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Date: January 9, 2007 2:14:45 PM PST
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Subject: Bush Hires a New Lawyer
Veteran Washington lawyer named counsel
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070109/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_fielding
WASHINGTON - Fred Fielding, a veteran Washington lawyer who served
presidents Nixon and Reagan <during the nation's biggest scandals>,
is returning to the White House to be President Bush's counsel.
"Fred is one of the most well respected and accomplished lawyers in
our nation, and I look forward to benefiting from his wise
counsel," Bush said Tuesday.
Fielding, 67, will become Bush's top White House lawyer just as
Democrats, once again the majority party in Congress, plan to take
a more critical look at the administration. From the Iraq war to
environmental policy and secret surveillance, the Democrats who now
control both the House and Senate are armed with subpoena power and
ready to summon panels of witnesses.
Fielding will replace Harriet Miers, Bush's failed Supreme Court
nominee and longtime adviser. She submitted her resignation
Thursday after six years in the White House, and it will take
effect Jan. 31.
Fielding served as President Reagan's counsel from 1981 to 1986
<during Iran-Contra>, where one of his assistants was John Roberts,
now the chief justice of the Supreme Court. Under President Nixon,
Fielding served as deputy White House counsel from 1972 to 1974
<during Watergate> and associate counsel from 1970 to 1972.
More recently, he served on the bipartisan panel that investigated
the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Fielding is a partner at the firm of Wiley, Rein and Fielding.
He is known as an expert in business litigation and government
relations law, representing corporations in high profile regulatory
investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the
Justice Department and others.
"As soon as I heard they were looking for someone with a great
investigation background, Fred Fielding was the only one I thought
of," said Sheila Tate, a public relations executive who worked in
the Reagan administration.
Ron Kaufman, who served in the administrations of Reagan and Bush's
father, said he was not surprised that Fielding would take the job.
"Guys like him can't say no to a president," Kaufman said.
The Committee for Justice, a conservative judicial organization,
praised Bush for picking a lawyer who has the "gravitas and
determination" to stand up to opposition tactics by Democrats.
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