So he was, if you wanted to go to the Supreme Court and have a good chance of winning, this is a guy you'd want to be making the arguments on your behalf. That's your definition of an advocate. So John Roberts was the deputy solicitor general, the principal deputy solicitor general under George Herbert Walker Bush. So Bush 41, the first Bush, he was Ken Starr's deputy. So Ken was the solicitor general. John Roberts was the deputy solicitor general, principal deputy. (28:18–28:27)
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Asserts that John Roberts held the position of principal deputy solicitor general under President George H.W. Bush.
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