Eric Holder served on Senator Obama's vice presidential selection team that eventually picked Joe Biden. Holder hails from Brooklyn N.Y., he has graduated from Columbia Law School and has worked for the NAACP. President-elect Obama has now nominated him for the position of Attorney General of the United States. Holder previously held the position in-temp under the first term of President George W. Bush while the Senate was confirming John Ashcroft but was replace just two weeks after Bush's inauguration. Prior to that he served four years under President Clinton as the United States Deputy Attorney General. If confirmed, Holder would become the first confirmed black Attorney General.
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