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Attorney General Eric Holder, left, listens during his meeting at the U.S. Attorney's office in St. Louis, Mo., Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. Sitting with clockwise from the far left, Richard Callahan, US Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Molly Moran, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., Rep. Lacy Clay, D-Mo., and Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Pool)

Of 163 arrests since shooting, 7 from Ferguson

By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER and JIM SALTER - Associated Press

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, despite his earlier troubles this week, has been on a roll, with the media hot on his trail. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Rick Perry’s presidential saga continues to New Hampshire

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

A small group of protesters marches down West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Mo. on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. On Aug. 9, 2014, a white police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year old, in the St. Louis suburb. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Curtis Compton)

SIMMONS: Building bridges over troubled waters in Ferguson, elsewhere

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Thuggery must be confronted, not condoned

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Christine Allen raises her fist while protesting with several hundred others in Oakland, Calif. on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014 against the shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year old by a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

O’DONNELL: Move over lobbyists, loiters are the new game in town

By Christine O’Donnell

Protesters march in the street as lightning flashes in the distance in Ferguson, Mo. on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. On Aug. 9, 2014, a white police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year old, in the St. Louis suburb. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Eric Holder: The truth will come out about Ferguson

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Protesters march in the street as lightning flashes in the distance in Ferguson, Mo. on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. On Aug. 9, 2014, a white police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year old, in the St. Louis suburb. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Less than half of Americans satisfied with Obama’s response to Ferguson crisis: poll

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Attorney General Eric Holder shakes hands with Bri Ehsan, 25, right, following his meeting with students at St. Louis Community College Florissant Valley in Ferguson, Mo., Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. Holder arrived in Missouri on Wednesday, a small group of protesters gathered outside the building where a grand jury could begin hearing evidence to determine whether a Ferguson police officer who shot 18-year-old Michael Brown should be charged in his death. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Pool)

Eric Holder: ‘Change is coming’ after police shooting in Ferguson

By Jim Suhr - Associated Press

In this Feb. 11, 2014 image from video released by the City of Ferguson, Mo., officer Darren Wilson attends a city council meeting in Ferguson. Police identified Wilson, 28, as the police officer who shot Michael Brown on Aug. 9, 2014, sparking over a week of protests in the suburban St. Louis town. (AP Photo/City of Ferguson)

Ferguson cop was badly beaten by Michael Brown before firing weapon, source tells Fox News

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

A man holds up a rose during a protest Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, for Michael Brown, who was killed by a police officer Aug. 9 in Ferguson, Mo. Brown's shooting has sparked more than a week of protests, riots and looting in the St. Louis suburb. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

HANSON: Fanning the flames of racial unrest

By Victor Davis Hanson

Capt. Ron Johnson of the Missouri Highway Patrol is surrounded by media after meeting with protesters Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. The Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer has touched off rancorous protests in Ferguson, a St. Louis suburb where police have used riot gear and tear gas. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

HARPER: Media mantra misses the story as Ferguson explodes

By Christopher Harper

Attorney General Eric Holder arrives on US Military aircraft at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in St. Louis, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. Holder is traveling to Ferguson, Mo., to oversee the federal government's investigation into the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer on Aug. 9th. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Pool)

Eric Holder hopes to have a ‘calming influence’ in racially charged Ferguson

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

A protester holds roses in the air as she marches with others past police officers in Ferguson, Mo. on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. On Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, a white police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, in the St. Louis suburb. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Curtis Compton)

Latest Ferguson protests are smaller, more subdued; 47 arrested

By Nigel Duara - Associated Press

Protesters march on Tuesday for 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was killed by police Aug. 9 in Ferguson, Missouri. Ferguson's leaders urged residents Tuesday to stay home after dark to "allow peace to settle in" and pledged several actions to reconnect with the predominantly black community in the St. Louis suburb. (Associated Press)

Eric Holder promises fair, thorough investigation of Ferguson shooting

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Investigators inspect the body of Michael Brown, after he was shot, in Ferguson, Mo. (Associated Press)

Law enforcement officers cleared more than 400 times each year for justified homicides

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times