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Obama AG pick defended Guantanamo policy (AP)

Attorney General-designate Eric Holder speaks duringa news conference with President-elect Barack Obama, not pictured, in Chicago, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President-elect Barack Obama's choice to become the next attorney general, Eric Holder, once defended the Bush administration's arguments for holding detainees at Guantanamo Bay, a position that runs counter to his more recent comments — and to a signature policy of the incoming administration.



Obama AG pick defended Guantanamo policy (AP)