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Loretta Lynch and Eric Holder Agree on These 4 Hot Button Issues
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Is There a Blotch on Eric Holder #39;s Tenure As Attorney General?
9/28/2014: "The Progressive Experience" - Episode #003 There is quite a bit of criticism for outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder, who is leaving his post, ...

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Attorney General Eric Holder praised the Justice Departments community outreach program Wednesday on its 20th anniversary.

You have forged strong relationships and unbreakable bonds between law enforcement leaders and community members, Mr. Holder told a gathering of the departments Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS).

Over the years, this work has paid dividends in lives improved and saved; in communities strengthened and made more secure; in law enforcement officers made safer; and in taxpayer resources used more effectively, Mr. Holder said.

The COPS program has recently been at the forefront of the departments investigation into racial tensions surrounding Ferguson. While the FBI has been investigating accusations of discrimination at the police department, the program has been working to train St. Louis-area law enforcement officers on better community relations and crowd control techniques.

Mr. Holder even named Ferguson in his speech as an area where COPS was providing intensive training and technical assistance to help law enforcement agencies respond to issues arising from specific incidents.

Mr. Holder contended that setting up partnerships between federal, state and local law enforcement has had a dramatic effect around the nation, saying people need look no further than their own backyards for proof.

I served as United States Attorney for the District of Columbia at a time when Washington was a city in crisis, suffering from an epidemic of crime and corrosive antagonism between residents and law enforcement, he said. In the years since, this citys U.S. Attorneys Office has had striking success in bringing down crime rates in the District.

Mr. Holder said he expects COPS to be in good hands under nominee Loretta Lynch, and said he has no doubt that the next 20 years can bring even more of the positive change that we have seen over the last 20.

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The US government says it will recognise same sex marriages in six more states, following an earlier Supreme Court decision not to take up the debate.

The announcement from Attorney General Eric Holder means gay and lesbian married couples in those states will have the same legal rights and federal benefits as heterosexual couples.

The latest decision covers Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, North Carolina, West Virginia, and Wyoming, and comes on the heels of a similar decision last week that extended federal recognition to seven states.

Holder's announcement 'brings the total number of states where same sex couples are recognised by the federal government to 32, plus the District of Columbia,' the Justice Department said.

'With each new state where same sex marriages are legally recognised, our nation moves closer to achieving of full equality for all Americans,' Holder said.

'We are acting as quickly as possible with agencies throughout the government to ensure that same sex married couples in these states receive the fullest array of benefits allowable under federal law.'

The statement said Holder had also determined the government would legally recognise same sex marriages in two states, Indiana and Wisconsin, conducted in June. Court battles over gay marriage bans in those states are ongoing.

Earlier this month, the US Supreme Court snubbed appeals from several states where state-level bans on gay marriage had been deemed unconstitutional.

Marriages in those states had been on hold pending the court's decision on whether to hear the cases.

The ruling means that same sex couples in the five states can now have their unions recognised.

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