marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 1/29/2009
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An aide to Eric Holder vociferously denies that the AG nominee offered private assurances to Republican senators about whether the Obama administration would prosecute Bush officials for torture. The aide pointed to Holder's response in written Q and A from Sen. Jon Kyl: Kyl: ...in
your view, ...
washingtontimes.com - 1/28/2009
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washingtontimes.com —
By: ErikTheDread It's hard to believe Bond. Even
if what he's saying is true (which I find
hard to believe), do Republicans REALLY want to go down this road? Extracting pre hoc promises from nominees that would be binding after confirmation? Does Bond ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Holder assures GOP on prosecution
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/28/2009
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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com —
My colleague Zack at TPMmuck just heard from
an aide to Attorney General nominee Eric Holder. The
aide definitively denied Sen. Kit Bond's (R-MO) claim that Holder had given him "assurances" of avoiding future prosecutions of Bush intelligence ...
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Talking Points Memo | Holder Aide: We Made No Special ...
corner.nationalreview.com - 1/31/2009
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I like Michael Steele -- he's one of
those charismatic guys who'd be impossible not to like
if you were trying not to like him. I've only met him a couple of times, but one was in a green room where we both found ourselves with an hour to kill. ...
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Morning Skim: The Stimulus Vote . . . and a Holder Deal?
Opinionator —
... of former Bush Administration officials. Bonus link: Marc Ambinder says that Holder aides are denying any such promises . Foreign Policy : Marc Lynch says that “the institutional pushback against Obama’s attempt to change Iraq policy is unfolding as predicted.” The politics of this aside, I think that [Gen. Ray] Odierno’s intention of keeping troops in Iraq through the national elections is dangerously wrong. The CFR/Brookings/Odierno “go slow” approach ignores the reality of the new Status of Forces Agreement and the impending referendum this summer — which may well fail ...
Holder Holds
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... He will not prejudge possible prosecutions for war crimes under Bush. How could he? He's the attorney-general. War crimes are among the gravest crimes under the law. ...
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campaignspot.nationalreview.com 1/13/2009 — Erick Erickson of RedState comes out, guns blazing, against the NRA for not using everything in their arsenal (no pun intended) against the nomination... . . .
Did Holder Promise No Torture Prosecutions?
emptywheel.firedoglake.com 1/28/2009 — As I posted, both Sheldon Whitehouse and Pat Leahy suggest that--even though John Cornyn and others made an inappropriate demand that Holder promise not to prosecute any Bushies--Holder did not make that promise.
But right as that came out, the ...
When The Time Comes For Eric Holder's Confirmation Hearings . . .
redstate.com 11/25/2008 —
I certainly hope that
George Lardner is asked to appear before the Senate Judiciary
Committee to give his opinion on whether Holder is qualified for
the job, given his involvement in the Marc Rich pardon. In his
testimony, Lardner can point out ...
GOP Forming United Opposition To Holder Nomination
huffingtonpost.com 12/12/2008 — More signs have emerged that Eric Holder's nomination for Attorney General will face a bitter committee fight as Republican Senators on Thursday criticized Holder's work in the Clinton White House and even attempted to tie him to disgraced Illinois ...
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Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/28/2009
AP - Eric Holder's nomination as the first African-American attorney general moved to the full Senate on Wednesday with broad bipartisan support, as Republicans who earlier criticized the nominee determined he was well qualified for the job.
Panel Backs Justice Dept. Nominee —
NYT > Politics 1/29/2009
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved, and sent to the full Senate, the nomination of Eric H. Holder Jr. to be the nation’s 82nd attorney general. >
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