Obama's Attorney General Pick Faces Heated Confirmation Debate

President Barack Obama's pick for his next attorney general faces a Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday that will likely highlight tensions between the Obama administration and the new Republican Congress. Loretta Lynch, nominated to the post in November, has stirred little controversy in her 16 years with the U.S. Attorney's office in Brooklyn and is expected to win confirmation. But she is likely to face hours of grilling from the Senate Judiciary Committee on hot button...

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