FC: Bush picks Rep. James Rogan to head Patent Office

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Tue May 29 2001 - 07:11:01 PDT

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    Rogan represented the district that includes Pasadena and Burbank, home to 
    NBC Studios and Disney headquarters. He received a 100 percent rating in 
    1998 from the American Conservative Union and a 6 percent rating from the 
    ACLU. The Patent Office seems to invite appointments from Hollywood to whom 
    the president's party owes political favors: Look at Clinton's pick of 
    lawyer-lobbyist Bruce Lehman. Other coverage:
    dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/ap/20010524/pl/bush_rogan_1.html
    www.newsbytes.com/news/01/166149.html
    
    -Declan
    
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    5. Bush names former impeachment manager to head Patent Office From 
    CongressDaily President Bush has offered a top Commerce Department post to 
    former House impeachment manager Rep. James Rogan, a Los Angeles- area 
    Republican who lost an expensive re-election contest in November, the 
    Associated Press reported. Bush said Thursday he had nominated Rogan to be 
    undersecretary of Commerce for intellectual property and director of the 
    Patent and Trademark Office. Rogan was defeated last year by Democratic 
    Rep. Adam Schiff after a race in which more than $10 million was raised by 
    both sides. The district includes the Los Angeles suburbs of Glendale, 
    Pasadena and Burbank. Rogan has been working at a Baltimore-based law firm 
    since then. As manager of former President Clinton's impeachment trial, 
    Rogan gained national attention. He blamed his role in the impeachment for 
    his defeat. Click here for related stories and links: 
    http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0501/052901cdam1.htm
    
    
    
    
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