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Article: Reflections on events and changes at the Department of Justice.
- Article from:
- Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
- Article date:
- June 22, 2009
- Author:
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Few have had the profound privilege to serve their country as I have during my career of public service. It has been an even higher honor to serve in a time of national crisis. Such was my tenure as the eightieth Attorney General of the United States.
The privilege of serving as Missouri's State Auditor, Attorney General Governor, and Senator had been mine. I expected the end of my Senate career to mark the end of my career in public service. But when President George W. Bush asked me to continue my service to the nation as the United States Attorney General I welcomed the opportunity to lead the only agency in government with a value as its title. "Justice" to ...