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Reno remained Attorney General for the rest of Clinton's presidency, making her the longest-serving Attorney General since William Wirt in 1829. [7] In 1994, Reno tasked the Justice Department with compiling a report on DNA exoneration. The science was still new at that point in time.
Apr 2, 2014 · Janet Reno broke new ground in 1993 as the first woman to serve as U.S. Attorney General, serving under President Bill Clinton.
Jul 17, 2024 · In 1993, after the unsuccessful nominations of two other candidates, President Bill Clinton nominated Reno for the position of U.S. attorney general, and she was quickly approved by the U.S. Senate.
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William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again from 1983 to 1992.
Janet Reno, the strong-minded Florida prosecutor who was tapped by Bill Clinton to become the country’s first female attorney general and who shaped the U.S. government’s responses to the...
Nov 7, 2016 · Nov. 7, 2016. Janet Reno, who rose from a rustic life on the edge of the Everglades to become attorney general of the United States — the first woman to hold the job — and whose eight years...
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Nov 7, 2016 · Janet Reno, who became the first female Attorney General of the United States upon her appointment by President Bill Clinton in 1993, died on 7 November 2016 due to complications of Parkinson's...
