And that is what is at issue here -- how did this operation come about, how did this tactic begin to be used -- a flawed tactic, which everyone recognizes -- including the Attorney General, the President of the United States, congressional leaders of both parties was a flawed tactic and a mistake.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

From February 1985 to August 1988 Ed proudly served his country as the Seventy-fifth Attorney General of the United States.

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The chairman noted that the investigation has resulted in conviction of 14 individuals, including the former Associate Attorney General of the United States, Webster Hubbell, the then- sitting Governor of Arkansas, Jim Guy Tucker, and the Clintons' two business partners, Jim and Susan McDougal.

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In the mid-1990s, Gorelick served as deputy attorney general of the United States.

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