Loretta Lynch Tapped to Replace Eric Holder as Attorney General

The federal prosecutor President Obama has tapped to be the next attorney general is a tough and disciplined veteran who has taken on terrorists, mobsters, cops and politicians — Republicans and Democrats alike. If she is confirmed by the Senate, Loretta Lynch would be the first black woman to hold the top law enforcement job in the country. She was nominated Saturday to replace departing Attorney General Eric Holder.

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