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Eric Holder: “The place where we ought to be, and that would be what I would be working towards.”

On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
The place where we ought to be, and that would be what I would be working towards.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Holder expresses intent to restore openness in FOIA policies.

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