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Clinton tries, tries again to pick an Attorney General

HAVING STUMBLED TWICE IN ATTEMPTS TO CHOOSE an Attorney General, Bill Clinton thinks he got it right this time. After 15 years as prosecutor in Miami's Dade County, Janet Reno, 54, has plenty of experience with such Justice Department issues as narcotics, immigration and corruption. She has a reputation as an innovator who introduced a special court for drug offenders that mixes punishment with treatment. And since she never married or had children, she has never needed a nanny.

Reno was appointed Dade County prosecutor in 1978, and voters returned her to the office five times, despite a rough apprenticeship. Miami...

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