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Eric Holder To Step Down As Attorney General
NPR ^ | 09/25/2014 | Carrie Johnson

Posted on 09/25/2014 7:51:25 AM PDT by Pyro7480

Eric Holder Jr., the nation's first black U.S. attorney general, is preparing to announce his resignation Thursday after a tumultuous tenure marked by civil rights advances, national security threats, reforms to the criminal justice system and five and a half years of fights with Republicans in Congress.

Two sources familiar with the decision tell NPR that Holder, 63, intends to leave the Justice Department as soon as his successor is confirmed, a process that could run through 2014 and even into next year. A former U.S. government official says Holder has been increasingly "adamant" about his desire to leave soon for fear he otherwise could be locked in to stay for much of the rest of President Obama's second term.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bhodoj; breaking; camelfacedracist; commie; ferret; holder; holderresigning; racist; weasel
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To: Pyro7480
?Two sources familiar with the decision tell NPR that Holder, 63, intends to leave the Justice Department as soon as his successor is confirmed, a process that could run through 2014 and even into next year.

If the GOP takes the Senate, the confirmation process could be complicated and thwart Obama's nominee. The timing will depend on the midterms.

21 posted on 09/25/2014 7:54:30 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Pyro7480

“Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.”


22 posted on 09/25/2014 7:54:43 AM PDT by dfwgator (The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
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To: Pyro7480

Good riddance to bad rubbish!


23 posted on 09/25/2014 7:54:55 AM PDT by Joe Marine 76 ("Honor is the gift a man gives to himself." ~ Rob Roy MacGregor)
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To: Pyro7480

WOW !!

about DAMN time!!!

now maybe we can get someone honest in there who will start prosecuting the black panthers!


24 posted on 09/25/2014 7:55:06 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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To: Pyro7480

Wow. We thought it couldn’t be any worse than Reno, and then we got this filthy racist. It has to get better from here, right? Right?


25 posted on 09/25/2014 7:55:07 AM PDT by ilgipper
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To: MrB

My concerns also


26 posted on 09/25/2014 7:55:35 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
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To: dfwgator

The new Drone is the Muslim lawyer ?


27 posted on 09/25/2014 7:55:55 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: clintonh8r

Next stop: SCOTUS. Bank on it.

Ha! Don’t go to Ft Marcy Park, Ruthie....or ANY other Supreme!!


28 posted on 09/25/2014 7:57:02 AM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: clintonh8r

“Next stop: SCOTUS. Bank on it.”

Exactly. Must be nominated and confirmed by the Senate before the new senators take office in january - just in case the majority flips.


29 posted on 09/25/2014 7:57:14 AM PDT by jim-x (9/11/2001 - Never forget, Never forgive.)
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To: clintonh8r

I went from joy to dread in the time it took me to read your post.

God help us all if that becomes reality.


30 posted on 09/25/2014 7:57:44 AM PDT by comebacknewt (Newt (sigh) what could have been . . .)
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To: C210N

They won’t have the votes in the senate after November. No. he’s never going to be on that court.


31 posted on 09/25/2014 7:58:07 AM PDT by wiggen (The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
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To: Pyro7480
CELEBRATE!!!!!!


32 posted on 09/25/2014 7:58:16 AM PDT by massmike ("You only live once, but it does help if you get to be young twice.")
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To: Pyro7480

Just trying to get his successor confirmed by the Harry Reid Nuclear Option Senate while there is still time.


33 posted on 09/25/2014 7:58:57 AM PDT by rdcbn
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To: Pyro7480

Broken. By him.


34 posted on 09/25/2014 7:59:49 AM PDT by Williams
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To: All

New Attorney general......Van Jones...


35 posted on 09/25/2014 7:59:51 AM PDT by Boonie ("Nuke 'em all...Let Allah sort 'em out...)
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To: Pyro7480

He isn’t leaving any time soon.

“as soon as his successor is confirmed, a process that could run through 2014 and even into next year”


36 posted on 09/25/2014 7:59:51 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (I)
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To: Pyro7480

I won’t celebrate even though I’m relieved to see him go. I remember that Kerry followed Clinton causing a big argument in my family as to was the worst of the two. It does make the Senate election more interesting and important.


37 posted on 09/25/2014 8:00:13 AM PDT by JimSEA
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To: Pyro7480

Reading this article seems like it came directly from the White House.


38 posted on 09/25/2014 8:00:15 AM PDT by willk (everyone)
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To: rdcbn

Guest commentator on MSNBC.....or ESPN.


39 posted on 09/25/2014 8:00:49 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: Pyro7480

PREDICTION-—
Job goes to a Hispanic of some kind. Who is also female or gay, or transexual or lesbian. Might even be an Hispanic from Samoa or the Aleutian Islands if these is such a thing


40 posted on 09/25/2014 8:01:11 AM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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