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Website. www.justice.gov /ag. The United States attorney general (AG) is the head of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and is the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government of the United States. The attorney general serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all legal matters.
Deputy Secretary of Defense. General Counsel of the Department of Defense. Inspector General of the Department of Defense. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs. Chief Information Officer (New Position as of the 116th Congress) Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment.
January 20, 2017. January 30, 2017. Dismissed by President Trump on January 30, after she instructed the Justice Department not to make legal arguments defending Executive Order 13769. Deputy Attorney General. January 10, 2015. January 30, 2017. General Counsel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Dana Boente.
On January 30, 2017, Trump appointed Dana Boente, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, to serve as acting Attorney General until Jeff Sessions' Senate confirmation. [146] Boente had replaced Sally Yates who was fired by Trump for ordering the Justice Department to not defend Trump's Executive Order 13769 which ...
Appointments. Presidential campaigns. v. t. e. President Biden will make many nominations to key roles in the Department of Justice, including the attorney general, deputy attorney general, and solicitor general. As with all other nominations, almost all of them have to be confirmed by the United States Senate before they can start their service.
The United States order of precedence is an advisory document maintained by the Ceremonials Division of the Office of the Chief of Protocol of the United States which lists the ceremonial order, or relative preeminence, for domestic and foreign government officials (military and civilian) at diplomatic, ceremonial, and social events within the United States and abroad.
Each department is headed by a secretary whose title echoes the title of their respective department, with the exception of the Department of Justice, whose head is known as the attorney general. The heads of the executive departments are appointed by the president and take office after confirmation by the United States Senate , and serve at ...
Recorded June 5, 2020. William Pelham Barr (born May 23, 1950) is an American attorney who served as United States attorney general in the administration of President George H. W. Bush from 1991 to 1993 and again in the administration of President Donald Trump from 2019 to 2020. Born and raised in New York City, Barr was educated at the Horace ...