nytimes.com - 11/19/2008
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Barack Obama’s transition team has signaled to Eric H. Holder Jr. that he will be chosen as attorney general, but no final decision has been made, people involved in the process said. >
washingtonpost.com - 11/13/2008
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Obama Team Faces Major Task in Justice Dept. Overhaul
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Attorney General Holder ?
The Moderate Voice —
... While speculation has buzzed over Secretary of State Clinton it now seems that the next US Attorney General will be Eric Holder. Holder, who would be the first African American AG, served as deputy to Janet Reno during the Clinton years. Holder has also been on the unofficial short list for appointment to the Supreme Court so it is possible his stay at the Justice Department would be relatively short. ...
The Note: Clinton Drama Haunts Obama Transition
Political Radar —
... fights that reopen the old battles of the Clinton years. This while Sen. Clinton plays out her internal fight over whether she wants to be Secretary of State. (Sorry, did someone mention drama?) “While Mr. Obama has yet to name any of his cabinet secretaries, his early choices for White House staff positions and the names currently at the top of the list for staff and cabinet jobs suggest that his administration could be heavily stocked with Democrats who served under Mr. Clinton,” The New York Times' Eric Lichtblau and John M. Broder report. This storyline, again: ...
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from the "tell us something we don't know" dept.
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Ask-me-a-hard-one Dep't
WWW.samefacts.com 11/11/2008 — John Tierney asks whether Obama's election doesn't prove that racism is mythical.
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Ogden Will Lead Justice Dept. Transition
voices.washingtonpost.com 11/6/2008 — By Carrie Johnson Clinton Administration veteran David Ogden is leading the transition team for the Justice Department, which has been battered by allegations of political interference and hiring lapses during the Bush years. At conferences and ...
Re: Another Obama Nominee
swampland.blogs.time.com 2/3/2009 — Here we go again. A modest proposal:
For the majority of people, who really do their best to pay their taxes, I'd like to suggest something the Obama Administration could do to make it easier for those of us who have household employees.
In my ...
TRANSITION TO JUSTICE.
prospect.org 1/5/2009 — The latest news from the Transition Office : We have sub-cabinet Justice Department nominees -- bios after the jump:
Today, President-elect Barack Obama announced that he intends to nominate the following individuals for key posts at the United ...
Justice Dept. Will Send 800 Monitors to Polls
voices.washingtonpost.com 10/31/2008 — By Mary Pat Flaherty The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice will send 800 federal observers and justice department staff to 59 jurisdictions in 23 states on Election Day to monitor polling places and elections. Jurisdictions will ...
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