Full Witness List for Holder Hearings Released
The complete witness list for Eric Holder’s confirmation hearings this Thursday was just released tonight.
Here it is, after the jump:
“„The Honorable John W. Warner
Former United States Senator from Virginia
“„The Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton
Congresswoman from the District of Columbia
“„Panel I:
“„Eric H. Holder Jr. to be Attorney General of the United States
“„Panel II:
“„The Honorable Louis J. Freeh
Former Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
“„Chuck Canterbury
National President
National Fraternal Order of Police
“„John Payton
President and Director-Counsel
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
“„Frances M. Fragos Townsend
Former Homeland Security Advisor to President George W. Bush
“„Joseph F. Connor
Glen Rock, NJ
“„Richard S. Hahn
R. Hahn & Company
Seal Beach, CA
Former FBI Special Agent
“„Stephen P. Halbrook
Attorney At Law
Fairfax, VA
Townsend, Connor, Hahn and Halbrook are all witnesses for the minority. Just two years ago, Townsend, a longtime Dept. of Justice fixture and the former Homeland Security advisor under President Bush, was bandied around as a possible replacement for former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales who had just left the agency.