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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaks to a meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors at the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Ark., on Oct. 8, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Eric Holder: Law enforcement challenging, vital, often thankless

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Dirk Andrews, left, and Travis Gray pick up their marriage license Tuesday morning, Oct. 21, 2014 at the Natrona County Clerk's office in Casper, Wyo. The two have been together for more than 10 years. Gay couples began to apply for marriage licenses Tuesday in Wyoming, shortly after the state began to recognize same-sex unions, albeit far more quietly than in other places where bans were recently struck down.(AP Photo/The Casper Star-Tribune, Alan Rogers)

U.S. to recognize same-sex marriage in 6 new states

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Attorney General Eric Holder, center, sits with his wife Sharon Malone, right, as they wait for President Barack Obama to speak at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 44th Annual Legislative Conference Phoenix Awards Dinner in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. Obama told the audience that the mistrust of law enforcement that was exposed after the fatal police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, has a corrosive effect on all of America, not just on black communities. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Eric Holder’s wife wins ‘executive privilege’ for ‘Fast and Furious,’ watchdog says

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

This June 6, 2013, file photo shows U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Eric Holder: ‘I take personally as a failure’ the inability to pass gun control

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaks to a meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors at the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Ark., on Oct. 8, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Eric Holder: Government will recognize new state same-sex marriages

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Audience members applaud Attorney General Eric Holder, right, and President Barack Obama during an announcement in the State Dining Room of the White House to announce Holder is resigning, on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, in Washington. Holder, who served as the public face of the Obama administration's legal fight against terrorism and weighed in on issues of racial fairness, is resigning after six years on the job. He is the first black U.S. attorney general. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama waiting for midterm to name attorney general

By NEDRA PICKLER - Associated Press

Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers stand posted at the corner of Chambers Road and West Florissant Avenue on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo., as police search for a suspect in the shooting of a Ferguson police officer. Authorities say a police officer has been shot in Ferguson, the U.S. city that has been the scene of unrest since the Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed, black 18-year-old, by a white police officer. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Christian Gooden) EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER OUT; THE ALTON TELEGRAPH OUT

Holder: Ferguson highlights need for collaboration

By ANDREW DeMILLO - Associated Press

Attorney General Eric Holder (above, in 2009) exemplified President Obama's racial vision in calling the U.S. a "nation of cowards" for evading racial guilt, says Colin Flaherty. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)

Obama aces race, voters learn a lesson

By Colin Flaherty

This June 6, 2013, file photo shows U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Lawmakers’ lawyers suggest fines, jail time for Eric Holder for contempt

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

This June 6, 2013, file photo shows U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Eric Holder is third most hated in Cabinet, with 26 percent favor: YouGov

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

This undated photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian A. Terry, who was fatally shot in 2010 north of the Arizona-Mexico border while trying to catch bandits who target illegal immigrants. (Associated Press/U.S. Customs and Border Protection) ** FILE **

Brian Terry’s sister: Eric Holder’s resignation no coincidence

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

This March 25, 2013 photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows Alton Nolen, of Moore, Okla. Prison records indicate that Nolen, the suspect in the beheading of a co-worker at an Oklahoma food processing plant Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, had spent time in prison and was on probation for assaulting a police officer. (AP Photo/Oklahoma Department of Corrections)

ISTOOK: Will Obama, Holder cause more beheadings in America?

By Ernest Istook

President Nixon waves goodbye to staff members outside the White House after resigning on Aug. 9, 1974, following revelations of the Watergate and other scandals.

FEIN: Conditioning Senate confirmation of AG Holder’s successor

By Bruce Fein

Audience members applaud Attorney General Eric Holder, right, and President Barack Obama during an announcement in the State Dining Room of the White House to announce Holder is resigning, on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, in Washington. Holder, who served as the public face of the Obama administration's legal fight against terrorism and weighed in on issues of racial fairness, is resigning after six years on the job. He is the first black U.S. attorney general. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Holder: Mixed record on national security issues

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2014 file photo, Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick gestures during a news conference at the Statehouse in Boston. Patrick last week ordered an outright ban on prescribing and dispensing Zohydro until it is marketed in a form that is difficult to abuse. Zohydro belongs to a family of medicines known as opiates or opioids. Others include morphine, heroin and oxycodone, the painkiller in OxyContin. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Gov. Patrick: I’m not interested in AG post now

By STEVE LeBLANC - Associated Press

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014, following a procedure vote on the Paycheck Fairness Act. The act would ensure that women have a fair shot at equal pay. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. is at right. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Klobuchar: No interest in US attorney general job

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This May 14, 2012, file photo shows conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh speaking during a ceremony inducting him into the Hall of Famous Missourians in the state Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. (AP Photo/Julie Smith, File) **FILE**

Limbaugh: Obama could nominate Holder for Supreme Court

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama (left) announces the resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on Sept. 25, 2014. (Kristoffer Tripplaar/Sipa USA) **FILE**

EDITORIAL: Eric Holder’s long-overdue exit

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

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U.S. Marshals Service celebrates 225 years

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder delivers a keynote speech at New York University's law school, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, in New York. According to Holder, the Justice Department expects to end the current budget year next week with a federal prison population of roughly 215,000 inmates. The prison population has dropped in the last year by roughly 4,800, the first time in several decades that the inmate count has gone down, according to the Justice Department. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Holder: Federal prison population declines for first time in 34 years

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times