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'''Robert Swan Mueller III''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ʌ|l|ər}} (born August 7, 1944) is an American lawyer and civil servant who was the sixth ] of the ], serving from 2001 to 2013. A ], he was appointed by ] and his original ten-year term was given a two-year extension by ], making him the longest-serving FBI director since ].

A graduate of ], Mueller served as a ] officer during the ], receiving the ] with ] for heroism and the ]. After graduating from the ] in 1973, he worked at a private firm in San Francisco for three years until his appointment as an assistant U.S. Attorney in the same city. Prior to his appointment as FBI director, Mueller served as a ], as ] and as acting ].

He earned a reputation as a no-nonsense, strait-laced attorney and investigator, as well as the nickname "Bobby Three Sticks," in reference to his name's suffix.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hosenball|first1=Mark|last2=Hurley|first2=Lawrence|title='Bobby Three Sticks' Mueller to probe Russia-Trump imbroglio|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-mueller-idUSKCN18E084|accessdate=June 24, 2017|work=Reuters|date=May 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Robert Mueller: 'Ramrod straight' ex-FBI boss to lead Russia inquiry|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39958819|accessdate=June 24, 2017|publisher=]|date=May 18, 2017}}</ref><ref name="time2001">{{cite news|last1=Shannon|first1=Elaine|last2=Cooper|first2=Matthew|title=The FBI's Top Gun|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000317,00.html|accessdate=June 24, 2017|work=Time|date=July 16, 2001}}</ref> Lauded for his non-partisan and non-political approach, he has been credited with transforming the FBI from an agency primarily focused on law enforcement into one of the world's top organizations handling counterespionage and counterterrorism.<ref>{{cite news|title=Biographer Outlines Robert Mueller's 12 Years As FBI Director|url=http://www.npr.org/2017/05/17/528855474/biographer-outlines-robert-muellers-12-years-as-fbi-director|accessdate=June 24, 2017|work=]|publisher=NPR|date=May 17, 2017}}</ref>

In May 2017, Mueller was appointed by the ] as ], overseeing the investigation into ] and related matters.

== Early life and education==
Mueller was born at ] in ],<ref>{{cite news|title=Son Born to Robert S. Muellers|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1944/08/08/86727899.html?pageNumber=15|accessdate=June 24, 2017|work=]|date=August 8, 1944|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Holst">Arthur Holst, "Mueller, Robert S. (August 7, 1944–)" in '''' (Vol. 1: A–J), ed. Glenn P. Hastedt (ABC-CLIO, 2011), p. 528.</ref> the first child of Alice C. Truesdale (1920–2007) and Robert Swan Mueller Jr. (1916–2007). He has four younger sisters: Susan, Sandra, Joan and Patricia.<ref>{{cite news|title=Robert Swan Mueller Jr. ’38|url=https://paw.princeton.edu/memorial/robert-swan-mueller-jr-%E2%80%9938|accessdate=June 24, 2017|work=Princeton Alumni Weekly|date=April 23, 2008}}</ref> His father, an executive with ], was class president at ] before serving in the Navy during World War II.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://paw.princeton.edu/memorial/robert-swan-mueller-jr-%E2%80%9938|title=Robert Swan Mueller Jr. '38|date=January 21, 2016|publisher=}}</ref>

Mueller is of German, English and Scottish descent. His paternal great-grandfather, Gustave A. Mueller, was a prominent physician in Pittsburgh, whose father August C. E. Müller had immigrated to the United States in 1855 from ], Germany.<ref>''Memoirs of Allegheny County Pennsylvania'', Madison, Northwestern Historical Association, 1904, vol. 1, pp. 256–57.</ref> On his mother's side, he is a great-grandson of the railroad executive ].<ref>{{cite news|title=Alice Truesdale Will Be Married: Graduate of Miss Hall's School Is Fiancée of Lieut. Robert S. Mueller Jr. of Navy |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1943/06/28/85075479.html|accessdate=June 24, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=June 28, 1943|language=en}}</ref>

Mueller grew up outside of ], Pennsylvania.<ref name="Holst" /> In 1962, he graduated from ] in ], where he was captain of the soccer, hockey, and lacrosse teams, and won the Gordon Medal as the school's top athlete in 1962.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sps.edu/page/news-detail?pk=437273|title=FBI Director Mueller '62 Returns to Concord |date=2008-05-28|work=St. Paul's School|accessdate=2017-05-17}}</ref>

He went on to study at Princeton, receiving an ], in 1966, where he continued to play ]. He has cited his teammate David Spencer Hackett's death in the ] as an influence on his decision to pursue military service.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://paw.princeton.edu/article/award-winners-mueller-66-and-jackson-86-highlight-alumni-day|title=Award winners Mueller '66 and Jackson '86 highlight Alumni Day|date=2016-01-21|work=Princeton Alumni Weekly|accessdate=2017-05-17}}</ref> Hackett was a Marine Corps first lieutenant in the infantry and was killed in 1967, by small arms fire.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=ChlbAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA65-IA35&dq=Spencer+Hackett+1967+vietnam&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjUpoCXobvUAhVk6IMKHdtSA2AQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q=Spencer%20Hackett%201967%20vietnam&f=false |page=65 |title=Princeton Alumni Weekly, Volume 67}}</ref> Mueller earned an ] in ] from ] in 1967 before pursuing his ] degree. In 1973, after a period of military service, he was graduated from the ],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://content.law.virginia.edu/news/2013_spr/mueller_jefferson_medal.htm|title=FBI Director Robert Mueller to Receive Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Law|date=2013-03-04|work=University of Virginia School of Law|accessdate=2017-05-17}}</ref> where he served on the '']''.

=== Military service ===
Mueller enlisted in the ] in 1968, attending training at ], ], ], and ].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,166567,00.html|title=Robert Mueller: Straight Shooter With a Moving Target|last=Shannon|first=Elaine|date=2001-07-06|work=Time|accessdate=2017-05-17|issn=0040-781X}}</ref>

In July 1968, he was sent to ] where he served as a rifle platoon commander with Second Platoon, H Company, ], ];<ref name="Holst" /><ref> 21 May 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2017.</ref> he eventually became ] to 3rd Marine Division's commanding general.<ref name=":0" /> In April 1969, he received an enemy gunshot wound in the thigh, recovered, and returned to lead his platoon until June 1969.<ref> Retrieved June 18,
2017.</ref> For his service in and during the Vietnam War, his military decorations and awards include: the ] with ], ], two ] with Combat "V", ], ], ] with three ], ], ], and ].<ref name="Holst" /><ref> Retrieved June 18, 2017.</ref>

== Law career ==
After receiving his law degree in 1973, Mueller worked as a ] at the firm ] in ] until 1976. He then served for 12 years in ] offices. He first worked in the office of the ] in ],<ref name=":0" /> where he rose to be chief of the criminal division, and in 1982, he moved to ] to work in the office of the ] as ],<ref name="Holst" /> where he investigated and prosecuted major financial fraud, terrorism and public corruption cases, as well as narcotics conspiracies and international money launderers.{{cn|date=May 2017}}

After serving as a partner at the Boston law firm of ], Mueller returned to government service. In 1989, he served in the ] as an assistant to ] ]. The following year he took charge of its criminal division.<ref name=":0" /> During his tenure, he oversaw prosecutions that included ]nian leader ], the ] (Lockerbie bombing) case, and the ] ] ]. In 1991, he was elected a fellow of the ].<ref name="Holst" />

In 1993, Mueller became a partner at Boston's ], specializing in ] litigation.<ref name=":0" /> He returned to public service in 1995 as senior litigator in the homicide section of the District of Columbia United States Attorney's Office. In 1998, Mueller was named ] and held that position until 2001.<ref name="Holst" />

== FBI director ==
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Mueller was nominated for the position of FBI director by George W. Bush on July 5, 2001.<ref>{{cite web|date=July 5, 2001|url=http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2001/07/20010705-2.html|title=Remarks by the President in Nominating Robert S. Mueller as Director of the FBI|publisher=The White House|accessdate=September 28, 2007}}</ref>

At the time, he and two other candidates, Washington lawyer ] and veteran Chicago prosecutor and ] defense lawyer ], were up for the job, but Mueller was always considered the front runner.<ref>{{cite web|date=June 6, 2001|url=http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/7/5/150910.shtml|title=Bush Names Mueller FBI Director|publisher=United Press|accessdate=June 10, 2006|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130129224830/http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/7/5/150910.shtml|archivedate=January 29, 2013|deadurl=yes}}</ref>

Terwilliger and Webb both pulled out from consideration around mid-June. Confirmation hearings for Mueller before the ] were quickly set for July 30, only three days before his ] surgery.<ref>{{cite news|date=June 18, 2001|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/07/18/fbi.mueller|title=Senate hearing set July 30 for FBI choice Mueller|publisher=CNN|accessdate=June 10, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=June 13, 2001|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/LAW/07/13/fbidirector.cancer/index.html|title=FBI director-designate has prostate cancer|publisher=CNN|accessdate=June 10, 2006}}</ref> The vote on the Senate floor on August 2, 2001, passed unanimously, 98–0.<ref>{{cite web|date=August 2, 2001|url=https://fas.org/irp/congress/2001_cr/s080201.html|title=Robert S. Mueller, III, to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation|format=Plain Text|publisher=United States Senate|accessdate=June 10, 2006}}</ref> He served as acting deputy attorney- general of the United States Department of Justice for several months before officially becoming the FBI director on September 4, 2001, just one week before the ] against the United States.<ref name="Holst" />

Mueller, along with deputy attorney general ], threatened to resign from office, in March 2004, if the White House overruled a ] finding that domestic ] without a court warrant was unconstitutional.<ref name=WashingtonPost20070516>{{cite news|date=May 16, 2007|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/15/AR2007051500864.html|title=Gonzales Hospital Episode Detailed|publisher=Washington Post|accessdate=September 28, 2007|first1=Dan|last1=Eggen|first2=Paul|last2=Kane}}</ref> Attorney General ] denied his consent to attempts by White House ] ] and White House Counsel ] to waive the Justice Department ruling and permit the domestic warrantless eavesdropping program to proceed. On March 12, 2004, George W. Bush gave his support to changes in the program sufficient to satisfy the concerns of Mueller, Ashcroft and Comey.<ref name=WashingtonPost20070516 />

In May 2011, Barack Obama asked Mueller to continue at the helm of the FBI for two additional years beyond his normal 10-year term, which would have expired on September 4, 2011.<ref>{{cite news|date=May 12, 2011 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/05/12/obama.mueller/index.html?hpt=T1|title=FBI Director to stay in post for another 2 years|publisher=CNN|accessdate=May 12, 2011}}</ref> The Senate approved this request on July 27, 2011.<ref>{{cite news|date=July 27, 2011|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/28/us/28brfs-SENATEEXTEND_BRF.html?_r=1&ref=robertsiiimueller|title=Senate Extends Term of F.B.I. Director|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=September 13, 2011}}</ref> On September 4, 2013, Mueller was replaced by James Comey.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fbi.gov/news/news_blog/james-b.-comey-sworn-in-as-fbi-director|title= James B. Comey Sworn in as FBI Director|work=FBI|accessdate=June 14, 2015|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715003956/http://www.fbi.gov/news/news_blog/james-b.-comey-sworn-in-as-fbi-director |archivedate=July 15, 2014}}</ref>

On June 19, 2017, Mueller was cleared from potential prosecution by the ] for post-] detention of Muslims under policies then brought into place.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Liptak|first1=Adam|title=Supreme Court Rules for Bush Officials in Post-9/11 Suit|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/19/us/politics/supreme-court-9-11-bush-ashcroft-mueller.html|publisher='']''|accessdate=June 19, 2017|date=June 19, 2017}}</ref>

== Later career ==
=== Private sector ===
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After leaving the FBI in 2013, Mueller served a one-year term as consulting professor and the Arthur and Frank Payne distinguished lecturer at ], where he focused on issues related to cybersecurity.<ref>{{cite press release|last=Gorlick|first=Adam|date=November 5, 2013|title=Former FBI director to bolster security research at Stanford.|url=http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/former_fbi_director_to_bolster_security_research_at_stanford_20131105|location=]|publisher=]|accessdate=April 22, 2016}}</ref>

In addition to his speaking and teaching roles, Mueller also joined the law firm ] as a partner in its Washington office in 2014.<ref>{{cite press release|author=Staff|title=Former Director of the FBI Robert Mueller III Joins WilmerHale|url=https://www.wilmerhale.com/pages/publicationsandnewsdetail.aspx?NewsPubID=17179871803|publisher=]|date=March 24, 2014|accessdate=April 22, 2016}}</ref> Among other roles at the firm, he oversaw the independent investigation into the ]'s conduct surrounding the ] NFL player ] assaulting his fiancée.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://static.nfl.com/static/content/public/photo/2015/01/08/0ap3000000455484.pdf|title=Report to the National Football League of an Independent Investigation into the Ray Rice Incident|publisher=]|date=2015-01-08|first=Robert|last=Mueller|work=WilmerHale}}</ref> In January 2016, he was appointed as Settlement Master in the U.S. consumer litigation over the ]; as of May 11, 2017, the scandal has resulted in $11.2 billion in customer settlements.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-vw-cheating-settlement-20170511-story.html|title=VW's emissions-cheating settlement for 3-liter vehicles gets judge's approval|date=2017-05-11|work=]|publisher=]}}</ref>

On October 19, 2016, Mueller began an external review of "security, personnel, and management processes and practices" at government contractor ] after ] was indicted for massive data theft from the ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/303202-booz-allen-conducting-external-review-after-employee-arrest-for-taking|publisher=]|last=Uchill|first=Joe|title=Booz Allen announces external review following stolen documents by contractor|date=2016-10-27}}</ref> On April 6, 2017, he was appointed as Special Master for disbursement of $850 million and $125 million for automakers and consumers, respectively, affected by ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-fbi-director-robert-mueller-to-oversee-takata-compensation-funds-1491511757|publisher=]|last=Spector|first=Mike|date=2017-04-06|title=Former FBI Director Robert Mueller to Oversee Takata Compensation Funds}}</ref>

Mueller received the 2016 Thayer Award for public service from the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westpointaog.org/thayer-award-robert-mueller|title=Robert S. Mueller III Receives 2016 Thayer Award|publisher=West Point Association of Graduates|date=2016}}</ref> He was scheduled to receive in June the 2017 Baker Award for intelligence and national security contributions from the nonprofit ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insaonline.org/robert-mueller-to-receive-2017-william-oliver-baker-award|publisher=Intelligence and National Security Alliance|title=Robert Mueller to Receive 2017 William Oliver Baker Award|date=2017-02-28}}</ref>

=== 2017 appointment as special counsel ===
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] and Related Matters]]
On May 17, 2017, ] ] appointed Mueller to serve as ] for the ]. In this capacity, Mueller oversees the investigation into "], and any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rosenstein|first1=Rod|title=Rod Rosenstein’s Letter Appointing Mueller Special Counsel |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/17/us/politics/document-Robert-Mueller-Special-Counsel-Russia.html|website=The New York Times|accessdate=May 18, 2017}}</ref>

Mueller's appointment to oversee the investigation immediately garnered widespread support from both Democrats and Republicans in Congress.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/17/rare-bipartisan-moment-both-sides-embrace-robert-mueller-special-counsel/101810310|title=Rare bipartisan moment: Both sides embrace Robert Mueller as special counsel|work=USA Today|access-date=2017-05-18|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/mueller-pick-achieves-a-rare-bipartisan-consensus/527133/|title=Mueller Pick Meets a Rare Bipartisan Consensus|last=Berman|first=Russell|work=The Atlantic|accessdate=2017-05-18}}</ref> Senator ] (]-]) said, "Former Director Mueller is exactly the right kind of individual for this job. I now have significantly greater confidence that the investigation will follow the facts wherever they lead." Senator ] (D-]) stated, "Bob was a fine U.S. attorney, a great FBI director and there’s no better person who could be asked to perform this function." She added, "He is respected, he is talented and he has the knowledge and ability to do the right thing."<ref name=":1" />

The appointment followed a series of events which included ] and the "disclosure that ] of his former national security adviser, ]."<ref name="Ruiz">{{cite web|first=Rebecca R.|last=Ruiz|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/us/politics/robert-mueller-special-counsel-russia-investigation.html|title=Robert Mueller, Former F.B.I. Director, Named Special Counsel for Russia Investigation|work=The New York Times|date=May 17, 2017|accessdate=May 18, 2017}}</ref> Upon his appointment as Special Counsel, he and two colleagues (former FBI agent Aaron Zebley and former assistant special prosecutor on the ] James L. Quarles III) resigned from WilmerHale.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npr.org/2017/05/17/528846598/former-fbi-director-mueller-appointed-special-counsel-to-oversee-russia-probe|title=Former FBI Director Mueller Appointed As Special Counsel To Oversee Russia Probe |last2=Johnson|first2=Carrie|date=2017-05-17|publisher=] |last1=Taylor|first1=Jessica}}</ref> On May 23, 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice ethics experts announced they had declared Mueller ethically able to function as special counsel.<ref>{{cite news|work=]|date=May 23, 2017|title=Ethics experts clear special counsel in Russia investigation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/us/politics/congress-testimony-john-brennan-russia-budget.html|first=Charlie|last=Savage}}</ref> The spokesperson for the special counsel is Peter Carr, who told ] that Mueller has taken an active role in managing the inquiry.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/special-counsel-robert-mueller-taking-close-control-russia-investigation-n767856|publisher=]|title=Special Counsel Robert Mueller Taking Close Control of Russia Investigation|first=Pete|last=Williams|date=June 2, 2017}}</ref> In an interview with the ], Rosenstein said he would recuse himself from supervision of Mueller, if he himself were to become a subject in the investigation due to his role in the ].<ref>{{citation|agency=]|title=Special Counsel Mueller's investigation seems to be growing|author=Sadie Gurman, Eric Tucker and Jeff Horwitz|date=June 3, 2017}}</ref>

On June 14, 2017, '']'' reported that Mueller's office is also investigating President Trump personally for possible ], in reference to the Russian probe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/special-counsel-is-investigating-trump-for-possible-obstruction-of-justice/2017/06/14/9ce02506-5131-11e7-b064-828ba60fbb98_story.html |title=Special counsel is investigating Trump for possible obstruction of justice, officials say |first1=Devlin|last1=Barrett |first2=Adam|last2=Entous |first3=Ellen|last3=Nakashima |first4=Sari|last4=Horwitz |work=The Washington Post |date=2017-06-14 |accessdate=2017-06-15}}</ref> The report was questioned by Trump's legal team attorney ], who said June 18 on ]'s '']'', "The President is not and has not been under investigation for obstruction, period."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Koenig|first1=Kailani|title=Trump Attorney: The President Is Not Under Investigation|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-attorney-president-not-under-investigation-n773751|publisher='']''|accessdate=June 19, 2017|date=June 18, 2017}}</ref> Sekulow is Chief Counsel for the ] (ACLJ) in Washington, D.C.

During a discussion about national security at the ], on July 21, 2017, former CIA director ] reaffirmed his support for Mueller and called for members of Congress to resist if Trump fires Mueller. He also said it was “the obligation of some executive-branch officials to refuse to carry out some of these orders that, again, are inconsistent with what this country is all about.”<ref> David Rohde. The New Yorker. July 22, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2017</ref>

==Personal life==
Mueller met his future wife, Ann Cabell Standish, at a high school party when they were 17.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Graff|first1=Garrett M.|title=The Threat Matrix: Inside Robert Mueller's FBI and the War on Global Terror|date=2011|publisher=Little, Brown|isbn=9780316120883|page=108|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vVVLVEApMLkC&pg=PT108|accessdate=June 24, 2017|ref=Graff|language=en}}</ref> Standish attended ] in ], and ], before working as a special-education teacher for children with learning disabilities.<ref name="time2001" /> In September 1966, they married at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in ].<ref>{{cite news|title=Ann Cabell Standish Engaged to Robert Swan Mueller 3d|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1966/07/03/93850798.html|accessdate=June 24, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=July 3, 1966|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=9 Are Attendants Of Ann Standish At Her Wedding; She Is Bride of Robert Mueller 3d, Alumnus of Princeton U.|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1966/09/04/82895757.html?pageNumber=58|accessdate=June 24, 2017|work=]|date=September 4, 1966|language=en}}</ref> They have two daughters, Cynthia and Melissa, and three grandchildren.<ref>{{cite news|title=Attorney General Eric Holder Delivers Remarks at the Farewell Ceremony for FBI Director Robert S. Mueller|url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-eric-holder-delivers-remarks-farewell-ceremony-fbi-director-robert-s|accessdate=June 24, 2017|publisher=United States Department of Justice|date=August 1, 2013|language=en}}</ref> One of their daughters was born with ].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Slater|first1=Joanna|title=Meet Robert Mueller: The 'unique' figure in Washington investigating Trump|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/robert-mueller-the-man-investigating-donald-trump/article35352750/|accessdate=June 24, 2017|work=The Globe and Mail|date=June 18, 2017|language=en-ca}}</ref>

In 2001, Mueller's Senate confirmation hearings to head the FBI were delayed several months while he underwent treatment for ].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hancock|first1=Larry|title=Surprise Attack: From Pearl Harbor to 9/11 to Benghazi|date=2015|publisher=Counterpoint|isbn=9781619026575|page=205|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mHeDCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT205|accessdate=June 24, 2017|language=en}}</ref> He was diagnosed in the fall of 2000 but postponed being sworn in as FBI director until he received a good prognosis from his physician.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Altman|first1=Lawrence K.|last2=Johnston|first2=David|title=View After Cancer Surgery Is Good for F.B.I. Director|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/15/us/view-after-cancer-surgery-is-good-for-fbi-director.html|accessdate=June 24, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=August 15, 2001}}</ref>

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite news|last=Graff|first=Garrett|url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2008/08/01/the-ultimate-g-man-robert-mueller-remakes-the-fbi|title=The Ultimate G-Man: Robert Mueller Remakes the FBI|work=Washingtonian|date=August 1, 2008}}
* {{cite news|last=Graff|first=Garrett|url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2008/09/01/robert-mueller-taking-on-the-terrorists|title=Robert Mueller: Taking on the Terrorists|work=Washingtonian|date=September 1, 2008}}
* {{citation|last=Graff|first=Garrett|title=The Threat Matrix: Inside Robert Mueller's FBI and the War on Global Terror|year=2011|publisher=Little, Brown and Company|asin=B0047Y1766}}

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