9/11 Commissioner made chief White House lawyer

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9/11 Commissioner, Fred Fielding, is now Bush's WH Counsel
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/08/AR2007 010801003_pf.html

Fielding served as deputy to White House counsel John W. Dean III under President Richard M. Nixon

Fielding served as White House counsel for Reagan from 1981 to 1986

Fielding was Bush's transition counsel after the 2000 election, vetting the backgrounds of new administration officials. And he served as a member of the commission that investigated the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks

"Fred will be a formidable person to deal with," said Democrat Richard Ben-Veniste, a Watergate prosecutor who served with Fielding on the Sept. 11 commission. "This change reflects the understanding by the president and his advisers in the administration that they will be in for a much more robust period of congressional oversight."