legal adviser

The new legal adviser to the State Department (on a 62-35 vote) sent this message to a group of supporters on Facebook:
My dear friends:
Earlier today, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm my nomination as Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of State. Starting tomorrow, I will assume that position, and begin a public service leave [...]

A vote on Harold Koh’s nomination to be legal adviser to the State Department is scheduled for 4:10 p.m. Yesterday, after cloture passed on Koh, I asked Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council for a reaction on a nominee his group had campaigned hard against.
“I thought the vote would be a little closer,” said [...]