Pres-Elect Obama Names Eric Holder U.S. Attorney General

News Update, 11-18-08:

Obama Taps Eric Holder as Attorney General

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Read Erin Medlicott's original post from 11/18/08, below:

President-elect Barack Obama today named Eric Himpton Holder, Jr. as the next U.S. Attorney General. He has accepted the position, pending a Senate approval.

Mr. Holder will be the first African-American U.S. Attorney General in American history.

He was former Deputy Attorney General of the United States from 1997 to 2001. He also served as Acting Attorney General under President George Bush for a few weeks until the Senate confirmed John Ashcroft as the AG nominee.

Last year Mr. Holder joined Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign as a senior legal advisor. And most recently, he became part of a three-member Vice Presidential selection committee with Caroline Kennedy and Jim Johnson.

He is 57, and married with three children.

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Comments

[rekky]

06:09 PM on 11/22/2008

Read the OpEd in the Nov 2 NY Times regarding Holder's role in the Marc Rich pardon.. If even half of what is in there is true, he is utterly unqualified for the position of Attorney General.