Byline: Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- Bill Lann Lee said he would stress his record as a conciliator if making his case directly to the Republican senators who are blocking his nomination to be President Clinton's chief civil rights enforcer.
``You have to be able to listen, you have to be able to respect the other party's views,'' Lee said in an interview. ``Sometimes you have to see things from many points of view, because there are more than two parties. I've been able to do that.''
The veteran NAACP attorney's nomination to be assistant attorney general for civil rights remains mired in the Senate Judiciary Committee. His critics, led by …
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