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ANOTHER VOICE OF SUPPORT
Leahy Backs Holder
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) declared his support Thursday for Eric H. Holder Jr., the leading candidate for attorney general.
Speaking on the Senate floor, Leahy said that Holder "would bring the kind of leadership, temperament, experience and judgment we need to restore the rule of law and rebuild the reputation of the Department of Justice so that it is worthy of its name."
Holder, 57, has yet to be formally announced by the Obama-Biden transition team as its nominee at Justice. But sources close to the selection process say he is a near-certainty to be named if the vetting proceeds as expected.
Leahy publicly broadcast his support as conservatives raised issues about Holder's activities in President Bill Clinton's Justice Department, including his lack of an objection as acting attorney general to Clinton's pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich.
Over the past two days, Republican senators including Orrin Hatch, Jeff Sessions and Tom Coburn have offered at least some support for Holder's bid to become the nation's first black attorney general.
-- Carrie Johnson
NOT BOUND FOR WEST WING
Dunn to Return to Firm
Anita Dunn, one of Barack Obama's closest political advisers, is returning to her media consulting practice -- bypassing the chance to serve in the White House.
"After the privilege of participating in this historic campaign, I look forward to returning to my firm and bringing the fresh approach to strategic communications developed on the Obama campaign to new projects," she said.
