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Attorney General: I was racially profiled
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder says he was racially profiled years ago. The nation’s first black attorney general, Holder tells ABC News that, as a college...
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Holder and Duncan speak on teen violence
17-year-old Montrell Truitt was there. “When Derrion got killed, then that’s when it seemed like everyone wanted to realize that something serious was going on,” said Truitt. It’s been two weeks since...
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TheGrio’s 100: Eric Holder, law enforcer in-chief
In February 2009, when Vice President Joe Biden swore in Eric Holder as America’s 82nd attorney general, it was fitting that the ceremony took place during Black History Month. That’s because Holder,...
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TheGrio’s 100: Kamala Harris, the future of California politics
In 2003, San Francisco voters elected Kamala Harris to be the city’s first female District Attorney. Overwhelmingly re-elected to a second term, Harris is now aiming for higher office: California...
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NY attorney general recuses self in Paterson probe
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Thursday he has recused himself and appointed an independent counsel to probe whether Gov. David Paterson illegally took World Series...
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Holder: Osama bin Laden will never face US trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Tuesday that Osama bin Laden will never face trial in the United States because he will not be captured alive. In testy exchanges with...
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Georgia attorney general faces impeachment threat after refusing to file...
From Huffington Post Georgia lawmakers reacted to Wednesday’s news that their Attorney General, Democrat Thurbert Baker, would not sign on to a multi-state lawsuit to block the health care bill in his...
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GA attorney general targeted for impeachment over health reform
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia lawmaker on Tuesday filed a resolution to impeach Democratic Attorney General Thurbert Baker for refusing to join 14 other states in suing the federal government over health...
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Embattled GA attorney general defends health reform in black church
ATLANTA (AP) — Attorney General and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Thurbert Baker is headed to one of the city’s historic black churches to discuss his decision not to sue the federal government...
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Attorney General: Court challenge possible on immigration law
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that the federal government may challenge Arizona’s new law on immigration. The attorney general told reporters that he fears Arizona’s new...
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Attorney General takes on Times Square bomb scare
NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators have spoken to the registered owner of a sport utility vehicle that contained a homemade bomb in the failed Times Square terrorist attack, but he is not considered a...
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Holder to meet with prosecutors in the Gulf
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder is headed to the Gulf Coast today to see areas affected by the oil spill. And he’ll be meeting with attorneys general from Louisiana, Alabama and...
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Attorney General Holder vows to take on hate crimes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. law enforcement officer promised the Arab-American community on Friday that the Justice Department will vigorously prosecute hate crimes and he said a dialogue between...
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Paterson: I regret leaving NY governor race
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A day after a special prosecutor cleared Gov. David Paterson of allegations that he tampered with a witness who had accused a top aide of domestic violence, he said Thursday that he...
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UA dedicates tower, plaza to 1st black students
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — The University of Alabama has dedicated a clock tower and plaza in honor of the three black students who helped desegregate the campus a half-century ago. In a ceremony...
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Kamala Harris wins; said she'll 'never' defend gay marriage ban
From Talking Points Memo: San Francisco District Attorney General Kamala Harris has beaten her Republican rival to become California’s next attorney general, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The...
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New CA Attorney General hailed as 'female Obama'
Kamala Harris has been dubbed ‘the female Barack Obama’, and she has already made history by becoming the first female, black, and Indian American elected to be California’s Attorney General. “I pride...
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Holder defends performance on gay marriage, drugs
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder has defended the Justice Department’s performance on issues like gay rights and trafficking in prescription drugs under pointed questioning by newly...
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First female and minority CA attorney general called 'female Obama'
Kamala Harris made history when she was elected California’s attorney general. On the job since January, she says “one of her number one priorities is bringing an end to gun violence.” When she was...
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Holder: New crack law should shorten some terms
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that some prisoners incarcerated for crack cocaine offenses should benefit from a new law that lowers crack sentences. Holder was...
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