latimesblogs.latimes.com - 11/19/2008
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Looks like President-elect Barack Obama will name another former official from Bill Clinton's administration as attorney general.
He's Eric Holder , the 57-year-old former deputy AG under Janet Reno .
According to NBC , Holder, a f ormer U.S. Attorney and Superior Court judge, was ...
campaignspot.nationalreview.com - 11/21/2008
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Back in 1998, when testifying before Congress about
the need for a federal hate crimes law, then
Deputy-Attorney General Eric Holder was asked for amp... . . .
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A Good Question For Eric Holder
campaignspot.nationalreview.com - 11/20/2008
blogs.wsj.com - 11/19/2008
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holder With today’s news about Eric Holder (pictured,
left) being candidate uno for the AG slot, it
nearly guarantees we’ll soon be reacquainted with some names from the recent past, like Scooter Libby and Marc Rich. Back then, Holder, Rich and to a ...
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Law Blog - WSJ.com : With Rich, Libby and Holder in ...
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The ObaHillary morph: Recycling you can believe in
Michelle Malkin —
[image] Back in March, The New Republic lamented that Democrats could only choose one: Clinton or Obama. How wrong they were. The Obama inner circle now includes: Clintonite Rahm Emanuel as Obama chief of staff… [image] Clintonite Deputy AG Eric Holder as rumored Obama AG… [image] Clintonite lawyer Greg Craig as Obama chief counsel… [image] Clintonite chief of staff John Podesta as Obama Transition Team leader… [image] Bill and Hillary Clinton’s entire economic team … And maybe — a remote maybe — even Hillary herself. Next thing you ...
Clinton’s (Coat) Holder
Jules Crittenden —
... some Justice Department lawyers and federal prosecutors in New York had to pardoning somebody who had fled the country. But after reviewing the evidence in the case, and checking with staffers on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Obama aides and Holder both decided the issue was highly unlikely to prove an obstacle to his confirmation, one of the sources said–especially given the Democrats’ more sizable post-election majority in the Senate. Failed to raise objections … Put another way, he approved it . Remember how Obama didn’t pick Hillary for veep, and everyone said he was ...
A Faustian bargain for the 21st century
culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily —
... Another Clintonite, a former deputy AG under Janet Reno and the guy that issued all the shady, last minute pardons done by Clinton on his way out. ...
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