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Government

Feb. 4, 2009

Senate Confirms AG Holder, Sets Hearings for Deputy AG

Eric H. Holder Jr. is the nation's first African-American attorney General, putting him in charge of a massive agency that is still recovering from the scandals of the previous administration.

By Robert Iafolla
Daily Journal Staff Writer

WASHINGTON - The Senate Monday confirmed Eric H. Holder Jr. as attorney general with a 75-21 vote, putting him in charge of a massive agency that is still recovering from the scandals of the previous administration.

Holder, a partner at Covington & Burling, becomes the country's first black attorney general. He previously received unanimous confirmations as a federal judge appointed by then-Presiden...

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