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2. Update, Tarr is out, but Former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan is in

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Thu Feb 14, 2013, 06:28 PM

Feb 2013

No idea who this is.

http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/02/former_us_attorney_michael_sul.html

In 2006, President George W. Bush appointed Sullivan acting director of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.
Bush nominated him to become its permanent director, but the nomination was blocked by the U.S. Senate after several Republican senators said Sullivan was too aggressive in enforcing gun laws and refusing to loosen certain gun licensing regulations.

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Oh, I remember him. He's the LaRouchebag candidate. n/t Ian David Feb 2013 #1

Update, Tarr is out, but Former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan is in Mass Feb 2013 #2

This is gonna get interesting. nt MADem Feb 2013 #3

He was the only one I could think of that they could run after Brown and every other name opted out Bombtrack Feb 2013 #4