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Eric Holder is seen as top choice for Obama attorney general

 

Published 11/19/2008 at L.A. Times - Politics

Aides weigh support in the Senate for the former Clinton administration official, who would be the first black leader of the Justice Department. The Marc Rich pardon could emerge as an issue. > Former Justice Department official Eric H. Holder Jr. emerged Tuesday as Barack Obama's leading candidate for attorney general, and the president-elect's transition team was trying to gauge whether there was sufficient bipartisan support for him in the Senate, sources close to the transition confirmed. (link)

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