blogs.abcnews.com - 1/20/2009
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I didn't really see much in the papers today about the significant opposition Republican senators on the Judiciary Committee expressed yesterday about Eric Holder's support ten years ago for then-President Clinton granting clemency to 16 FALN terrorists. So as Mr....
corner.nationalreview.com - 1/24/2009
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corner.nationalreview.com —
Those of us who fear a revival, directly
or indirectly, of the Fairness Doctrine need to be...
aware of the following exchanges that occurred during the Senate Judiciary Committee's January 15th confirmation hearing for Attorney General-Designate Eric ...
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Will Obama Revive the Fairness Doctrine?
article.nationalreview.com - 1/22/2009
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/22/2009
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Sen. John Cornyn's (R-TX) decision today to force
a week-long delay in Eric Holder's Judiciary Committee confirmation...
vote has opened an unexpected fissure in the GOP. On the one side are Republicans who want Holder to echo President Obama's promise ...
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To Prosecute Torture or Not to Prosecute? Cornyn's ...
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Another Thing Hannity Hates About America: The Right To Counsel, Especially If The Counselor Is An Obama Advisor
News Hounds —
... Wait just a flag-waving minute. Holder did not advocate for the FALN terrorists. During his previous tenure at the Justice Department, he helped get clemency for some of them. That's a far cry from being their advocate. But Hannity, Media Matters' ...
Newt Gingrich Attacks Obama For Caring Too Much About Civil Liberties
News Hounds —
... Of course, Gingrich thought so. And he raised it a few to suggest that Obama was un-American to insist on American values. “If this administration which, of course, wants to have as its Attorney General one of the people who was involved in giving pardons to many, many terrorists in the late 90's, Eric Holder (actually, Holder was involved in granting clemency to 16 members of FALN, who had already served many years. Furthermore, Holder has said that he would probably view the case differently post 9/11). If this administration is going back to the Clinton era of terrorists as ...
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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... . . .
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corner.nationalreview.com 1/31/2009 — 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. ...
Judiciary Cmte postpones Holder vote —
First Read 1/21/2009
From NBC's Ken StricklandThe Senate Judiciary Committee has postponed its 10:00 am ET session where it was expected to vote on Eric Holder's vote to be attorney general. According to committee press staff, the delay is to accommodate members who ...
Republicans Delay Holder Nomination —
WSJ.com: Washington Wire 1/21/2009
Evan Perez reports on the Justice Department.
A day after Washington was awash in conviviality and vows of a new bipartisan spirit, Republicans forced a delay to the scheduled confirmation vote for Eric Holder , President Barack Obama ...
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