Justice Dept. names lawyer to No. 3 position

Published September 5, 2014 5:33pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division has been promoted to the department’s No. 3 job.

Stuart Delery, who defended same-sex marriage in arguments before a federal appeals court in 2012, will now serve as acting associate attorney general.

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