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Who Is Monica Goodling?

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Title:

Counsel to the Attorney General and White House Liaison, Department of Justice

Overview:

Implicated in the December 7, 2006 mass firing of United States Attorneys. She "played a central role in the appointment of her one-time boss J. Timothy Griffin, who replaced ousted U.S. Attorney H.E. “Bud” Cummins III in Arkansas." (cite)

Background and Education :

Goodling graduated from Messiah College in Grantham, PA, in 1995; it is a small (fewer than 3,000 students) private Christian college. In 1999, she graduated from televangelist Pat Robertson's Regent University School of Law in Virginia Beach, VA. Goodling had worked for the Republican National Committee as an opposition researcher.

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