Eric Holder

Quotes

• “It's hard for me to see how members of al Qaeda could be considered prisoners of war. I think they clearly do not fit within the prescriptions of the Geneva Convention.”
• “When you compare what people endured in the South in the 60s to try to get the right to vote for African Americans, and to compare what people were subjected to there to what happened in Philadelphia—which was inappropriate, certainly that…to describe it in those terms I think does a great disservice to people who put their lives on the line, who risked all, for my people.”
• “[I] can’t actually imagine a time in which the need for more diversity would ever cease. Affirmative action has been an issue since segregation practices. The question is not when does it end, but when does it begin [..] When do people of color truly get the benefits to which they are entitled?”
• “"It has come to my attention that you have now asked an additional question: ‘Does the President have the authority to use a weaponized drone to kill an American not engaged in combat on American soil?’" Holder wrote. "The answer to that question is no."”
• “Michelle [Obama] always says, ‘When they go low, we go high.’ No. When they [Republicans] go low, we kick them."”
• “"When I say we, you know, ‘We kick ‘em,’ I don’t mean we do anything inappropriate. We don’t do anything illegal. But we got to be tough, and we have to fight for the very things that [civil rights leaders] John Lewis, Martin Luther King, Whitney Young – you know, all those folks gave to us.””

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Key facts

President

Barack Obama

Deputy

David W. Ogden , Gary Grindler (acting), James M. Cole , Sally Yates (acting)

Preceded by

Michael Mukasey

Succeeded by

Loretta Lynch

Appointed by

Ronald Reagan

Born

Eric Himpton Holder Jr. , ( 1951-01-21 ) January 21, 1951 (age 75) , New York City, New York, U.S.

Party

Democratic

Spouse

Sharon Malone ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1990 ) ​

Relatives

Vivian Malone Jones (sister-in-law), Jeff Malone (nephew)

Education

Columbia University ( BA , JD )

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Image

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