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President Obama to announce Loretta Lynch as choice as first Black female U.S. attorney general, if confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Lynch would succeed Attorney General Eric Holder, America's first Black attorney general, Rev Al Sharpton applauds the move

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Loretta Lynch By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog   K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 21-year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper.  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) United States President Barack Obama WASHINGTON, D.C.- President Barack Obama, America's first Black president, is poised to nominate the first Black woman United States attorney general, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said late Friday in a press release to Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news. "Ms. Lynch [Loretta Lynch]   is a strong, independent prosecutor who has twice led one of the most important U.S. Attorney’s offices in the country," said Earnest. "She will succeed Eric Holder, whose tenure has been marke