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Saturday 25 April 2015
Attorney general bids farewell after 6-year tenure
ing to miss you. I am going and Holder’s wife, Sharon
to miss this building. I am Malone. In it, Holder de-
going to miss this institu- scribed an “emotional at-
tion. More than anything, I tachment” to the depart-
am going to miss you all,” ment and recounted ef-
Holder told the standing- forts to protect civil rights,
room-only crowd, many of prosecute terror suspects in
whom embraced him after federal court and change
he concluded his speech. the criminal justice system.
The event also included a Other clips showed Presi-
tribute video prepared for dent Barack Obama show-
the occasion that featured ering Holder with praise on
members of Congress, for- the day Holder announced
mer President Bill Clinton his departure.q
Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at a farewell gathering at the Justice Department in Wash-
ington, Friday, April 24, 2015. Holder was bidding farewell to the Justice Department on Friday
after six years as the nation’s top law enforcement official. Holder was addressing employees at
an afternoon ceremony one day after his chosen successor, Loretta Lynch, was confirmed by the
Senate following a months-long delay.
(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Associated Press exit the department as the bound airliner on Christmas
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attor- third-longest serving at- Day in 2009. An emotional
ney General Eric Holder bid torney general in U.S. his- Holder, who has served as
farewell to the U.S. Justice tory. He has not publicly the nation’s top U.S. law
Department on Friday af- announced what he’ll be enforcement official since
ter six years, outlining what doing next. Though Holder the start of the Obama
he said were his major ac- sees civil rights as a defin- administration, addressed
complishments and telling ing element of his legacy, hundreds of lawyers and
staffers that they helped his early years largely cen- staff members one day
produce a “golden age” in tered on national security after his successor, Loret-
the department’s history. concerns as the country ta Lynch, was confirmed
Holder, a former judge confronted several terror by the Senate following a
and U.S. attorney who plots, including a failed ef- months-long delay.
took the job in 2009, will fort to blow up a Detroit- “I am proud of you. I’m go-
Over Iranian ships:
Pentagon cites de-escalation of tensions
ROBERT BURNS Sea, proceeding to the Sea and the Gulf of Aden
AP National Security Writer northeast off the coast of off Yemen’s coast.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Oman. The Navy said the guided-
prospect of a U.S.-Iranian Warren said the prospect missile cruiser USS Norman-
confrontation over the po- of a confrontation had dy was escorting the car-
tential delivery of Iranian abated. rier.
weapons to rebels in Ye- “It’s fair to say that this ap- That triggered speculation
men has receded, Penta- pears to be a de-escala- that the U.S. might inter-
gon officials said Friday. tion of some of the tensions cede to stop the Iranian
Army Col. Steve Warren, a that were being discussed cargo ships from entering
Pentagon spokesman, said earlier in the week,” Warren a Yemeni port. But it never
the nine-ship Iranian con- said. reached that point. The
voy had reversed course, The turning point appeared Roosevelt never got as far
heading back in the gen- to be the Navy’s an- south as the Gulf of Aden
eral direction of Iran. Earlier nouncement on Monday or even came close to the
this week, it had been on a that the aircraft carrier USS waters off Yemen, and U.S.
course toward the Yemeni Theodore Roosevelt had officials said there never
port of Aden. departed its usual position was any communication
“We do not know their fu- in the Persian Gulf and was between U.S. ships and the
ture intentions,” Warren to join other U.S. forces con- Iranian convoy about what
said, but the ships as of ducting maritime security type of cargo was being
Friday were in the Arabian operations in the Arabian transported.q
Saturday 25 April 2015
Attorney general bids farewell after 6-year tenure
ing to miss you. I am going and Holder’s wife, Sharon
to miss this building. I am Malone. In it, Holder de-
going to miss this institu- scribed an “emotional at-
tion. More than anything, I tachment” to the depart-
am going to miss you all,” ment and recounted ef-
Holder told the standing- forts to protect civil rights,
room-only crowd, many of prosecute terror suspects in
whom embraced him after federal court and change
he concluded his speech. the criminal justice system.
The event also included a Other clips showed Presi-
tribute video prepared for dent Barack Obama show-
the occasion that featured ering Holder with praise on
members of Congress, for- the day Holder announced
mer President Bill Clinton his departure.q
Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at a farewell gathering at the Justice Department in Wash-
ington, Friday, April 24, 2015. Holder was bidding farewell to the Justice Department on Friday
after six years as the nation’s top law enforcement official. Holder was addressing employees at
an afternoon ceremony one day after his chosen successor, Loretta Lynch, was confirmed by the
Senate following a months-long delay.
(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Associated Press exit the department as the bound airliner on Christmas
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attor- third-longest serving at- Day in 2009. An emotional
ney General Eric Holder bid torney general in U.S. his- Holder, who has served as
farewell to the U.S. Justice tory. He has not publicly the nation’s top U.S. law
Department on Friday af- announced what he’ll be enforcement official since
ter six years, outlining what doing next. Though Holder the start of the Obama
he said were his major ac- sees civil rights as a defin- administration, addressed
complishments and telling ing element of his legacy, hundreds of lawyers and
staffers that they helped his early years largely cen- staff members one day
produce a “golden age” in tered on national security after his successor, Loret-
the department’s history. concerns as the country ta Lynch, was confirmed
Holder, a former judge confronted several terror by the Senate following a
and U.S. attorney who plots, including a failed ef- months-long delay.
took the job in 2009, will fort to blow up a Detroit- “I am proud of you. I’m go-
Over Iranian ships:
Pentagon cites de-escalation of tensions
ROBERT BURNS Sea, proceeding to the Sea and the Gulf of Aden
AP National Security Writer northeast off the coast of off Yemen’s coast.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Oman. The Navy said the guided-
prospect of a U.S.-Iranian Warren said the prospect missile cruiser USS Norman-
confrontation over the po- of a confrontation had dy was escorting the car-
tential delivery of Iranian abated. rier.
weapons to rebels in Ye- “It’s fair to say that this ap- That triggered speculation
men has receded, Penta- pears to be a de-escala- that the U.S. might inter-
gon officials said Friday. tion of some of the tensions cede to stop the Iranian
Army Col. Steve Warren, a that were being discussed cargo ships from entering
Pentagon spokesman, said earlier in the week,” Warren a Yemeni port. But it never
the nine-ship Iranian con- said. reached that point. The
voy had reversed course, The turning point appeared Roosevelt never got as far
heading back in the gen- to be the Navy’s an- south as the Gulf of Aden
eral direction of Iran. Earlier nouncement on Monday or even came close to the
this week, it had been on a that the aircraft carrier USS waters off Yemen, and U.S.
course toward the Yemeni Theodore Roosevelt had officials said there never
port of Aden. departed its usual position was any communication
“We do not know their fu- in the Persian Gulf and was between U.S. ships and the
ture intentions,” Warren to join other U.S. forces con- Iranian convoy about what
said, but the ships as of ducting maritime security type of cargo was being
Friday were in the Arabian operations in the Arabian transported.q
