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What's a Recess Appointment?

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Posted Friday, Aug. 4, 2000, at 11:30 PM ET

Yesterday, President Clinton used a recess appointment to name Bill Lann Lee the new assistant attorney general for civil rights. Last year, Michael Brus explained how recess appointments work and why they're used.

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