David Bernhardt (Department of the Interior) blast from the past.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

I'm throwing out old newspapers. I ran across this article, on page A1 above the fold and all the way to the right, from the print edition of the Washington Post for Tuesday, November 18, 2008. It was linked to at DU at the time:

Administration Moves to Protect Key Appointees

I can't get into the article, due to the paywall, but there's one paragraph a third of the way through that says this:

Most of the personnel shifts have been done on a case-by-case basis, but Interior Solicitor David L. Bernhardt moved to place six deputies in senior agency positions with one stroke, including two who have repeatedly attracted controversy.
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