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Judge Patricia Wald Judge Patricia Wald, a graduate of Connecticut College (B.A. 1948) and Yale Law School (LL.B. 1951), was admitted to the Bar in 1952. She served, among other positions, as a law clerk to Judge Jerome N. Frank of the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals and as Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs in the Department of Justice prior to being appointed to the bench in 1979. Judge Wald served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1979 until 1999, serving as Chief Judge of the Court from 1986 to...

<p>WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush on Friday announced seven members of a bipartisan commission to conduct a year-long review of U.S. intelligence gathering, particularly about Iraq.</p> <p>The panel will be co-chaired by former Sen. Charles Robb and retired federal judge Laurence Silberman. Bush named five other members, including Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain.</p>

Charles Robb has an ACU Conservative rating of 8 out of 100. Larry Silberman is a Reagan Appt. to the D.C. Circuit court.McCain we know, ACU rating 77Lloyd Cutler is a founder of Wilmer Cutler Pickering LLP. Assisted both Clinton and Carter and the SALT II Treaty.Adm. Bill Studeman- Deputy Director of CIA under Bush IPat Wald- Carter appointee, first woman Judge to be appointed to D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.Mentioned in David Brock's Blinded by the Right: "We did not know that D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Larry Silberman was the source of the false information about his colleague,...

President Bush named seven people Friday to sit on an independent study commission to look into intelligence failures on Iraqi weapons, choosing former Democratic Sen. Charles S. Robb and retired judge Laurence Silberman, a Republican, to head the panel. "We must stay ahead of constantly changing intelligence challenges," Bush said. "The stakes for our country cannot be higher." Robb was a former U.S. senator and governor of Virginia and son-in-law of the late President Johnson. He is married to Lynda Baines Johnson and has been practicing law since leaving the Senate. Silberman is a conservative who served as deputy attorney...

President to announce the WMD commission from the White House briefking room......at 1:30 eastern.