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Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division - William J. Baer

President Obama nominated William J. Baer to be the Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division on February 6, 2012.  

Hearings on the nomination on July 26, 2012.  An archived webcast is available. The nominations was reported by the Committee on September 20, 2012.

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Committee Questionnaire

  • Question 12A - Books, Articles, Reports, Letters to the Editor, Editorial Pieces, Other Published Materials
  • Question 12B - Reports, Memoranda, Policy Statements
  • Question 12C - Testimony, Official Statements, Other Communications Relating to Matters of Public Policy or Legal Interpretation
  • Question 12D - Speeches, Talks, Commencement Speeches, Remarks, Lectures, Panel Discussions, Conferences, Political Speeches, Question-and-Answer Sessions - Part 1, Part 2
  • Question 12E - Interviews

Letters Received in Connection with the Nomination

  • February 28, 2012 -February 28, 2012 – Joint Letter [Ira M. Millstein; Harvey M. Applebaum; Edward William Barnett; Richard W. Pogue; James T. Halverson; James F. Rill; Irving Scher; Harry M. Reasoner; J. Thomas Rosch; Robert P. Taylor; Michael L. Denger; Alan H. Silberman; Caswell O. Hobbs; John Deq. Briggs; James R. Loftis, III; Robert C. Weinbaum; Phillip A. Proger; Janet L. McDavid; Ky P. Ewing, Jr.; Roxanne C. Busey; Robert T. Joseph; Kevin E. Grady; Ricahrd J. Wallis; Donald C. Klawiter; Joseph Angland; Kathryn M. Fenton; James A. Wilson; Ilene Knable Gotts; Allan Van Fleet]
  • February 28, 2012 - Joint Letter from Former Antitrust Division Assistant Attorneys General [Thomas E. Kauper, Anne K. Bingaman, Donald I. Baker, Joel I. Klein, John H. Shenefield, Charles A. James, Sanford M. Litvack, R. Hewitt Pate, Charles F. Rule, Thomas O. Barnett, James F. Rill, Christine A. Varney]

Christine Varney nomination materials available here.

 

 

 

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Did You Know?  The longest serving members in the history of the Senate have served on the Judiciary Committee: Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia served as Senator from Jan. 3, 1959, until June 28, 2010, and served on the Committee from Jan. 14, 2969, until Jan. 3, 1980; Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina served as Senator from Dec. 24, 1954, until April 4, 1956, and from Nov. 7, 1956, until Jan. 3, 2003, and served on the Committee from Jan. 16, 1967, until Jan. 3, 2003; and Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts served as Senator From Nov. 7, 1962, until Aug. 25., 2009, and served on the Committee from Feb. 15, 1963, until Jan. 21, 2009.

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