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Born July 21, 1938 • Miami • Florida
Died November 7, 2016 (aged 78) • Miami • Florida
Title / Office attorney general (1993-2001), United States
Political Affiliation Democratic Party
Role In Waco siege

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Janet Reno wearing black with a gold chain necklace raises her right hand while being sworn in.
Attorney General Janet Reno speaks into a microphone while seated at a table with large binders during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, with people seated in the background.
Witness U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno answering the Government Reform and Oversight Committee on Campaign fund-raising investigation, 1997
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