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Published 12/13/2008 at L.A. Times - Politics

Obama's Justice Department nominee was initially met with bipartisan praise. Now the GOP is raising concerns about pardons and more. > President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for attorney general, Eric H. Holder Jr., is now coming under fire from Senate Republicans, who have asked to delay what was expected to be a swift and easy confirmation over concerns about his role in some controversial Clinton-era pardons and other matters. (link)

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