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Obama pick faces questions over bombers' clemency (AP)

 

Published 1/14/2009 at Yahoo! News: Politics News

AP - New York police detective Anthony S. Senft's life changed forever when a bomb set by Puerto Rican separatists exploded, blowing him 15 feet in the air and blinding him in one eye. Now, he's angry that Eric Holder, who played a key role in awarding clemency to the bombers, is in line to be attorney general. (link)

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