United States Associate Attorney General

The Associate Attorney General is the third-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice. The Associate Attorney General advises and assists the Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney General in policies relating to civil justice, federal and local law enforcement, and public safety matters.cite web | title="DOJ: JMD: MPS: Functions Manual: Attorney General" | url=http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/mps/manual/ag.htm | accessdate= September 22 | accessyear= 2007 ] cite web | title="USDOJ: Office of the Associate Attorney General" | url=http://www.usdoj.gov/aag/index.html | accessdate= September 22 | accessyear= 2007 ] The Associate Attorney General is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. [cite web | title="US CODE: Title 28,504a. Associate Attorney General" | url=http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode28/usc_sec_28_00000504---a000-.html | accessdate= September 22 | accessyear= 2007 ] The incumbent Acting Associate Attorney General is Kevin J. O'Connor.

The Office of the Associate Attorney General oversees the Antitrust Division, the Civil Division, the Environment and Natural Resources Division, the Tax Division, the Office of Justice Programs, the Community Oriented Policing Services, the Community Relations Service, the Office of Dispute Resolution, the Office of Violence Against Women, the Office of Information and Privacy, the Executive Office for United States Trustees, and the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission.

The Office of the Associate Attorney General was created on March 10, 1977 by Attorney General Order No. 699-77. Several recent former Associate Attorney Generals include Jay B. Stephens [cite web | title="USDOJ: ODR: CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution (1/29/99)" | url=http://www.adr.gov/aag041602.htm | accessdate= September 22 | accessyear= 2007 ] , Acting Associate Attorney General Peter D. Keisler [cite web | title="ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY GENERAL JAY B. STEPHENS TO STEP DOWN" | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pjus/is_200209/ai_4055198877 | accessdate= September 22 | accessyear= 2007 ] , Stephen S. Trott [cite web | title="Judges of the United States Courts" | url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=2416 | accessdate= September 22 | accessyear= 2007 ] , Arnold I. Burns [cite web | title="Nomination of Stephen S. Trott To Be Associate Attorney General" | url=http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1986/71586e.htm | accessdate= September 22 | accessyear= 2007 ] , Rudy Giuliani [cite web | title="Biography of Rudolph Giuliani" | url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/rwg/html/bio.html | accessdate= September 22 | accessyear= 2007 ] , Robert McCullum, Jr. [cite web | title="USDOJ: Office of the Associate Attorney General" | url=http://web.archive.org/web/20060112164520/http://www.usdoj.gov/aag/index.html | accessdate= January 12 | accessyear= 2006 ] , Frank Keating [cite web | title="Frank Keating 2008 Presidential Campaign" | url=http://www.2008-presidential-election.net/rp/frankkeating.html | accessdate= September 22 | accessyear= 2007 ] , Webster Hubbell and Acting Associate Attorney General William W. Mercer. [cite web | title="USDOJ: Office of the Associate Attorney General" | url=http://web.archive.org/web/20070210053532/http://www.usdoj.gov/aag/index.html | accessdate= February 10 | accessyear= 2007 ]

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