sentences:  She took her oath of office on September 3, 2001.Her term as an Attorney General-interim appointee expired after 120 days, and she was re-appointed by the U.S. District Court, pending a Senate approval of a presidential nominee.As of 2007, she is one of only three U.S. attorneys who have been appointed in this way (the others are William Leone of Colorado and Deborah Rhodes of Alabama).