U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
Honorable Janet Reno, Attorney General
The Department of Justice represents citizens in enforcingthe law in the public interest. It plays the key role in protectionagainst criminals and subversion, in ensuring healthy competitionof business in the Nation’s free enterprise system, in safeguardingthe consumer, and in enforcing drug, immigration, and naturalizationlaws. It also works to develop effective law enforcement, crimeprevention, crime detection, and prosecution and rehabilitationof offenders. It renders legal advice and opinions, upon request,to the President and heads of the Executive departments. JanetReno was sworn in as U.S. Attorney General in March 1993. Sheis the first woman to hold the position. She began her careerin 1971,…
