Holder confirmed as first black Attorney General

By Carrie Johnson | Tuesday, February 3, 2009 | The Washington Post

“…The Senate confirmed Eric H. Holder Jr. as the nation’s first African American attorney general by a vote of 75 to 21 yesterday, opening a new chapter for a Justice Department that had suffered under allegations of improper political influence and policy disputes over wiretapping and harsh interrogation practices….”…BS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/02/AR2009020202581_pf.html

 

 

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