Victory! Lobbyist No Longer Up for DOJ Nod
The news is in: Mark Gitenstein is no longer being considered as a candidate to head the DOJ's Office of Legal Policy, according to the Huffington Post, Roll Call, and several other sources. The concerns about this longtime corporate lobbyist that we first raised on February 2 and reported in yesterday's post apparently have been heeded.
According to Roll Call, this decision has been confirmed by an administration official.
It's encouraging to see the Obama Administration standing by its ethics policy.
Ian Millhiser deftly captured the significance of this decision in his Huffington Post article:
Our sentiments exactly.
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