Holder Met At DOJ With "Thunderous Applause"

CBS News:

Eric H. Holder was sworn-in Tuesday as the 82nd Attorney General of the United States. He is the first African-American to lead the Justice Department, and surely the first A.G. to be treated as a bona fide rock star.

When Holder arrived at the department for the ceremony, a throng of Justice Department employees greeted him with thunderous applause, many snapping away with cell phone cameras to capture the moment. He sprinted up five flights of stairs where an even larger crowd erupted into cheers when Holder said, "it is so good to be home." Holder served as Acting Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General and United States Attorney in the Clinton administration.

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