Wonder how many nuns give birth or have abortions.
The DAG runs the DoJ while the AG provides very high-level direction. Heads of large agencies and departments literally don't have the time to do everything that most outsiders envision. The bulk of the work is done by careerists. Political appointees need spines to keep the careerists in check.
Per a couple gov documents read, I can tell you Sessions was personally involved in getting China to curb the production and exportation of several different types of illegal drugs that have been flowing into the U.S. He was also involved in trying to work the immigration issue.