Koh feels heat from Senate Republicans
WASHINGTON — Yale Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh entered the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations conference room Tuesday afternoon with a huge smile across his face. Whether he left the room feeling the same way is another matter entirely.
The Foreign Relations Committee met Tuesday to discuss Koh’s nomination as legal adviser to the Department of State. While praise for Koh’s academic career and prior public service came from both sides of the aisle, Republican senators grilled Koh on how he would reconcile international statutes with American law, a reflection of the intense...
