{"id":2090,"date":"2007-06-09T01:44:35","date_gmt":"2007-06-09T07:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=2090"},"modified":"2017-05-21T01:00:52","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T07:00:52","slug":"white-house-girds-for-battle-hires-9-lawyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/06\/white-house-girds-for-battle-hires-9-lawyers\/","title":{"rendered":"White House girds for battle, hires 9 lawyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/bush-dumb.jpg\" > <img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/bush-dumb.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"bush-dumb.jpg\" align= \"left\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nBy Peter Baker<br \/>\nThe Washington Post<\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON &#8212; President Bush has authorized another buildup, this time in the White House counsel&#8217;s office. Facing a blizzard of congressional investigations, hearings and subpoenas, the White House hired a new crop of lawyers to do battle with the Democratic Congress.<\/p>\n<p>White House counsel Fred Fielding, brought in by Bush in January when the Democrats took over Capitol Hill, announced the appointment of nine new lawyers Friday, including J. Michael Farren, former general counsel of Xerox, as his deputy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111130195357\/http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/nationworld\/2003741059_bushlawyers09.html\">(Orginal Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Peter Baker The Washington Post WASHINGTON &#8212; President Bush has authorized another buildup, this time in the White House counsel&#8217;s office. Facing a blizzard of congressional investigations, hearings and subpoenas, the White House hired a new crop of lawyers to do battle with the Democratic Congress. 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