Obama’s Attorney General nominee fits criteria better than Alberto Gonzales
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, says that whatever criteria Republicans used to approve of Alberto Gonzales, Obama Attorney General nominee Eric Holder, exceeds it (0:36)
January 8, 2009
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