Janet Reno, First Woman Attorney General, Dies at 78 | Sojourners

Janet Reno, First Woman Attorney General, Dies at 78

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Janet Reno visits Penn State's forensics lab. Image via Penn State/flickr
Nov 7, 2016
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Reno's time overseeing the Justice Department was marked by a number of significant national crises, including a federal raid on a religious cult in Waco, Texas, early in her tenure, and the government seizure of a young Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, in 2000. 

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Janet Reno visits Penn State's forensics lab. Image via Penn State/flickr