CDATA[Elena Kagan: Obama's Solicitor General]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/05/elena-kagan-obamas-solici_n_155288.html President-Elect Obama has announced his intention to nominate the dean of the Harvard Law School as the first female solicitor general, the government's top courtroom advocate. No woman has ever held the position, except in an acting role.

Kagan served in Bill Clinton's White House from 1995 to 1999, first as Associate Counsel to the President and then as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council. Prior to that, Kagan clerked for...

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