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<em>The Atlantic</em> Politics &amp; Policy Daily: How Old Can You Go

The three septuagenarians leading the 2020 presidential race. Plus: Robert Mueller and Bill Barr go way back.

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It’s Monday, April 29.

‣ Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein submitted his resignation to President Donald Trump. He’ll leave the job on May 11.   

William Barr, left, and Robert Mueller served together in the Justice Department under President George H. W. Bush in the early 1990s.

(Barry Thumma / AP)

Special Counsel Robert Mueller and Attorney General William Barr have known each other for more than three decades; they’ve gone to each other’s Christmas parties, and their wives go to the same Bible study. But the two men have very different legal styles, and their upcoming congressional testimonies reports Russell Berman.

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