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Published 2/19/2009 by edhornick at CNN Political Ticker

Attorney General Eric Holder helps celebrate Black History Month at an event Wednesday at the Justice Department. WASHINGTON (CNN) — America is "a nation of cowards" when discussing race. That sentiment from the country's first African-American attorney general, Eric Holder, has stirred up pundits, bloggers and readers. "Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as [...] (link)

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