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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 16 > Obama attorney general pick calls waterboarding torture

Obama attorney general pick calls waterboarding torture

Senate hearing marked by few pointed attacks

By Devlin Barrett and Larry Margasak / The Bulletin
January 16, 2009

WASHINGTON — With just three words, Attorney General-designate Eric Holder capped years of angry debate over U.S. counterterrorism policy and declared a major break from the Bush administration.

“Waterboarding is torture,” said Holder, President-elect Barack....

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