After a five month long hold up, Loretta Lynch was finally sworn in Monday as the United States' 83rd attorney general, becoming the first black woman to obtain the position.
With Vice President Joe Biden by her side, Lynch said:
We can imbue our criminal justice system with both strength and fairness for the protection of both the needs of victims and the rights of all. We can restore trust and faith, both in our laws and in those of us who enforce them. We can protect the most vulnerable among us from the scourge of modern day slavery, so antithetical to the values forged in blood in this country.
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According to an NPR report, Biden said that Lynch will be "leading the march to a more perfect union."
During the five months that Lynch's nomination was kept in limbo, President Obama chided Senate Republicans for holding her "hostage" as they struggled with wording in a human-trafficking bill that would allow federal funds to be used for abortions. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) raised accusations of racism, saying Republicans were making Lynch "sit in the back of the bus."
