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Unfortunately, Wood will not be rewarded for her efforts, and the Justice Department will be denied the benefit of her legal precision. Her nomination died before it was born because President Bill Clinton is hovering under the political cloud of the "Zoe Baird phenomenon...
...Wood made no excuses. Instead, she demonstrated her careful and complete compliance with the law. Her obvious understanding of the law and her meticulous obedience to it are qualities we should admire in a potential attorney general...
Calls ran overwhelmingly against Baird's confirmation and a new ethical standard was born. Though Wood had carefully followed the law, even the appearance of impropriety kept her from...
...this is not a license to reject law-abiding and respectable citizens like Kimba Wood. By many accounts, Wood could have been a fantastic attorney general. A Federal District Judge since 1988, she has a reputation for toughness that she earned by sentencing Michael Milken to 10 years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to six counts of fraud...
Unfortunately, a spineless overreaction to the Baird fiasco prevented Clinton from nominating Wood. That decision is a political setback for Clinton's administration, an unfortunate loss for the country and a grievous injustice to Kimba Wood...