Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday applauded the confirmation
of Stuart F. Delery, an openly gay man, as the Department of
Justice's assistant attorney general for the Civil Division.
Delery was confirmed to the post by the U.S. Senate on Thursday as
part of a package of confirmations that included four openly gay
ambassadors.
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“I am pleased to congratulate Stuart Delery on his confirmation
as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, an office he
has held in an acting capacity for more than a year,” Holder said in
a written statement. “During that time, and throughout his service
at the Department – including his tenure as Chief of Staff to the
Deputy Attorney General and Senior Counselor in my office – Stuart
has exemplified the highest standards of integrity and
professionalism. He has provided strong and steady leadership in our
efforts to advance equality, opportunity and justice. And I look
forward to continuing to work with him as we continue the Division's
critical work on behalf of the American people.”
According to a Justice Department bio, Delery graduated from Yale
Law School and the University of Virginia. He clerked for U.S.
Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Byron R. White and for
Chief Judge Gerald B. Tjoflat of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
11th Circuit.