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Eric Holder: “The Civil Rights Division has not necessarily gotten the attention, the resources, the support that it has needed.”

On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
The Civil Rights Division has not necessarily gotten the attention, the resources, the support that it has needed.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Holder acknowledges the lack of support for the Civil Rights Division in recent years.

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