article_snippet.sent: Attorney General Eric Holder bid farewell to the Justice Department on Friday after six years, outlining what Attorney General Eric Holder said were Attorney General Eric Holder major accomplishments and telling staffers that staffers helped produce a 'golden age' in the department's history.
article_snippet.sent: An emotional Holder, who has served as the nation's top law enforcement official since the start of the Obama administration, addressed hundreds of lawyers and staff members one day after Attorney General Eric Holder successor, Loretta Lynch, was confirmed by the Senate following a months-long delay. '
article_snippet.sent: Attorney General Eric Holder waved to the Justice Department employees during Attorney General Eric Holder farewell gathering in Washington on Friday, ending six years at the DOJ .
article_snippet.sent: Attorney General Eric Holder shook hands and received hugs from well-wishers on Attorney General Eric Holder last day as attorney general .
article_snippet.sent: In it, Attorney General Eric Holder described an 'emotional attachment' to the Justice Department and recounted efforts to protect civil rights, prosecute terror suspects in federal court and change the criminal justice system.
article_snippet.sent: Other clips showed President Barack Obama showering Attorney General Eric Holder with praise on the day
article_snippet.sent: Attorney General Eric Holder announced Attorney General Eric Holder departure.
article_snippet.sent: Holder, a former judge and U.S. attorney who took the job in 2009, will exit the Justice Department as the third-longest serving attorney general in U.S. history.
article_snippet.sent: Attorney General Eric Holder's tenure was in many ways defined by Attorney General Eric Holder efforts on civil rights protections.
article_snippet.sent: Attorney General Eric Holder also pushed for changes in the criminal justice system, directing prosecutors to sharply limit prosecutors use of harsh mandatory minimum sentences and championing alternatives to prison for nonviolent drug defendants.
article_snippet.sent: Though Attorney General Eric Holder sees civil rights as a defining element of Attorney General Eric Holder legacy, Attorney General Eric Holder early years largely centered on national security concerns as the country confronted several terror plots, including a failed effort to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day in 2009.
highlights_snippet.sent: Holder took a victory lap in Holder farewell speech, claiming credit for overseeing a 'golden age' of federal law enforcement .
  