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US Attorney General Eric Holder Hospitalized

Jianyu Zhao |
February 27, 2014 | 10:42 a.m. PST

Executive Producer

US Attorney General Eric Holder (Wikimedia Commons)
US Attorney General Eric Holder (Wikimedia Commons)

Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. is being treated in a Washington hospital after experiencing “faintness and shortness of breath” during his regular morning meeting on Thursday.

Holder was taken to the MedStar Washington Hospital Center for treatment, officials said. He was described as “alert and conversing with his doctors,” according to Brian Fallon, the attorney general’s chief spokesman.

SEE ALSO: Note to Atty. Gen. Holder: Even bad laws merit a defense

Holder has been under much pressure as attorney general recently after he defended gay-marriage rights and opposed restrictions on voting rights.

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