Obama's AG Pick Breaks From Bush On Torture

Attorney General-designate Eric Holder

From Yahoo News/AP:

WASHINGTON – With just three words, Attorney General-designate Eric Holder capped years of angry debate over U.S. counterterrorism policy and declared a major break from the Bush administration.

"Waterboarding is torture," said Holder, President-elect Barack Obama's pick to run the Justice Department.

Holder's blunt response to the first question at his confirmation hearing Thursday was one that many on the Senate Judiciary Committee had sought after years of frustrating non-answers on the subject from Attorney General Michael Mukasey and his predecessor, Alberto Gonzales.

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