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Article: CLINTON PICKS THIRD CIVIL RIGHTS NOMINEE.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- February 2, 1994
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Byline: LYNNE DUKE - Washington Post
President Clinton on Tuesday nominated Deval L. Patrick, a corporate and civil rights lawyer, to head the Justice Department's civil rights division, a post that has remained vacant for a year in the wake of controversies over two previous candidates.
Patrick, 37, a partner in the Boston law firm of Hill & Barlow, where Republican Gov. William F. Weld and former Democratic Gov. Michael Dukakis once practiced, was hailed by Clinton as the right man to occupy a position that has "historically embodied what is best about our country."
Patrick, a former litigator with the National Association for the ...