Eric Holder

it is our intention not to prosecute and not to investigate those people.

I think, as a distinction, and that is the focus of the concern that we have with regard to Guantanamo and the things that preceded it is that we had American agents, representatives of our Government perhaps, involved in the use of…

Profiling is simply not good law enforcement.

The concerns that you raise are very legitimate ones, and we are trying to address them.

We are not asking for additional monies for SCAAP in the budget for next year.

I wouldn't have taken this job unless I was here to advance the interests of an institution in which I grew up and which I love.

That is probably my top priority now, Senator.

I would like to think that we have a special expertise in the Justice Department in that regard.

We think that the SCAAP program, although it has had a value, we think we can give greater value by dealing with the problem in an enforcement way as opposed to using the limited resources that we have to help on the detention side.

Our desire is not to do anything that would be perceived as political, as partisan.

We can't defend this behavior and have to throw in the towel.

Look, we can't defend this behavior. We have to throw in the towel.

I want to entirely endorse Secretary Napolitano's comments in response to the questions from the panel concerning the issue of coordination.

The ultimate goals of these operations are to neutralize the cartels and bring the criminals to justice.

Last month, the Attorney General announced the arrest of more than 750 individuals on narcotics-related charges under Operation Xcellerator.

Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and we, I believe, continue to be in too many ways essentially a nation of cowards.

These cartels are not just operating in Mexico. They reach -- their reach stresses far and wide.

These cartels are not just operating in Mexico, their reach stretches far and wide.

We have always been and we, I believe, continue to be in too many ways essentially a nation of cowards. Though race-related issues continue to occupy a significant portion of our political discussion and though there remain many unresolved…

It's a question of being afraid to confront it, sit down and have a calm conversation.

More than 750 people have been arrested in the United States and also in Mexico. More than $59 million in illegal drug proceeds and large amounts of narcotics and weapons have been seized in the United States by law enforcement authorities.

We have always been and we, I believe, continue to be in too many ways essentially a nation of cowards. Though race-related issues continue to occupy a significant portion of our political discussion and though there remain many unresolved…

Attorney General Holder, his own comments today on race and whether America, as he said, a nation of cowards.

Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial, we have always been and we -- I believe continue to be in too many ways essentially a 'nation of cowards.'

I don't think there's any question but that we're at war. I think to be honest, I think our Nation didn't realize that we're at war when, in fact, we were.