Holder OKd for No. 2 Justice Dept. Post
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Eric H. Holder Jr. won unanimous Senate confirmation to the Justice Department’s No. 2 post, where he will be the highest-ranking black law-enforcement official in U.S. history. Holder, 46, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia since 1993, will be deputy attorney general. Although there was no controversy over Holder, GOP leaders delayed his vote until the confirmation of Joel Klein as assistant attorney general for antitrust.
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