As the government's chief law officer, he was seldom out of the news.
Asked on Wednesday if he had the backing of the attorney general - the government's chief law officer - for unfreezing Libyan assets, Mr Hague said the government "based on any legal considerations as well as political considerations are united in this position".
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In so doing, a majority in Congress reaffirmed the venerable American principle that no citizen not even the chief law enforcement officer of the country is above the law.
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And besides, where else is Mr Bush going to find a chief law enforcement officer who is going to be equally pliable?
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Using a trust means you do not have to obtain the approval of your local Chief Law Enforcement Officer (CLEO) and the application can be sent directly to BATF.
"Although the attorney general is, of course, the federal government's chief law enforcement officer, you have an independent obligation to ensure that the nation's laws are upheld, " Hatch wrote.
As Attorney General, he is the chief law enforcement officer of the state and his office represents Wyoming in all criminal appeals and civil suits before state and federal courts.
As the nation's chief law enforcement officer, Holder has for months joined the president in calling for an array of gun control measures in the wake of the shootings that killed 20 first-graders and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.
Few, equally, are likely to be impressed by the argument that Mr Clinton should be spared because sex has nothing to do with official conduct: they will retort that perjury has everything to do with official duties, since the president is the chief law-enforcement officer in the land.
Spitzer said he has called on the county's chief executive officer and law enforcement watchdog agency to review how probation officials handled the case.
"We were just a bank, " says Bruce Nolop, who joined Pitney Bowes as chief financial officer in 1999 after law and business degrees and a career at Wasserstein Perella and other investment banks.
Stan Harrell, chief information officer at the Chamber, said federal law enforcement told the group: "This is a different level of intrusion" than most hacking.
Tom Ziglar's right-hand man will be his brother-in-law, Richard Oates, who will serve as chief operating officer.
Shares in Beazer Homes took a particular beating this week, down nearly 10% after the sacking of the company's chief accounting officer amid news of a federal inquiry into possible securities law violations.
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It would be "wholly inappropriate" for Congress to change drug safety law over Avandia, says Ronald Krall, Glaxo's chief medical officer.
During the hackathon Todd Park, United States Chief Technology Officer, spoke to the value of collaboration by invoking Joy's Law.
The Police Chief, who -- we had an opportunity to speak over the phone -- Chief Oates has been dealing with as difficult a set of circumstances as any law enforcement officer deals with, and he and his officers have done everything right, by the book, with great courage and great determination.
These rules are put in place to ensure that the standards that are in the law are adequately met, that that can be certified and signed off on by the chief executive officer, and that the steps to put in place those safety requirements are taken seriously.
The Mets are a family business, run by Wilpon, his brother-in-law Saul Katz, the president of the team, and his son Jeff Wilpon, the chief operating officer.
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