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Baer Confirmed as U.S. Justice Department Antitrust Chief
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William Baer, a Washington antitrust lawyer and former Federal Trade Commission official, was confirmed to head the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust division.
Baer’s nomination as assistant attorney general, which had been stalled in Congress for most of the past year, was confirmed today by a Senate vote of 64-26.