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Robert C. Odle, Jr. is an American lawyer, based in Washington, D.C..

He studied law at Michigan State University, where he graduated in the class of 1969. He served as Director of Administration ("office manager") for the Committee to Re-Elect the President during the 1972 presidential election, and was the first witness questioned by the Watergate Committee.^[1]

Odle testified about contact he had with James McCord, Jeb Stuart Magruder, and G. Gordon Liddy, and particularly H. R. Haldeman and Attorney General John N. Mitchell. He witnessed document shredding and took into safekeeping a file which, he testified, he did not know the contents of, that described the activities of the White House Plumbers.^[2]

Odle, Jr. has worked for the Department of Energy, and was a member of the Task Force for Legal Equality of Women, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981.

In 2004, the watchdog group Public Citizen questioned the ethicality of a contribution Odle made in his wife's name to the legal defense fund of Tom DeLay, but DeLay declined to return the money.^[3] In 2005, the timing of Odle's hiring as a lobbyist for Enron was questioned by Sen. Harry Reid among others.^[4]

He is a member of the Republican National Lawyers' Association.

He currently resides in Alexandria, Virginia.

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[1] ttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/06/AR2005070600739_pf.html

[2] ttp://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910612-6,00.html

[3] ttp://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2005/08/04/lobbyists/index.html

[4] ttp://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/business/2005/jul/21/519085720.html

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+[[File:Robert Odle, photo portrait, Nixon administration, black and white.jpg|thumb|Robert Odle during the Nixon administration]]
+'''Robert C. Odle, Jr.''' is an [[United States|American]] [[lawyer]], based in [[Washington, D.C.]].
+He studied [[law]] at [[Michigan State University]], where he graduated in the class of 1969. He served as Director of Administration ("office manager") for the [[Committee to Re-Elect the President]] during the [[United States presidential election, 1972|1972 presidential election]], and was the first witness questioned by the [[Watergate Committee]].<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/06/AR2005070600739_pf.html</ref>
-'''Robert C. Odle, Jr.''' is a former public official and an American lawyer.{{Citation needed|date=September 2015}}
+Odle testified about contact he had with [[James McCord]], [[Jeb Stuart Magruder]], and [[G. Gordon Liddy]], and particularly [[H. R. Haldeman]] and [[Attorney General of the United States|Attorney General]] [[John N. Mitchell]]. He witnessed document [[paper shredder|shredding]] and took into safekeeping a file which, he testified, he did not know the contents of, that described the activities of the [[White House Plumbers]].<ref>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910612-6,00.html</ref>
-Mr. Odle joined the Washington office of the New York-based law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in 1985 after serving as Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy.{{Citation needed|date=September 2015}} He retired from Weil on February 23, 2015, after thirty years of service as a partner.  Mr. Odle represented clients on a wide range of matters before Congress, and agencies, departments, boards, and commissions of the federal government.{{Citation needed|date=September 2015}} In addition to his work on major policy issues in the areas of corporate governance, energy, the environment, housing, and mass torts, he served and continues to serve, now pro bono, as counsel to several private equity funds and charitable foundations in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.{{Citation needed|date=September 2015}}  He also continues to serve pro bono as the general counsel of the Richard Nixon Foundation at the presidential library in Yorba Linda, California.{{Citation needed|date=September 2015}}
-Nominated by President Reagan and confirmed by the Senate in 1981, Mr. Odle was responsible for the Department of Energy's legislative, public, intergovernmental, and consumer affairs programs, DOE's Office of Competition, and the environmental, health, and safety compliance of DOE facilities, including the Nation's nuclear installations. He also served as the principal adviser to the Secretary of Energy in the formulation and review of national energy policy.{{Citation needed|date=September 2015}}
+Odle, Jr. has worked for the [[United States Department of Energy|Department of Energy]], and was a member of the Task Force for Legal Equality of Women, appointed by [[President of the United States of America|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1981.
-Prior to his DOE appointment, Mr. Odle was Washington Representative for the International Paper Company.{{Citation needed|date=September 2015}}
+In 2004, the watchdog group [[Public Citizen]] questioned the ethicality of a contribution Odle made in his wife's name to the legal defense fund of [[Tom DeLay]], but DeLay declined to return the money.<ref>http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2005/08/04/lobbyists/index.html</ref> In 2005, the timing of Odle's hiring as a [[lobbyist]] for [[Enron]] was questioned by Sen. [[Harry Reid]] among others.<ref>http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/business/2005/jul/21/519085720.html</ref>
-From 1973 to 1976, Mr. Odle served as Deputy Assistant Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.{{Citation needed|date=September 2015}}
+He is a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] National Lawyers' Association.
-From 1969 to 1971, Mr. Odle was a Staff Assistant to President Nixon, and Director of Administration of the Committee for the Re-election of the President from 1971 to 1973.{{Citation needed|date=September 2015}}  As the administrative director of the Committee, he was the first witness to testify at the Senate Select Committee's 1973 televised hearings investigating the Watergate matter, where he explained the organizational structure of the Committee for the Re-Election of the President after praising "President Nixon and the million volunteers across the nation and 400 people at national headquarters who did nothing unethical or illegal."{{Citation needed|date=September 2015}}
-Mr. Odle is a member of the District of Columbia and Michigan Bar Associations and is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States.{{Citation needed|date=September 2015}} He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Reagan Alumni Association, the Federalist Society, the Republican National Lawyers Association, the President's Club of the Heritage Foundation, the President's Cabinet of the Richard Nixon Foundation, the University Club of Washington, the John Carroll Society, Saint Mary's Church in Alexandria, Virginia, the Review Board of the Diocese of Arlington, and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.{{Citation needed|date=September 2015}}
-Born in Port Huron, Michigan, Mr. Odle resides in Alexandria, Virginia, and Oxford, Maryland, with his wife, Lydia, and their son, John Paul.{{Citation needed|date=September 2015}}
-Mr. Odle was awarded a B.A. degree by Wayne State University in 1966, a J.D. by the Detroit College of Law in 1969, and a Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa, by the Detroit College of Law in 1992.  {{Citation needed|date=September 2015}}
+He currently resides in [[Alexandria, Virginia]].
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