thinkprogress.org - 1/10/2009
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Conservatives, led by former Bush adviser Karl Rove , are hoping to use the upcoming confirmation hearing of Eric Holder, President-elect Obama’s nominee for Attorney General, to “ lay down a marker ” that will show they “they can remain relevant” after their ...
latimes.com - 1/9/2009
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latimes.com —
Reporting from Washington -- Attorney general nominee Eric
H. Holder Jr. repeatedly pushed some of his subordinates
at the Clinton Justice Department to drop their opposition to a controversial 1999 grant of clemency to 16 members of two violent ...
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Eric Holder pushed for controversial clemency - Los ...
thehill.com - 1/12/2009
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thehill.com —
The former Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary
Committee will support Eric Holder's nomination for attorney general,
giving him a major boost toward confirmation. Sen. Orrin Hatch (Utah), who chaired the panel for a decade beginning in 1995, ...
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Sen. Hatch to back Eric Holder for AG
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Gitmo Whistleblower Talks To BBC About Torture
Newshoggers.com —
... He tells the BBC in this new interview that the abuses he witnessed included heavy beatings, shaving insults into inmates hair and the usual "enhanced interrogation" techniques wingnut senator Jon Kyl is so proud of - for opposition to which he would contest Eric Holder as Obama's nominee for Attorney General. ...
Hullabaloo —
... According to Jon Kyl, and I would imagine a substantial portion of the right, you cannot become Attorney General unless you unequivocally support torturing human beings. ...
Eric Holder's GOP friends
Political Animal —
ERIC HOLDER'S GOP FRIENDS.... Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) complained last week that Eric Holder, Obama's nominee for Attorney General, may be unqualified because he's made "some very unfortunate statements about our interrogation of prisoners." Yes, the next A.G. has spoken out against illegal interrogation techniques, and the second-highest-ranking Republican in the Senate thinks that's a good reason to vote against confirmation. In the meantime, however, Holder continues to ...
Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute for January 13, 2009
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash —
... angry, thoughtful, but, most of all, candid, perhaps more than ever, about the last eight years." Campbell Brown can't help herself -- she's just another Repuglican like all the rest of the Repuglicans trying their best to fudge George Bush's legacy! Humorous??? Candid??? This was Bush being Bush doing what he's done all his life, trying to weasel out of the mess he's made of everything! HE WAS PATHETIC, HE WAS USELESS, HE WAS WORTHLESS!!! Always has been always will be!!! * * * "Kyl Falsely Claims Holder Doesn't Support Patriot Act, Says He Shouldn't Be AG If He's Against ...
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washingtonmonthly.com 1/12/2009 — ERIC HOLDER'S GOP FRIENDS.... Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) complained last week that Eric Holder, Obama's nominee for Attorney General, may be unqualified because he's made "some very unfortunate statements about our interrogation of ...
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firedoglake.com 11/24/2008 —
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