Attorney General Nomination Announcement
During a Rose Garden ceremony honoring members of the Justice Department, President George H. W. Bush announced the…
Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee delivered final comments and voted on the confirmation of Acting Attorney General William Barr to… read more
Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee delivered final comments and voted on the confirmation of Acting Attorney General William Barr to become U.S. Attorney General. Mr. Barr had been acting attorney general since the resignation of Dick Thornburgh in the late summer of 1991, when Mr. Thornburgh decided to campaign for a Senate seat in Pennsylvania. Some discussion arose about the process of confirming other Federal Judges as well as comments on the Barr nomination.The committee voted unanimously 14-0 in favor of the confirmation of William Barr to become attorney general. close
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