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By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyPresident-elect Barack Obama has already lost one Cabinet appointee, Commerce Secretary nominee Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM), to a potentially contentious confirmation hearing. If some Republicans have their way, he may lose another one. Obama's pick to be Attorney General, former Clinton Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder, has come under close scrutiny by the usually moderate Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA). Specter wants Holder to answer for some of the decisions he participated in while the number two man in the Clinton Justice Department. Chief ...
Arlen Specter Vows Scrutiny for AG Pick Eric Holder
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailySen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said yesterday that the role of President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for Attorney General in several Clinton Administration controversies, "will be an issue," in the confirmation hearings. As a Deputy Attorney General in the Clinton Justice Department, Holder played a substantial role in helping to secure a presidential pardon for Marc Rich. Rich was a fugitive from justice after being convicted of tax evasion. At the time of his pardon, Rich had renounced his American citizenship and was living in ...
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