FC: Bush picks Rep. James Rogan to head Patent Office

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

Rogan represented the district that includes Pasadena and Burbank, home to 
NBC Studios and Disney headquarters. He received a 100 percent rating in 
1998 from the American Conservative Union and a 6 percent rating from the 
ACLU. The Patent Office seems to invite appointments from Hollywood to whom 
the president's party owes political favors: Look at Clinton's pick of 
lawyer-lobbyist Bruce Lehman. Other coverage:
dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/ap/20010524/pl/bush_rogan_1.html
www.newsbytes.com/news/01/166149.html

-Declan

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5. Bush names former impeachment manager to head Patent Office From 
CongressDaily President Bush has offered a top Commerce Department post to 
former House impeachment manager Rep. James Rogan, a Los Angeles- area 
Republican who lost an expensive re-election contest in November, the 
Associated Press reported. Bush said Thursday he had nominated Rogan to be 
undersecretary of Commerce for intellectual property and director of the 
Patent and Trademark Office. Rogan was defeated last year by Democratic 
Rep. Adam Schiff after a race in which more than $10 million was raised by 
both sides. The district includes the Los Angeles suburbs of Glendale, 
Pasadena and Burbank. Rogan has been working at a Baltimore-based law firm 
since then. As manager of former President Clinton's impeachment trial, 
Rogan gained national attention. He blamed his role in the impeachment for 
his defeat. Click here for related stories and links: 
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0501/052901cdam1.htm




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