Feb 03, 2009 · Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse issued the following statement applauding the Senate's vote to confirm Eric Holder as the next Attorney General of the United States. Whitehouse, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a former U.S. Attorney and Attorney General for Rhode Island, served in the Clinton Administration with Holder.
Jan 15, 2009 · The election of Barack Obama and Joe Biden and the president- elect's selection of Eric Holder, Jr. to be attorney general for the United States provides an historic opportunity for the country to move past the partisanship of the past decades. ... Eric was appointed a D.C. superior court judge by President Ronald Reagan, recognizing this man's ...
Eric Holder, in full Eric Himpton Holder, Jr., (born January 21, 1951, New York, New York, U.S.), American lawyer who was the first African American to serve as U.S. attorney general (2009–15). Holder grew up in Queens, New York, and attended the prestigious Stuyvesant High School before enrolling at Columbia University. After graduating with a degree in American history (1973), he …
Mar 06, 2013 · Attorney General Eric Holder Testifies Before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary ... I’m also pleased to echo the President’s call for the Senate to confirm Todd Jones as Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives – a critical Justice Department component that’s been without a Senate-confirmed leader ...
Jun 29, 2012 · Thu 28 Jun 2012 17.48 EDT. The attorney general Eric Holder has become the first sitting member of a president's cabinet in US history to be held in contempt of Congress after Republicans vented ...
Eric Holder | |
---|---|
Nominated by | Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | Virginia Riley |
Succeeded by | Judith Bartnoff |
Personal details |