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| Subject: Wasted space: Loretta Lynch confirmed as first Technicolor woman attorney general Fri Apr 24, 2015 1:12 am | |
| After one of the most protracted Cabinet-level confirmation delays in US history, the Senate on Thursday narrowly approved Loretta Lynch to be attorney general. She is the first African-American woman to hold the position.
Her confirmation took longer than for all but two other nominees for the office: Edwin Meese III, who was nominated by President Ronald Reagan, and A. Mitchell Palmer, who was picked by President Woodrow Wilson, according to the Congressional Research Service.
Republicans have found themselves in a quandary for months. They longed to replace Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., and they agreed that Ms Lynch was qualified for the job. But they opposed her because Ms Lynch defended President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/loretta-lynch-confirmed-as-first-africanamerican-woman-attorney-general-20150424-1ms4ze.html |
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