Eric H. Holder Jr.

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Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. and his wife, Sharon Malone Holder, attend the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel on Saturday, April 27, 2013, in Washington. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

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**FILE** Vice President Joseph R. Biden, joined at the White House by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. (left), holds a meeting Jan. 9, 2013, with gun-safety advocates and victims' families. (Associated Press)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden, with Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. (left), speaks during a meeting with victims groups and gun-safety organizations in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is perhaps the member of the president’s Cabinet that congressional Republicans would most like to see leave. Mr. Holder is expected to remain in the post at least for the time being. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks about the law enforcement actions of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force as Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. listens at the Justice Department on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.’s use of FBI planes for travel is the subject of a letter to the FBI director from GOP lawmakers questioning whether the number and nature of his flights amount to misuse. (Associated Press)