Senate Committee backs Lynch for attorney general

U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Loretta Lynch testifies during a confirmation hearing before Senate Judiciary Committee January 28, 2015 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12 to eight Thursday to confirm Loretta Lynch as the next attorney general, sending her nomination before the full Senate for debate and a vote that is expected in the coming weeks. President Obama nominated Lynch , a U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, to succeed Eric Holder as the head of the Justice Department after Holder announced his resignation in September.

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