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Because they are attorneys with a general power of attorney, not generals who are also lawyers.

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"Attorneys general" is the correct term because "attorney" is being used as an adjective to describe the type of general, just like "doctors' office" refers to an office for doctors. So, the possessive form properly applies to "attorneys."

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