Byline: Washington Post
WASHINGTON -- President Clinton plans to nominate Eric H. Holder Jr., the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, to become the No. 2 official at the Justice Department -- a move that would make him the highest-ranking African-American law-enforcement officer in U.S. history.
White House officials informed Holder on Tuesday evening that Clinton wanted him to replace Deputy Attorney General Jamie S. Gorelick, who announced her resignation in January, administration sources familiar with the deliberations said. The White House is …
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