Nomination To The Office of Legal Counsel
On August 4, 2010, National Public Radio reported that Seitz was the leading candidate to serve as the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel in the United States Department of Justice. President Obama had not appointed a Senate-confirmed nominee to head the OLC, and his previous nominee for the job, Dawn Johnsen, withdrew her candidacy after it languished for more than a year in the face of opposition from Senate Republicans.
On January 5, 2011, Obama nominated Seitz to be Assistant Attorney General for OLC.
The full United States Senate confirmed Seitz in a voice vote on June 28, 2011.
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