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Obama's impressive new OLC chief

A law professor with a history of strident condemnation of Bush radicalism is named to one of the most important positions in the executive branch.

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  • Monday, January 5, 2009 07:24 PM

    @Kitt

    I hit 40 plus and couple, and couldn't make out the newspaper print. Took me for a loop. That was a whiiile back. ;o)

    Yup. At 41 my eye doctor said I did not yet need bifocals, but that they were only a few years away. She was so right.

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