US Attorney General Eric Holder Hospitalized
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.
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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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