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Eric Holder: “If we want to get a handle on the crime problem that we have had success in knocking down to historically low numbers…”

On the recordNovember 17, 2009
If we want to get a handle on the crime problem that we have had success in knocking down to historically low numbers, we have to deal with the problem of violence against women, and we have to deal with the problem of children who are exposed to violence.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Holder stresses the importance of addressing violence against women and children.

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