Pubdate: Thu, 14 May 2015
Source: New York Times (NY)
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Author: Michael S. Schmidt

INTERIM CHIEF IS CHOSEN FOR THE D.E.A.

WASHINGTON - Chuck Rosenberg, a senior F.B.I. official and former 
United States attorney, has been chosen by President Obama to be the 
interim director of the Drug Enforcement Administration, according to 
law enforcement officials.

Mr. Rosenberg will replace Michele M. Leonhart, who announced her 
retirement last month after accusations that D.E.A. agents in 
Colombia had participated in sex parties with prostitutes paid for by 
drug cartels. She also clashed repeatedly with the Obama 
administration over its marijuana policies.

For the past year and a half, Mr. Rosenberg has served as the chief 
of staff to the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey.

Mr. Rosenberg has been supported by both Republicans and Democrats. 
In 2006, the Senate unanimously confirmed him as the United States 
attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. He also served as the 
United States attorney in the Southern District of Texas from 2005 to 2006.
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