Gonzales names new director for executive office of U.S. attorneys(Battles former job)

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Source: CNN


WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will appoint Kenneth Melson as director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, the Department of Justice said in a statement released Friday.

Melson, currently first assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia -- a position he's held since 1986 -- will take over for Michael Battle on May 14, the statement said.

The Justice Department reported in March that the resignation of Battle -- the official who had to deliver the bad news to the eight prosecutors fired last year -- was not related to the controversy over the firings. In a written statement, Battle said he notified Justice officials last June that he planned to return to private practice.



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1. that's some kind of foresight by Battle

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2. maybe it was the first call he made to Cummins that set off a lightbulb

In June, U.S. Attorney for Arkansas' Eastern District Bud Cummins gets a call asking him to resign.

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