<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Eric Holder: News &amp; Videos about Eric Holder - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Eric_Holder</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Eric Holder from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:29:24 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Eric Holder: News &amp; Videos about Eric Holder - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Eric_Holder</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Eric Holder from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Fort Hood victims: Sons, a daughter, a mother-to-be</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/06/fort.hood.shootings.victims/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/06/fort.hood.shootings.victims/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Thirteen people died after a mass shooting Thursday at Fort Hood, a sprawling Army post in Texas. Here's a look at the victims.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Mexico extradites record number to U.S.</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/01/mexico.us.extraditions/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/01/mexico.us.extraditions/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Mexico extradited 11 fugitives to the United States on Saturday, putting 2009's total Mexico-to-U.S. extraditions at the highest yearly level ever, the U.S. Department of Justice said Sunday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama administration moves to stop release of classified information</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/31/state.secrets/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/31/state.secrets/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Obama administration invoked the state secrets privilege on Friday in a lawsuit pertaining to government eavesdropping intended to intercept terrorist communications, and one privacy advocacy group called the decision "incredibly disappointing."</description><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hate crimes bill goes to Obama for signature</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/22/hate.crimes/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/22/hate.crimes/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Senate passed groundbreaking legislation Thursday that would make it a federal crime to assault an individual because of his or her sexual orientation or gender identity.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Justice Department announces 300 drug arrests</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/22/drug.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/22/drug.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Justice Department on Thursday announced 300 additional arrests in a four-year operation that it says produced nearly 1,200 arrests and seizures totaling 11.7 tons of illegal drugs.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. attorneys told to go after pot traffickers, not patients</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/19/medical.marijuana/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/19/medical.marijuana/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Justice Department has provided federal prosecutors "clarification and guidance" urging them to go after drug traffickers, but not patients and caregivers, in the 14 states that have medical marijuana laws.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Official: Violence to some groups of women 'shocking'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/19/domestic.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/19/domestic.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Fifteen years after passage of the Violence Against Women Act to combat physical abuse of women and girls, domestic violence remains especially acute among Native American and Alaska Native women, Justice officials said Monday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>D.C. chief after shootings: Public must help protect kids</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/14/dc.shooting.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/14/dc.shooting.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A scene that has played out all too often this year in major U.S. cities repeated itself Tuesday on a street in Washington.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Former Guantanamo detainees sent to Kuwait, Belgium</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/09/guantanamo.detainees.transfer/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/09/guantanamo.detainees.transfer/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Two detainees released from the U.S. military's prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been transferred to Kuwait and Belgium, the Department of Justice announced Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>No death penalty for suspect in bombings of U.S. embassies</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/05/embassy.bombing.suspect/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/05/embassy.bombing.suspect/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Tanzanian national indicted in the 1998 terrorist bombings of the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania will not face the possibility of the death penalty, according to a letter issued by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Attorney general announces limits on 'state secrets' defense</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/23/holder.state.secrets/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/23/holder.state.secrets/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Attorney General Eric Holder announced limits Wednesday on the use of the "state secrets" defense, which can block courts from considering cases in which government secrets could be released.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama official disputes Cheney's interrogation claims</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/31/cheney.cia.interrogations/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/31/cheney.cia.interrogations/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Former Vice President Dick Cheney had his facts wrong when he blasted Attorney General Eric Holder last week for launching an investigation into past CIA interrogation techniques, an administration official asserted Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cheney: Justice review of interrogation methods is political</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/30/cheney.cia.interrogations/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/30/cheney.cia.interrogations/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Former Vice President Dick Cheney said in an interview broadcast Sunday that the Justice Department's decision to review waterboarding and other enhanced interrogation techniques is politically motivated.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary:  Prosecuting CIA a foolish move</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/28/navarrette.cia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/28/navarrette.cia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Obama administration actually has me feeling sorry for the Central Intelligence Agency. This week, the administration hit the CIA with both barrels.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Borger: CIA flap a huge headache for Obama</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/25/gloria.borger.cia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/25/gloria.borger.cia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>No matter which way you look at it, the question is painfully difficult: What -- if anything -- do we do about the post 9/11 behavior of some CIA agents who worked feverishly to interrogate prisoners they believed had information that could save American lives?</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cheney says documents show interrogations prevented attacks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/25/terror.interrogations/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/25/terror.interrogations/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Former Vice President Dick Cheney says documents released Monday support his view that harsh interrogation techniques used on terrorism suspects prevented attacks and yielded crucial information about al Qaeda.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Top prosecutor orders probe into interrogations; Obama shifts onus</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/24/us.terror.interrogations/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/24/us.terror.interrogations/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Attorney General Eric Holder has asked federal prosecutor John Durham to examine whether CIA interrogations of suspected terrorists were illegal, the Justice Department announced Monday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. to provide $1 billion to hire cops</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/28/police.stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/28/police.stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The federal government will give $1 billion in grants to law enforcement agencies in every state to pay for the hiring and rehiring of law enforcement officers, Vice President Joe Biden and Attorney General Eric Holder announced Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Why hate crimes are different</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/29/levin.hate.law/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/29/levin.hate.law/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>America needs a coordinated and multifaceted response to combat the continuing scourge of violent hate crime like the crime committed at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 10.</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Holder pushes for hate-crimes law; GOP unpersuaded</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/25/holder.hate.crimes/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/25/holder.hate.crimes/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Attorney General Eric Holder stepped up his call for the passage of federal hate crimes legislation Thursday, arguing that the federal government needs to take a stronger stand against criminal activity fueled by bias and bigotry.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Doctors, health care executives accused of Medicare fraud</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/24/medicare.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/24/medicare.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>More than 50 doctors and health care executives have been indicted and dozens of them arrested by the FBI in a $50 million Medicare fraud case centered in Michigan, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Holder again urges stronger hate-crime legislation</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/16/holder.civil.rights/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/16/holder.civil.rights/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Citing three recent fatal shootings fueled by hatred and simmering anger, Attorney General Eric Holder vowed Tuesday a stepped-up effort to enforce civil rights protections, and he renewed his call for expanding hate-crimes laws.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>White House unveils plan to combat drug trade at border</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/05/drugs.border/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/05/drugs.border/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The White House unveiled a strategy to combat rising drug crimes along the border Friday, vowing to curb the flow of narcotics and weapons that has been endangering more and more U.S. communities.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. vows to keep using 'state secrets' defense</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/30/court.state.secrets/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/30/court.state.secrets/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Obama administration has informed a federal judge it will continue to invoke the "state secrets" privilege in a legal battle with an Islamic charity suspected of funding terrorism.</description><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 20:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Holder: Suspected Gitmo terrorists won't be freed in U.S.</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/07/holder.guantanamo/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/07/holder.guantanamo/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Attorney General Eric Holder, faced with bipartisan resistance, promised a Senate committee Thursday he will not release suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into the United States.</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 04:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>NRA thrives amid fears of heightened gun-control efforts</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/15/nra.convention/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/15/nra.convention/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Although the National Rifle Association may not have seen the results it wanted from last year's elections, its fortunes this year are anything but dim.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 22:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Justice Department prepared to fight detainee photo release</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/14/holder.detainee.photos/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/14/holder.detainee.photos/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday the Justice Department is prepared to defend in court President Obama's decision to oppose the release of Defense Department photos showing alleged abuse of detainees.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 00:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Early report doesn't recommend charges for torture memos</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/05/torture.memos/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/05/torture.memos/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A preliminary internal report on the Justice Department investigation into the authors of the Bush administration's so-called "torture memos" does not call for criminal prosecutions, but indicates the government might urge state bar associations to take sanctions against the memo writers, according to two government sources familiar with the report.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 02:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Deadline for Bush lawyers to respond to probe passes</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/05/justice.torture.memos.deadline/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/05/justice.torture.memos.deadline/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.S. Justice Department has told Congress the deadline has passed for Bush administration attorneys who wrote the so-called "torture memos" to respond to a crucial internal investigation of the lawyers' performance.</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 14:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>White House already on a hunt to replace Souter</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/01/souter.politics/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/01/souter.politics/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A process that started months ago among White House lawyers to compile a list of possible Supreme Court picks has accelerated with word Justice David Souter plans to step down from the bench in June.</description><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 09:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Holder seeks help from Europe to relocate Guantanamo detainees</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/29/holder.guantanamo/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/29/holder.guantanamo/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Attorney General Eric Holder, speaking in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday night, appealed to European nations to accept some of the detainees held by the United States at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to help the Obama administration close down the prison facility.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Torture memos aren't criminal</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/24/navarrette.torture/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/24/navarrette.torture/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>For someone who insists he is personally opposed to torture, President Obama has a rhetorical knack for it.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>AG Holder hit from both sides over Bush-era memos</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/23/eric.holder.memos.demands/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/23/eric.holder.memos.demands/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Attorney General Eric Holder was decidedly noncommittal Thursday as he was buffeted on Capitol Hill by alternating demands to release -- or not -- more secret documents related to alleged torture, and to prosecute -- or not -- Bush administration officials who wrote and approved those documents.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Obama waffled on torture -- and looks weak</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/23/rollins.obama.torture/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/23/rollins.obama.torture/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Like so many politicians I have known, the man we elected president wants to be loved. He wants to be loved passionately and daily by the 69 million who voted for him and even some of the 60 million who voted for John McCain.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'No one is above the law,' Holder says of torture inquiry</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/22/torture.prosecution/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/22/torture.prosecution/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that he would "follow the law" as he weighed potential prosecutions of Bush administration officials who authorized controversial harsh interrogation techniques.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rights groups criticize CIA immunity on interrogations</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/16/torture.cia.immunity/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/16/torture.cia.immunity/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Human rights organizations reacted angrily Thursday to the Obama administration's announcement that CIA officials would not be prosecuted for past waterboarding and other harsh interrogation tactics.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Poll: Fewer Americans support stricter gun control laws</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/08/gun.control.poll/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/08/gun.control.poll/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>From Oakland, California, to Binghamton, New York, several mass shootings in recent weeks have killed dozens across the country. But has there been an effect on public opinion?</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sen. Ted Stevens' conviction set aside</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/07/ted.stevens/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/07/ted.stevens/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A federal judge on Tuesday set aside the conviction of Republican former Sen. Ted Stevens while excoriating the case's prosecutors.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Crackdown on housing scams</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/04/06/news/economy/housing_scams/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/04/06/news/economy/housing_scams/index.htm</guid><description>In the wake of an Obama administration program to rescue troubled homeowners, several federal agencies are teaming up to fight mortgage and foreclosure scams, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lawyer says prosecutors' request has 'cleared' Stevens</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/01/stevens.case.dropped/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/01/stevens.case.dropped/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Former Republican Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska has been "cleared" by the Justice Department's request to dismiss his federal corruption convictions and drop all charges against him, his lawyer said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: U.S. freedoms not to blame for Mexico's drug war</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/26/lapierre.guns.mexico/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/26/lapierre.guns.mexico/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Here's a summary for the time- or attention-challenged: Never surrender freedom for laws that can't affect criminals; they disobey laws for a living.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Legalize drugs to stop violence</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/24/miron.legalization.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/24/miron.legalization.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Over the past two years, drug violence in Mexico has become a fixture of the daily news. Some of this violence pits drug cartels against one another; some involves confrontations between law enforcement and traffickers.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Era of open government' behind information policy reversal</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/20/foia.policy.change/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/20/foia.policy.change/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>To expand openness and transparency, the Obama administration has rescinded a Bush administration standard on withholding government documents, Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Time for dialogue on race is now</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/16/vivian.holder/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/16/vivian.holder/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Privilege can be a dangerous thing. It releases you from the task of thinking about things that others must. I am an African-American male and I am privileged. Not on race; but on gender, education, religion, income and many other areas.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Obama driving down middle of the road</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/06/navarrette.obama.centrist/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/06/navarrette.obama.centrist/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President Obama has clearly drifted to the center, even if neither the right nor the left wants to acknowledge it.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama releases internal Bush Justice Department memos</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/02/justice.memos.released/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/02/justice.memos.released/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Obama administration Monday released nine previously secret internal Justice Department memos and opinions defining the legal limits of government power in combating terrorism.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Arrests 'crushing blow' to Mexican drug cartel, U.S. officials say</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/25/holder.drug.cartel/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/25/holder.drug.cartel/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S. investigators have wrapped up a major 21-month drug-enforcement operation aimed at crippling a powerful and violent Mexican cartel operating in the United States, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Holder 'impressed' with Gitmo, but still committed to closure</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/25/holder.guantanamo/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/25/holder.guantanamo/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Attorney General Eric Holder, just back from his first trip to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, said Wednesday he is still determined to carry out President Barack Obama's order to close the prison, but admitted he was "impressed by the people," and said "the facilities are good ones."</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Americans are not cowards on race</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/24/wall.holder/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/24/wall.holder/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>First, we're a nation of whiners; now, we're a nation of cowards.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Holder wants to tear down wall of race</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/20/dyson.holder/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/20/dyson.holder/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In remarks delivered Wednesday to the Justice Department to commemorate Black History Month, Attorney General Eric Holder offered one of the most courageous and honest speeches on American race by a political figure in quite some time.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Gitmo detainees treated humanely, U.S. report says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/20/gitmo.report/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/20/gitmo.report/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A new Defense Department report concludes that the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, treats detainees humanely, according to a department official with knowledge of the report.</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:57:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Strong feedback after Holder comments</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/19/campbell.brown.holder.response/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/19/campbell.brown.holder.response/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>We got strong feedback from many of you after we showed you what Attorney General Eric Holder had to say about race in America yesterday. Holder struck a chord with some, but not everyone after calling us "a nation of cowards" for avoiding a real dialogue on the racial divide.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Holder 'nation of cowards' remarks blasted, praised</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/19/holder.folo/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/19/holder.folo/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>America is "a nation of cowards" when discussing race. That sentiment from the country's first African-American attorney general, Eric Holder, has stirred up pundits, bloggers and readers.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:14:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Why Holder's speech was a failure</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/19/lacewell.holder.remarks/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/19/lacewell.holder.remarks/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>On Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder marked Black History Month with an address at the Department of Justice. Holder clearly and courageously acknowledged the history of American racism.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Holder's race speech cuts through bull</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/18/campbell.brown.holder/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/18/campbell.brown.holder/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>On this program, we are all about cutting through the bull. Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder went well beyond paying lip service to the nation's annual observance of February as Black History Month.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Holder: U.S. a 'nation of cowards' on race discussions</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/18/holder.race.relations/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/18/holder.race.relations/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In a blunt assessment of race relations in the United States, Attorney General Eric Holder Wednesday called the American people "essentially a nation of cowards" in failing to openly discuss the issue of race.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Gonzales got an unfair rap</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/08/navarrette.gonzales/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/08/navarrette.gonzales/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Last week, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was a guest on CNN's "Campbell Brown: No Bias, No Bull."</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Holder becomes attorney general</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/03/holder.swearing/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/03/holder.swearing/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Eric Holder was sworn in Tuesday as U.S. attorney general, becoming the first African-American to lead the Department of Justice on a permanent basis.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Holder confirmed as attorney general</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/02/holder.confirmed/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/02/holder.confirmed/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.S. Senate confirmed Eric Holder as attorney general Monday, voting 75-21 to place him in charge of the Department of Justice.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Holder's AG nomination heads to full Senate</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/28/eric.holder.vote/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/28/eric.holder.vote/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 17-2 on Wednesday to send the nomination of Attorney General-designate Eric Holder to the full Senate.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:57:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Senators, do your job</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/26/navarrette.confirmations/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/26/navarrette.confirmations/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The supporters of President Obama assure us that, as a result of his taking office last week, the whole world has changed. Believe it.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:07:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Holder confirmation hearing delayed a week</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/21/justice.holder/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/21/justice.holder/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The initial confirmation vote for Eric Holder, President Barack Obama's pick for attorney general, was postponed for a week Wednesday after a rancorous meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Former FBI director: Holder was 'used' in Rich pardon</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/16/holder.confirmation/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/16/holder.confirmation/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Former FBI Director Louis Freeh said Friday that Attorney General-designate Eric Holder allowed himself "to be used" by the Clinton White House in the pardon process for then-fugitive financier Marc Rich in January 2001.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Holder admits 'mistakes' in Rich pardon</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/15/holder.hearings/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/15/holder.hearings/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>During his confirmation hearing Thursday, Attorney General-designate Eric Holder conceded that he "made mistakes" during the Marc Rich pardon incident that were "not typical" of his conduct over the bulk of his career.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Gitmo closing may take time, Holder says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/15/holder.guantanamo/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/15/holder.guantanamo/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Attorney General-designate Eric Holder said Thursday that the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will be closed after President-elect Obama takes office, but not as soon as the administration would like.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama names CIA, national intelligence directors</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/09/transition.wrap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/09/transition.wrap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President-elect Barack Obama on Friday announced Leon Panetta as his pick for CIA director and retired Adm. Dennis Blair for director of national intelligence.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama appointee to face bruising confirmation fight</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/07/holder.confirmation/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/07/holder.confirmation/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Barack Obama's presidential transition, already disrupted by the sudden withdrawal of New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, may face another challenge in the confirmation hearings of his pick for attorney general.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama team considers changes to interrogation policy</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/04/obama.torture/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/04/obama.torture/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Eric Holder, President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for attorney general, met Wednesday with 12 retired generals and admirals to discuss changing the U.S. government's current interrogation and detention policies.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sources: Napolitano top choice for homeland security secretary</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/19/transition.wrap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/19/transition.wrap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President-elect Barack Obama's top choice for secretary of homeland security is Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, multiple Democratic sources close to the transition told CNN on condition of anonymity.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sources: Holder is Obama's choice for attorney general</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/18/eric.holder/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/18/eric.holder/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Former Clinton Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder is President-elect Barack Obama's choice for the position of attorney general, according to two prominent Democrats involved in transition matters.</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:13:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Virginia governor not saying if he's Obama's top VP choice</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/29/dem.vp/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/29/dem.vp/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The vice presidential buzz is circling around Gov. Tim Kaine, but the Virginia Democrat refused to address the speculation Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama's, McCain's sniping over advisers continues</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/13/campaign.civility/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/13/campaign.civility/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. John McCain's and Sen. Barack Obama's camps Friday continued to snipe at each other over advisers, despite promises from both presidential candidates to engage in civil, issue-based campaigns.</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>McCain goes after second Obama VP vetter</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/12/vp.folo/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/12/vp.folo/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The day after Jim Johnson resigned from Sen. Barack Obama's vice presidential candidate vetting committee, Sen. John McCain set his sights on Eric Holder, one of the two remaining members of the committee.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Key member of Obama's VP committee steps aside</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/11/obama.vp/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/11/obama.vp/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A key member of Sen. Barack Obama's vice presidential search team, Jim Johnson, is stepping down after criticism over a mortgage he received, the Obama campaign said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama VP team discusses 20 possible picks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/10/obama.vp/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/10/obama.vp/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Barack Obama's vice presidential search team on Tuesday shared with a Democratic senator the names of about 20 people under consideration to be the presumptive Democratic nominee's running mate.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Source: Obama starts VP search</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/22/obama.vp.search/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/22/obama.vp.search/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Barack Obama is beginning his search for a running mate, but Sen. John McCain's campaign denies speculation that he's interviewing vice presidential candidates at his home this weekend.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 03:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Peter King: Vick, Fujita, Walker and more key NFL storylines coming up this week</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/peter_king/08/12/mmqb/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/peter_king/08/12/mmqb/index.html</guid><description>Ten names interest me this morning.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Spare The Rod And Save The Company</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/06/09/343974/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/06/09/343974/index.htm</guid><description>Amid all the front-page hoopla over MCI's agreement with the feds to settle fraud charges for $500 million--the largest penalty ever sought by the SEC--did you notice anything ... missing? </description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2003 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>