Eric Holder
Eric Holder
Eric Himpton Holder, Jr.served as the 82nd Attorney General of the United States, from 2009 to 2015. Holder, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama, is the first African American to hold the position of U.S. Attorney General...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth21 January 1951
CityBronx, NY
CountryUnited States of America
war thinking als
It's hard for me to see how members of al Qaeda could be considered prisoners of war. I think they clearly do not fit within the prescriptions of the Geneva Convention.
want labels accepting
If you want to call me an activist attorney general, I will proudly accept that label,
justice tactics execution
Operation Fast and Furious was flawed in concept and flawed in execution. The tactics used in this operation violate Department of Justice policy and should never have been used.
land government decision
Any decision to use lethal force against a United States citizen - even one intent on murdering Americans and who has become an operational leader of al-Qaida in a foreign land - is among the gravest that government leaders can face.
intention resigning
I don't have any intention of resigning.
guarantees constitution process
The Constitution guarantees due process, not judicial process.
importance bin-laden symbolic
One cannot understate the importance of eliminating Bin Laden. He was a symbolic head of the organisation and, as we now know, an operational head of the organisation.
thinking common-sense people
I understand the Second Amendment. I respect the Second Amendment. I think we need to use common sense tools to keep the American people safe, to keep our streets safe.
pain law enforcement
It pains me whenever there's the death of a law enforcement official.
voters voter-fraud huge
You constantly hear about voter fraud... but you don't see huge amounts of vote fraud out there.
issues race average
Though race-related issues continue to occupy a significant portion of our political discussion, and though there remain many unresolved racial issues in this nation, we, average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about things racial.
good-luck luck asparagus
Good luck with your asparagus.
country sunday years
Saturdays and Sundays, America in the year 2009 does not in some ways differ significantly from the country that existed almost 50 years ago. This is truly sad,
character justice people
I'm not going to let people who work in the United States Department of Justice have their characters be assailed without any basis.