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Family, friends, colleagues gather for Janet Reno memorial

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Former Attorney General Janet Reno, the first woman to hold the top Justice Department job who died last month, never took the easy way out when making the tougher decision was the right thing to do, ex-President Bill Clinton said at a memorial service Sunday. Clinton, who appointed Reno in 1993, told several hundred friends, family and colleagues that she didn’t believe in political expediency or cutting corners. “I don’t believe Janet Reno ever cut a corner in her life.…

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Martin Dyckman: Remembering the broad, deep integrity of Janet Reno

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On the next to last morning of our nation’s most dreadful campaign, my wife questioned whether it’s possible to be a politician without losing one’s soul. As I started to name those I knew who had kept theirs, word came that my old friend Janet Reno had died. I rested my case. Her integrity ran broad and deep. Reporters liked to write about the little things, such as carrying change to feed Washington parking meters while she was attorney general…

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