1: Durham , North Carolina ( CNN ) President Obama 's nomination of Loretta Lynch to become the country 's first African-American woman attorney general is a historic pick . 2: Obama nominated Lynch to replace Attorney General Eric Holder on November 8 , after Holder had announced plans to leave the post weeks earlier . 3: The nomination of Loretta Lynch as U.S. attorney general was announced in November .
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