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The Office of the Assistant Attorney General
The attorney general's advising function over time, has been delegated to the assistant attorney general for the office of legal council. The head of o l c serves as kind of chief legal adviser to the executive branch and is responsible for providing constitutional comments on legislation. As a deputy in the Bush administration, i think my time was marked bylegal issues relating to the war and terror. But when you're the assistant attorny general, you were the final decision maker for the office.
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