article_snippet.sent: Thursday to approve Loretta Lynch as President Barack Obama's .
article_snippet.sent: next attorney general, ending a five-month deadlock that made .
article_snippet.sent: Loretta Lynch wait longer for confirmation than the last seven attorneys .
article_snippet.sent: official, Loretta Lynch, 55, was approved by a 56-43 vote.
article_snippet.sent: Lynch's support for an executive order issued by Obama in .
article_snippet.sent: Lynch do not have to confirm someone to the highest law .
article_snippet.sent: Lynch has awaited confirmation since November when Obama, a .
article_snippet.sent: Lynch will also inherit major financial cases involving .
article_snippet.sent: An accomplished career prosecutor, Lynch has twice served as .
article_snippet.sent: At a Senate confirmation hearing on Jan. 28, Lynch said that .