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Senator Chuck Schumer D-N.Y. called Holder's announcement the "final nail in the coffin of that wrong-headed idea," referring to the possibility of a civilian trial.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Rep. Allen West, Republican of Florida, called Holder's playing of the race card "reprehensible" and the "most insidious thing I ever heard."
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Christian Adams has dubbed Holder's "spin mistress," is traveling with him.
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Sessions called Holder's announcement a "retreat" and said he hopes it marks "a real policy change from President Obama."
The Seattle Times 2011
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Your editorial "Holder's Racial Politics" Dec. 30 criticizes Attorney General Eric Holder for the Department of Justice's decision to reject a proposed South Carolina law that would have required registered voters to present government-issued identification before being able to vote.
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If President Obama -- and Lisa Jackson's EPA, Eric Holder's DOJ, along with national civil rights and environmental groups in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere -- truly believed in a clean energy future and environmental justice, they would invite 97-year-old Ken Hechler to a special meeting at the White House this spring and announce a moratorium on mountaintop removal operations until the federal government can effectively mitigate a spiraling humanitarian crisis.
Jeff Biggers: If We Can Stop the Keystone Pipeline, We Can Stop Mountaintop Removal. Right? Jeff Biggers 2012
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Republicans pushing for greater military authority say they are motivated by Mr. Holder's insistence on civilian trials, which suggests fighting terrorism is a criminal matter, not a war.
Holder Skirts Fight Over Terror Bill Evan Perez 2011
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If President Obama -- and Lisa Jackson's EPA, Eric Holder's DOJ, along with national civil rights and environmental groups in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere -- truly believed in a clean energy future and environmental justice, they would invite 97-year-old Ken Hechler to a special meeting at the White House this spring and announce a moratorium on mountaintop removal operations until the federal government can effectively mitigate a spiraling humanitarian crisis.
Jeff Biggers: If We Can Stop the Keystone Pipeline, We Can Stop Mountaintop Removal. Right? Jeff Biggers 2012
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Mr. Holder's supporters say that the White House shares the blame by failing to back the attorney general, particularly on his plan to hold civilian trials for terrorism detainees at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Holder Skirts Fight Over Terror Bill Evan Perez 2011
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Matthew Miller, who was one of Mr. Holder's closest aides and now is a Washington consultant, said the politics of terrorism detainees "started to get out of hand in the spring of 2009; they fell of the cliff in January 2010, and they've never recovered."
Holder Skirts Fight Over Terror Bill Evan Perez 2011
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