Eric Holder

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February 12, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder is leaving open the possibility of trying professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh…
February 10, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - Holder made history as the first African-American to become the nation's chief law enforcement officer...
February 3, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday he made the decision to charge the Christmas Day terror suspect…
January 28, 2010
OPINION - Over the last year, Attorney General Eric Holder has taken a number of steps to repair a department…
January 11, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Eric Holder, the nation's first black attorney general, defended Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Monday over…
January 4, 2010
OPINION - I recently watched an ABC News special about black people not getting married. It featured a set of…
December 28, 2009
OPINION - Mr. President, if you cannot also address the good things that black men do, then please do not…
October 7, 2009
VIDEO - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan pledged federal support on Wednesday to fight a…
September 2, 2009
OPINION - In May 1962, then-Attorney General Robert Kennedy was asked: "What do you see as the big problem ahead…
September 1, 2009
The Justice Department is moving forward with plans to expand its civil rights division, pursuing cases of discrimination in the…
July 29, 2009
The nation's first black attorney general, Holder tells ABC News that, as a college student, he was stopped by an…
July 14, 2009
At 36 years-old Benjamin Todd Jealous is the youngest person to ever lead the NAACP. As he presented his opening…
June 22, 2009
America has long made a virtue of confusing her aspirations with her reality. Such optimism is a permanent part of
June 16, 2009
AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta DEVLIN BARRETT Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Citing recent killings in Arkansas, Kansas and the