thinkprogress.org - 1/12/2009
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This morning, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) took to right-wing talk radio to continue his politically-motivated crusade against President-elect Obama’s Attorney General designate Eric Holder . Appearing on Bill Bennett’s Morning In America, Specter complained that Sen. Patrick Leahy ...
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
judiciary.senate.gov - 1/12/2009
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judiciary.senate.gov —
Arlen Specter, R-Pennsylvania SpecterThumb Arlen Specter (R) was
elected to the Senate in 1980 from the state
of Pennsylvania. He is a former Chairman and the current ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee. He is a graduate of the ...
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... There is, however, a rub: could all of Specter's posturing on the Holder nomination be the one thing that prevents the President-elect's Justice Department from tackling this immediately? ...
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... UPDATE: I finished this piece and saw an email that TP had a post up about Arlen Specter's wanking away on the Ashcroft nomination. ...
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... to investigate Bush's torture and wiretapping policies Bush: I Personally Authorized Torture Of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Cheney: It doesn't matter that we haven't captured bin Laden Joe the Plumber: 'I think media should be abolished' from reporting on war Bush On Katrina: 'Don't Tell Me The Federal Response Was Slow' Scarborough: 'That's the silliest thing I've ever heard' that torture doesn't work Specter Knocks Leahy For Predicting Holder Confirmation Despite His Own Similar Conduct On ...
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