Word: welds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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First, Meese was bluntly told by William Weld, chief of the Justice Department's criminal division, that he might be subject to indictment for his dealings with E. Robert Wallach, a central figure in both the Wedtech and Iraqi pipeline affairs. Weld and Deputy Attorney General Arnold Burns, the second in command, warned Meese that his behavior was "poisoning the department." Then the two officials, handpicked by Meese for their senior posts, publicly announced their resignations and those of four of their closest advisers...
...When Weld recently urged U.S. Attorneys to get tougher on corruption, he ran into cynical replies. Says a Justice official: "Their reaction was to laugh and say, 'What about your boss? Why don't you start at the Attorney General level...
...Weld said the last work he had published was"financial and legal articles in periodicals about10 to 15 years...
...Weld graduated summa cum laude in Classics fromHarvard in 1966 and graduate cum laude fromHarvard Law School...
...Weld has retained a home in Cambridge which hewill return to in September