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Comment: Antitrust chief likely to be in-house, temporary appointment

By Cecile Kohrs Lindell ( January 24, 2012, 23:08 GMT | Comment) -- The announcement of Sharis Pozen, acting head of the Department of Justice antitrust division, that she will leave the agency in April gives President Barack Obama an opportunity to nominate a lawyer to head the DOJ’s antitrust office. But given procedural obstacles and strict political scrutiny at the Senate for any outside candidate, the new antitrust chief is likely to be an in-house temporary appointment.Washington - Sharis Pozen, the acting head of the Department of Justice antitrust division, announced she will leave the agency at the end of April, handing President Barack Obama an opportunity to nominate a lawyer to head the DOJ’s antitrust office....

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