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US Attorney General to step down

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Update: 2014-09-25 23:37:00
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DHAKA: Eric Holder said he would step down as US attorney general, setting up a potentially bruising Senate fight to confirm a successor who can tackle a long list of pending challenges at the Justice Department.

Holder, an unapologetic liberal voice and one of president Barack Obama’s closest allies, will remain in office until a successor is nominated and confirmed.

His nearly six-year term, marked by civil rights advances and frequent fights with Congress, made him one of the nation's longest serving attorneys generals.

‘I will never leave the work. I will continue to serve,’ Holder, with Obama at his side, said during a brief White House announcement of his departure, reports The Straits Times.

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