Obama nominates Magidson for top federal prosecutor post

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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7630939.html

President Barack Obama on Tuesday chose four nominees for the top federal prosecutor positions in Texas, including Kenneth Magidson for the Houston-based Southern District of Texas.

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Phillip Hilder, a friend and colleague of Magidson's, said the career prosecutor is apolitical, which afforded him the appointment by Perry in 2008, then a federal nomination three years later by a Democratic president.

"Kenny ultimately understands that a prosecutor is supposed to seek justice, which can be an unpopular move," said Hilder, a former federal prosecutor who worked with Magidson in the 1980s. "It's clear his appointment is based on his competency — not his politics."

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