Deputy Attorney General James Cole appointed by President

[malaise]

-Recess appointment.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-29/obama-appoints-james-cole-deputy-attorney-general-bypassing-republicans.html
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President Barack Obama installed James Cole as deputy U.S. attorney general, the nation’s second- ranking law enforcement post, by appointing him during the congressional recess to overcome Republican opposition.

Obama nominated Cole to the position in May. Two months later, the Senate Judiciary Committee sent his nomination to the full Senate, where Republicans blocked its consideration. The nomination was returned to the White House when the Senate adjourned last week.

Cole can serve without Senate confirmation until the expiration of the next session of Congress, or about a year. The first session of the 112th Congress begins Jan. 5.

Cole, 58, spent 13 years at the Justice Department, including four years as deputy chief of the public integrity section, which handles corruption prosecutions of public officials. He entered private practice in 1992 and joined the Washington office of Bryan Cave LLP as a partner in 1995. He was special counsel to the House ethics committee during its 1997 investigation of then-Speaker Newt Gingrich, a Georgia Republican.
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