Holder: I could hang with Obama
During a brief moment of levity during Barack Obama’s attorney general nominee Eric Holder’s confirmation hearing with the the Judiciary Committee, Senator Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.) brought up Holder’s basketball skills, inquiring how a match up between the President Elect and Holder would play out. Holder responded that he did not believe he could beat Barack Obama, but with proper training could possible ‘hang’ with him (0:40)
January 15, 2009
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