Stephen Preston to be Pentagon General Counsel

Benjamin Wittes
Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 6:32 AM
The President intends to nominate CIA General Counsel Stephen Preston to take over for Jeh Johnson as General Counsel of the Defense Department---or so, at least, I am hearing. I have not yet seen an official statement from the White House on this.

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The President intends to nominate CIA General Counsel Stephen Preston to take over for Jeh Johnson as General Counsel of the Defense Department---or so, at least, I am hearing. I have not yet seen an official statement from the White House on this.

Benjamin Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books.

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