cnn.com - 5/7/2009
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Eric Holder is a former federal prosecutor and served as deputy attorney general during the Clinton administration.
article.nationalreview.com - 5/6/2009
legaltimes.typepad.com - 5/8/2009
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Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. said today that
getting Dawn Johnsen confirmed to head department's Office of...
Legal Counsel was "probably my top priority." The Senate Judiciary Committee endorsed her in March on a party-line vote, and since then ...
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The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times : Holder Says Getting ...
firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 5/7/2009
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From NBC's Pete Williams At a hearing today
with Attorney General Eric Holder , Republican members of...
the Senate Judiciary Committee suggested that any potential criminal investigation into the CIA's harsh interrogation methods might not easily ...
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Republicans warn Holder on torture
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390 Years Minus 100 Days … And Counting, Pt. 4
The Republic of T. —
... ? That was my first thought when our newly-minted attorney general reached for his own rhetorical handful of elephant, as in the previous examples. Not because I thought he was wrong, but because he was saying what was virtually unsayable to a country still basking in, and congratulating itself for, the election of its first African-American president. ...
390 Years Minus 100 Days, Pt. 4 of 5
Booman Tribune —
... ? That was my first thought when our newly-minted attorney general reached for his own rhetorical handful of elephant, as in the previous examples. Not because I thought he was wrong, but because he was saying what was virtually unsayable to a country still basking in, and congratulating itself for, the election of its first African-American president. He was not only lifting his blindfold, but taking it off entirely while tugging at ours, and telling us, "There's still an elephant in the room. Take off your blindfold and just look."
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