ms. yates i welcome you to the senate judiciary committee. it's been a big day for you and your family. congratulations on your nomination. today we will consider the nomination of sally yates to be deputy attorney general i would start by noting that she's already doing the job. she's been nominated for. she's been serving as acting deputy since the beginning of the year. so she already has some experience with leading the department. and has been exposed to some of the challenges the department faces. before her service, as acting deputy attorney general she served in the u.s. attorney's office for northern district of georgia for over 25 years. including five as the u.s. attorney, so she also has experience in running an office, and important experience as a prosecutor. too often when nominees appear before our committee they avoid answering questions by claiming that they aren't yet on the job, so they aren't in a position to provide responsive answers. however, because ms. yates has already been on the job for a few months, i assume she'l

ms. yates i welcome you to the senate judiciary committee. it's been a big day for you and your family. congratulations on your nomination. today we will consider the nomination of sally yates to be deputy attorney general. i would start by noting that she's already doing the job. she's been nominated for. she's been serving as acting deputy since the beginning of the year. so she already has some experience with leading the department and has been exposed to some of the challenges that the department faces. before her service, as acting deputy attorney general, she served in the u.s. attorney's office for northern district of georgia for over 25 years. including five as the u.s. attorney. so she also has experience in running an office an important experience as a prosecutor. too often when nominees appear before our committee, they avoidancing questions by claiming that they aren't yet on the job, so they aren't in a position to provide responsive answers. however, because ms. yates has already been on the job for a few months, i assume she'

ms. yates i welcome you to the senate judiciary committee. it's been a big day for you and your family. congratulations on your nomination. today we will consider the nomination of sally yates to be deputy attorney general i would start by noting that she's already doing the job. she's been nominated for. she's been serving as acting deputy since the beginning of the year. so she already has some experience with leading the department. and has been exposed to some of the challenges the department faces. before her service as acting deputy attorney general she served in the u.s. attorney's office for northern district of georgia for over 25 years. including five as the u.s. attorney, so she also has experience in running an office and important experience as a prosecutor. too often when nominees appear before our committee they avoid answering questions by claiming that they aren't yet on the job so they aren't in a position to provide responsive answers. however, because ms. yates has already been on the job for a few months, i assume she'll b

is the way i think it works out. >> ms. yates, congratulations on your nomination. >> thank you, senator. >> and certainly have an impressive career. in public service, and have all of the qualifications to prepare you for being the deputy attorney general, and i take seriously the advice and counsel of our colleagues, senator perdue, senator isakson and their testimonials to your public service and congressman lewis, as well. i guess the biggest problem someone in your position has when they come to washington, d.c. as a prosecutor is the politics. and the ambiguity that seems to exist too often in my view about the role of the chief law enforcement officer of the united states, the attorney general, and i would include high level appointees like you. about where your loyalties lie. and you've been very clear about your dedication of the law, and pursuit of justice, and that's very admirable. but sometimes, here at the highest levels of the department of justice, and this has happened in republican administrations and democratic

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