Published 2/3/2009
by CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart
at CNN Political Ticker
Eric Holder is a former federal prosecutor and served as deputy attorney general during the Clinton administration.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Arriving at the Justice Department to a thunderous round of applause, former federal prosecutor and Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder was sworn in Tuesday as America's top law enforcement officer.
Holder, 58, officially seized the reins of [...]
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