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Janet Reno
Attorney General · 1993
Janet Reno, Attorney General. The Senate voted 98–0 on the nomination on Mar 11, 1993 (Nomination Confirmed). Janet Wood Reno was an American lawyer and public official who served as the 78th United States attorney general from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. A member of the Democratic Party, Reno was the second-longest serving attorney general, behind only William Wirt, and the first woman to serve in the position.
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- Attorney General1993-03-12–2001-01-20
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- Attorney General
103rd Congress · Nomination Confirmed98–0 · Mar 11, 1993
Biography
Janet Wood Reno was an American lawyer and public official who served as the 78th United States attorney general from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. A member of the Democratic Party, Reno was the second-longest serving attorney general, behind only William Wirt, and the first woman to serve in the position.
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