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Mar 11, 2017 · When Janet Reno was confirmed by the Senate to be the first female U.S. Attorney General on March 11, 1993, the standoff in Waco had been going for two weeks and safety concerns were escalating for both the FBI and the Davidians. On April 19, after weeks of negotiations, the FBI began using an irritant gas around the barricaded building in an ...
Nov 7, 2016 · Updated 4:10 PM PDT, November 7, 2016. MIAMI (AP) — Janet Reno, who was the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general but also became the epicenter of multiple political storms during the Clinton administration, died early Monday. She was 78. Reno died from complications of Parkinson’s disease, her goddaughter Gabrielle D’Alemberte ...
Nov 7, 2016 · Janet Reno, 78, who was at the epicenter of a relentless series of political storms, died of complications from Parkinson’s disease. ... After Waco, Ms. Reno figured into some of the ...
Apr 24, 2024 · Janet Reno (born July 21, 1938, Miami, Florida, U.S.—died November 7, 2016, Miami) was an American lawyer and public official who became the first woman attorney general (1993–2001) of the United States. Reno settled with her family on 20 acres (8 hectares) of wilderness at the edge of the Everglades, outside Miami, Florida, when she was ...
("Waco Siege Prompts Crisis Training for Top Justice Department Officials," WPost, Dec. 9, 1993.) Why did Attorney General Janet Reno approve the FBI's CS gas plan to end the standoff at the ...
Apr 14, 2000 · Friday, 14 April, 2000, 18:59 GMT 19:59 UK. Janet Reno: From Waco to Elian. Janet Reno: Harvard graduate who struggled to the top. Janet Reno, the first woman US attorney-general, began her tenure in the spotlight over the siege of the Branch-Davidian cult at Waco in Texas. Now, as she nears the end of her period in office, the case of Elian ...
Nov 7, 2016 · MIAMI (AP) — Shy and admittedly awkward, Janet Reno became a blunt prosecutor and the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general. She was also at the epicenter of a relentless series of political storms during the Clinton administration, from the deadly raid on the Branch Davidian compound at Waco, Texas, to the seizure of 5-year-old Cuban immigrant Elian Gonzalez.
