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1952 steel strike

Attending the meeting were Attorney-General James P. McGranery, who had been confirmed by the Senate on May 20; Solicitor General Philip Perlman; Secretary of Defense Robert A. Lovett; White House Counsel Charles S. Murphy; Press Secretary Joseph Short; Steelman and Sawyer.

Anita Dunn

Dunn is married to Robert Bauer, former partner at Perkins Coie and current personal counsel to President Obama and the White House Counsel.

Charles Ruff

Charles Frederick Carson "Chuck" Ruff (August 1, 1939 – November 19, 2000) was a prominent American lawyer based in Washington, D.C., and was best known as the White House Counsel who defended President Bill Clinton during his impeachment trial in 1999 over the Lewinsky scandal and Paula Jones case .

Conservatives without Conscience

Conservatives Without Conscience is a book written by John Dean, who served as White House Counsel under U.S. President Richard Nixon and then helped to break the Watergate scandal with his testimony before the United States Senate.

James Cartwright

His attorney, Greg Craig, a former White House Counsel, stated that he had no comment; the White House and the U.S. Justice Department also declined to comment.


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Barry McCarty

McCarty received media attention in 2005 as Preaching Minister of Valley View Christian Church in Dallas, Texas, since it was the church that White House Counsel Harriet Miers attended.

Beryl Anthony, Jr.

Anthony's wife, Sheila Foster Anthony, is the sister of Vince Foster, the deputy White House counsel who committed suicide in 1993.

Dedman School of Law

Alumna Harriet Miers served as the White House Deputy Chief of Staff and (later) White House Counsel for then-President George W. Bush.

Earl Butz

News outlets revealed a racist remark he made in front of entertainer Pat Boone and former White House counsel John Dean while aboard a commercial flight to California following the 1976 Republican National Convention.

Lyn Nofziger

John Dean, Nixon's White House counsel, wrote that Nofziger had helped compile the Nixon White House's enemies list.

Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

That afternoon, Reagan consulted with White House counsel Fred Fielding by telephone, debating whether to invoke the amendment and, if so, whether such a transfer would set an undesirable precedent.

William Kelley

William K. Kelley, Deputy White House Counsel for the George W. Bush administration