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Position: Attorney General

As head of the Department of Justice and chief law enforcement officer of the federal government, the attorney general represents the United States in legal matters and advises the president and executive department heads of the Government. The attorney general appears to represent the government before the U.S. Supreme Court in cases of exceptional importance.

Type of Appointment/Position: Presidential with Senate confirmation    

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Nominee's Background:

John Shattuck is married, with four children. He's been active in civil and human rights campaigns and has a lengthy history of public service.

Professional background:

* CEO, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation (2001 - present) * U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic, (1998 - 2000) * Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (1993 -97) * vice president for government, community and public affairs (1984 - 93) * Executive Director of the ACLU Washington office and national staff counsel (1971 - 83)

Education:

* B.A., Yale University (1965) * M.A., Cambridge University (1967) * J.D., Yale Law School (1970)

Member of the following boards of directors:

* World Peace Foundation * Common Cause, national governing board

Partial list of awards:

* Ambassador's Award from the American Bar Association Central and East European Law Initiative (2000) * International Human Rights Award from the United Nations Association of Boston (1998) * Distinguished Service to Public Education Award from the Massachusetts Board of Education (1990) * Yale Law School Public Service Award (1988) * Roger Baldwin Award for national contribution to civil liberties (1984)

Publications:

* "Freedom on Fire: Human Rights Wars and the Roots of Terrorism, to be published by Harvard University Press in 2003

Links to Ideas: http://streams.wgbh.org/forum/forum.php?lecture_id=1303 and http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/bureaus/eur/releases/960201ShattuckBosnia.html

Quotations:

"The rule of law encompasses all elements of an open, transparent, democratic system, both within a country's own institutions, as well as in its relationships with other countries and international bodies. Rule of law takes many shapes in a civil society, including the strengthening of economic structures, the safeguarding of human rights and the protection of national minorities." - from speech in Prague on Rule of Law and NATO Strikes, 1999

Nominated by: Progressive Government Institute

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