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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 12:19 PM Apr 2015

Loretta Lynch sworn in as new US attorney general

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) — Loretta Lynch has been sworn in as the nation’s 83rd attorney general.

She was sworn in Monday at a Justice Department ceremony, with Vice President Joe Biden presiding. Lynch replaces Eric Holder, who left the job Friday after six years as attorney general.

The 55-year-old Lynch was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday following a months-long delay after her nomination got caught up in a dispute over human trafficking legislation.

She was previously the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, which encompasses much of New York City, and is expected to serve as the top federal law enforcement official for the remainder of the Obama administration. She’s the first African-American woman to hold the post.

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Read more: http://www.salon.com/2015/04/27/loretta_lynch_sworn_in_as_new_us_attorney_general/

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Loretta Lynch sworn in as new US attorney general (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2015 OP
about time! n/t chillfactor Apr 2015 #1
Congrats Iliyah Apr 2015 #2
Just a bit worried because Holder was also on Obama's "bucket" list plan. tridim Apr 2015 #3
Finally! sheshe2 Apr 2015 #4
I wonder ROFF Apr 2015 #5
I understand her position on the drug war is that it should be continued and expanded. MindPilot Apr 2015 #6
These people are lawyers BumRushDaShow Apr 2015 #7
I thought she was a country music singer. Oh, nevermind. olddad56 Apr 2015 #8
Thank you, Don.. pic of AG Lorreta Lynch being sworn in by VP Biden with her husband and father.. Cha Apr 2015 #9
Awesome! ismnotwasm Apr 2015 #10
Probably a quiet first day -- just that HR paperwork..... brooklynite Apr 2015 #11

tridim

(45,358 posts)
3. Just a bit worried because Holder was also on Obama's "bucket" list plan.
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 12:59 PM
Apr 2015

I'm guessing Lynch wont be for at least another year, but maybe the GOP confirmation fiasco will drive her there much quicker.

Congratulations AG Lynch!

 

MindPilot

(12,693 posts)
6. I understand her position on the drug war is that it should be continued and expanded.
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 03:09 PM
Apr 2015

And that she is completely opposed to cannabis legalization.

Is that true?

BumRushDaShow

(127,329 posts)
7. These people are lawyers
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 04:42 PM
Apr 2015

You tell them to argue one way, they will argue that way. Tell them to argue the other way, they will argue that other way.

Cha

(295,929 posts)
9. Thank you, Don.. pic of AG Lorreta Lynch being sworn in by VP Biden with her husband and father..
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 09:16 PM
Apr 2015

Vice President Joe Biden, accompanied by Loretta Lynch’s father Lorenzo Lynch, second from left, and Loretta Lynch’s husband Stephen Hargrove, second from right, administers the oath of office to Loretta Lynch as the 83rd Attorney General of the U.S. during a ceremony at the Justice Department

http://theobamadiary.com/2015/04/27/loretta-lynch-the-first-african-american-female-attorney-general/


President Obama meets with new U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch in the Oval Office

http://theobamadiary.com/2015/04/27/history-6/
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