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Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division - Lanny Breuer

Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer was confirmed on April 20, 2009.  A hearing to consider his nomination was held on March 10, 2009.  An archived webcast is available.  On March 26, 2009, the Judiciary Committee ordered the nomination reported to the Senate for consideration.  icon_webcast

A transcript of the hearing, including the Committee Questionnaire, responses to questions submitted for the record, and letters received in connection with the nomination, is available through the Government Printing Office.  Attachments to the Committee Questionnaire are available upon request.

Letters Received in Connection with the Nomination

  • March 16, 2009 - Michael Horowitz, Cadwalader; former Deputy Attorney General, Criminal Division
  • March 10, 2009 - Jo Ann Harris, former Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division
  • March 10, 2009 - Alice Fisher, former Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division
  • March 9, 2009 - National Partnership for Women & Families
  • March 9, 2009 - National Fraternal Order of Police
  • March 9, 2009 - Break the Cycle
  • March 6, 2009 - Simone E. Ross, Covington & Burling LLP; former Assistant U.S. Attorney
  • March 6, 2009 - National Association of Police Organizations, Inc.
  • March 3, 2009 - National Narcotics Officers' Associations Coalition
  • March 3, 2009 - Matthew W. Friedrich, former Acting Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division
  • March 3, 2009 - Major Cities Chiefs Association
  • February 28, 2009 - Roger Conner, Director, The Advocacy Project, Adjunct Professor of Law, Vanderbilt Law School
  • February 27, 2009 - Richard D. Perkins, retired Chief of Police, City of Henderson
  • February 25, 2009 - James K. Robinson, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP; former Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division
  • February 25, 2009 - National District Attorneys Association
  • February 24, 2009 - National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
  • February 24, 2009 - National Association of Drug Court Professionals
  • February 23, 2009 - Former Administrators of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency [Peter Bensinger, 1976-1981; Jack Lawn, 1985-1990; Asa Hutchinson, 2001-2003]
  • February 23, 2009 - Andrew Cuomo, Attorney General, State of New York
  • February 20, 2009 - Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association
  • February 20, 2009 - Roger Conner, Director, The Advocacy Project; Adjunct Professor of Law, Vanderbilt Law School
  • February 19, 2009 - National Network to End Domestic Violence
  • February 18, 2009 - Anne Milgram, Attorney General, State of New Jersey
  • February 17, 2009 - Larry Thompson, former Deputy Attorney General
  • February 17, 2009 - Michael Madigan, Orrick
  • February 17, 2009 - Charles G. La Bella, former U.S. Attorney
  • February 17, 2009 - Douglas F. Gansler, Attorney General, State of Maryland
  • February 13, 2009 - Bradford A. Berenson, Sidley Austin LLP
  • February 11, 2009 - Joint Letter [Jonathan S. Quinn, Reed Smith LLP; Matthew J. Brief, Brief Carmen & Kleiman, LLP; Hon. Gregoray Carro, New York County Supreme Court; Lewis H. Chimes, Garrison, Levin-Epstein, Chimes, Richardson & Fitzgerald, P.C.; Katharine T. Cobb, Queens College, CUNY; Patrick J. Conlon; Carey R. Dunne, Davis Polk & Wardwell; Irving B. Hirsch, Wilson Elser Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP; Sally Keller; John B. McCusker, McCusker, Anselmi, Rosen & Carvelli; Vincent A. Nagler, Callan, Koster, BRady & Brennean, LLP; Janet Polstein; Sally Strauss, Mount Sinai Medical Center; Michael K. Ungar, Simmons & Ungar LLP; Gino A. Zonghetti, Kenny Stearns & Zonghetti, LLC]
  • February 6, 2009 - Michael Chertoff, former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security; former Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division
  • February 5, 2009 - Frederick W. Thieman, President, The Buhl Foundation, former U.S. Attorney
  • February 5, 2009 - Earl J. Silbert, DLA Piper LLP, former U.S. Attorney
  • February 3, 2009 - Fred S. Zeidman, Chairman, United States Holocaust Memorial Council
  • February 2, 2009 - Elizabeth Holtzman, Herrick; former U.S. Representative
  • January 30, 2009 - Robert Bittman, White & Case
  • January 29, 2009 - Thomas C. Green, Sidley Austin LLP
  • January 28, 2009 - Richard H. Girgenti
  • January 28, 2009 - Plato Cacheris, Trout Cacheris PLLC
  • January 28, 2009 - Robert S. Bennett, Skaden, Arbs, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
  • January 27, 2009 - Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, County of New York
  • January 26, 2009 - Martha Rogers, Ober Kaler; former Assistant U.S. Attorney

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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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