Openly gay nominee Laura Duffy was confirmed Friday as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California in San Diego. Duffy was nominated by President Barack Obama in February. Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved her nomination, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Duffy is a veteran federal prosecutor who has earned widespread respect battling criminal drug cartels along the U.S.-Mexico border. She led the prosecution against Tijuana’s Arellano Felix cartel, which resulted in a life sentence for its leader, Francisco Javier Arellano Felix, one of Mexico’s most notorious drug kingpins.
“President Obama has appointed more than 100 LGBT Americans to his administration so far, with about two dozen of those requiring Senate confirmation,” Denis Dison, a vice president at the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, a group that supports openly gay candidates, told On Top Magazine in an email.
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Cool, but enough with the “drug war.” There has to be a better way….
Onward, Joe Mustich, Justice of the Peace,
Washington, Connecticut, USA.