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Within a week after Edwin Meese announced his resignation as Attorney General, President Reagan moved to clean up the Justice Department by nominating a man of "proven integrity": former Pennsylvania Governor Dick Thornburgh. "The President wanted to raise the morale of the Justice Department," said a top White House aide, indirectly acknowledging the Meese mess. "He wanted to get it back in working order...
...moderate Republican, Thornburgh, 56, was respected as chief of the department's criminal division under Gerald Ford. He won election to two terms as Pennsylvania Governor, earning a reputation for steadiness in his handling of the 1979 nuclear-power-plant crisis at Three Mile Island. Asked what he would do if required to review the ethics of his predecessor, Thornburgh replied that he would "follow the evidence wherever it may lead...
Institute of Politics Director Richard L. Thornburgh, named by President Reagan to succeed Meese, has said he will pursue any evidence against Meese wherever it may lead...
Nevertheless, he waited for a job that wouldallow him "to gain a perspective on politics for awhile" and "keep in touch with my colleagues andthe issues of the day. For Thornburgh, the IOPposition was the perfect job. He even turned downan offer by President Reagan to become FBIDirector because "it was a 10-year commitment Iwasn't ready to make...
...while Thornburgh may have decided againstcampaigning for a political post, he has stillbeen actively involved in the political worldwhile at Harvard. He has been mentioned as apossible running mate for Vice President GeorgeBush in the fall campaign. And he testifed onbehalf of Judge Robert Bork, whom he knew from hisearlier Justice Department days, during hisunsuccessful nomination hearings before the SenateJudiciary Committee last year