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<text id=93TT1259>
<title>
Mar. 22, 1993: At Last, a Full Cabinet
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
Mar. 22, 1993 Can Animals Think
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
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THE WEEK, Page 21
NATION
At Last, a Full Cabinet
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<p>Janet Reno breezes to confirmation as the first female Attorney
General
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<p> After Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood, neither the Clinton
Administration nor its critics were in the mood for another
imbroglio. So Dade County (Miami) prosecutor Janet Reno faced
a Senate Judiciary Committee eager to accept her as the first
woman Attorney General. She made the most of her opportunity.
Reno opened with a folksy but appealing tribute to her parents
and their stern self-reliance. Beyond declaring support for
strong gun-control laws, she had little specific to say about
policy. She stressed the need for social programs to keep
children from turning to crime but also affirmed the necessity
of punishment for "horrible" criminals. Republicans Arlen
Specter and Orrin Hatch, ogres to feminists because of their
hostile questioning of Anita Hill, gushed admiration for Reno,
and the committee suspended its rules in order to vote
immediately--and unanimously--for confirmation. So did the
full Senate, 98 to 0, the next day. On Friday, Reno was sworn
in, filling the last Cabinet chair.
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