WASHINGTON — As predicted, President Obama nominated attorney James M. Cole as deputy attorney general Friday, filling the number two spot left vacant by the resignation of David Ogden, who stepped down after less than a year, the Washington Post reported. Ogden and Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. did not get along all that well.
Cole, 58, a defense attorney, had spent 13 year in the Justice Department and is a longtime friend of Holder’s. The pick comes at a time of intense pressure to battle terrorism and Republican criticism of President Obama and the Justice Department.
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