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redstate.com - 11/25/2008
When The Time Comes For Eric Holder's Confirmation Hearings . . .
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I certainly hope that George Lardner is asked to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee to give his opinion on whether Holder is qualified for the job, given his involvement in the Marc Rich pardon. In his testimony, Lardner can point out the following: Contrary to past ...

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Eric Holder Caught on Tape Defending the FALN Terrorist Pardons (Video)
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com - 11/23/2008
Eric Holder Caught on Tape Defending the FALN Terrorist Pardons (Video)
— gatewaypundit.blogspot.com — Barack Obama's Attorney General candidate Eric Holder was grilled in Congress after the Clinton Administration pardoned FALN terrorists before leaving office. This testimony on the Clinton pardons of the 16 FALN terrorists took place in front of the ... (more) Eric Holder Caught on Tape Defending the FALN Terrorist ...

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Holder, High Achiever Poised to Scale New Heights
nytimes.com - 12/1/2008
Holder, High Achiever Poised to Scale New Heights
— nytimes.com — Queens native Eric Holder, President-elect Barack Obama’s expected choice for attorney general, developed a public servant’s conscience during the racial conflicts of the 1960s. > (more) Holder, High Achiever Poised to Scale New Heights

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dcexaminer.com - 11/23/2008
Sunday Reflection: Have We Changed Yet?
— dcexaminer.com — Byron York, Examiner Contributor - 11/22/08 I spent several years of the Clinton administration writing about one scandal or controversy after another. There was, of course, the Whitewater affair and the fight over the independent counsel, Kenneth ... (more) Sunday Reflection: Have We Changed Yet?

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POLITICS: Bizarro World
Baseball Crank — Who ever thought we'd live to see newspapers describe anyone as reaching out to Republicans by appointing...Hillary Clinton? Meanwhile, expect some interesting questions for Eric Holder.

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The Case for Accepting Obama's Nomination of Eric Holder for Attorney General:
volokh.com 11/21/2008 — Like co-blogger Orin Kerr, I tend to believe that Republicans shouldn't fight the confirmation of Eric Holder, Obama's nominee for attorney general. Most of the objections to Holder articulated by...
Red Alert: Confidential witness ready to blow up Clinton and Holder confirmations with dirt on the Marc Rich pardon!
directorblue.blogspot.com 11/24/2008 — Well, this could certainly start the confirmation hearings off with a bang! Doug C. alerts us to an interesting development in the case of Eric Holder, prospective Attorney General. I received today via email, the scan of a sworn declaration from a ...
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HEAR THE WITNESS ON YOUTUBE - did Marc Rich bribe Bill Clinton with a $250 million pardon fund? — Stop The ACLU
Dug from Upland: As discussed yesterday, I have a scan of the sworn declaration and will soon have the original. The Senate must ask questions in the confirmation hearings of Eric Holder and Hillary Clinton. NOTE: as explained in the video, the witness had made a typo in the amount of the ...
RedState — News
When the time comes for Eric Holder’s confirmation as attorney general, Pejman Yousefzadeh hopes his role in the controversial pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich comes up, claiming Holder was more directly involved in the pardon than most people think. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) ...
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Doug Ross received a sworn declaration from a confidential witness who is prepared to testify and should testify in the confirmation hearings of Hillary Clinton and Eric Holder. Click to Enlarge This could get interesting. Doug Ross has more on the witness.
“Reasonable Restrictions” — Matthew Yglesias
I’m going to hope/assume that Eric Holder has changed his mind about the vital need for internet censorship relative to where he was ten years ago at a time when a lot of folks deemed the internet impossibly scary. One useful thing about confirmation hearings, though, is that you can ask ...
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Eric Holder's 1997 Deputy A.G. Confirmation Hearing — TalkLeft
On June 13, 1997, at age 46, Eric Holder was confirmed by the Senate as Deputy Attorney General under Janet Reno. His confirmation hearing lasted two hours, pretty smooth sailing. The transcript is here . Some snippets, in his own words: On his objectives: First, to work with the attorney ...
The Next Attorney General: Eric Holder — Swampland
So says Newsweek and MSNBC . But AP says the votes are still being counted for confirmation. So who is Holder? Read this excellent profile by American Lawyer. An excerpt: [I]n seven years at the firm Holder has become a sought-after attorney, with high-profile assignments from the National ...
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A source close to Barack Obama's transition team is feeling out Senate Republicans to see if former Clinton Assistant Attorney General Eric Holder would pass confirmation after his role in the 2001 Marc Rich pardon.