Loretta Lynch
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"Loretta Elizabeth Lynch" is the current U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York/United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. Her current tenure as U.S. Attorney began in 2010, and she previously held the position from 1999?2001. As U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Lynch oversees federal prosecutions in Brooklyn, Queens, New York/Queens, Staten Island and Long Island, New York/Long Island. On November 8, 2014, President Barack Obama nominated her to succeed Eric Holder as Attorney General of the United States. On February 26, 2015 the Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate confirmed her appointment in a 12–8 vote, with all Democrats of the committee in favor and three Republicans also in favor. If confirmed, she will be the first African-American woman; the second African-American, after Holder; and the second woman, after Janet Reno, to serve as Attorney General.

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