Harold Koh confirmed
Yale Law School Dean Harold Koh was confirmed as the State Department’s legal advisor in a roll-call vote, 62-35. Koh was tapped for the job nearly four months ago, but has faced criticism from some conservatives for an alleged "transnational" approach to the law. Ranking Senate Foreign Relations Committee Republican Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) threw his ...
Yale Law School Dean Harold Koh was confirmed as the State Department's legal advisor in a roll-call vote, 62-35.
Yale Law School Dean Harold Koh was confirmed as the State Department’s legal advisor in a roll-call vote, 62-35.
Koh was tapped for the job nearly four months ago, but has faced criticism from some conservatives for an alleged "transnational" approach to the law. Ranking Senate Foreign Relations Committee Republican Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) threw his support to Koh in a statement Thursday. "After reading his answers to dozens of questions, attending his hearing in its entirety, meeting with him privately, and reviewing his writings, I believe that Dean Koh is unquestionably qualified to assume the post for which he is nominated," Lugar said.
"Dean Koh is one of the foremost legal scholars in the country and a man of the highest intellect, integrity, and character," SFRC chairman John Kerry (D-MA) said in a statement. "He is exactly the type of Legal Adviser we need at the State Department, and I thank my colleagues for supporting his nomination."
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