The first African-American is scheduled to resign as attorney general. A Justice Department official told ABC News that “Attorney General Holder has discussed his plans personally with the president on multiple occasions in recent months,” and now things are going forward.

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Holder has been the attorney general since 2009 and has held his position longer than most preceding himself.

The official stated:

“At a formal announcement later today, the attorney general plans to express his personal gratitude to the President for the opportunity to serve in his administration and to lead the Justice Department, which he will call the ‘greatest honor of my professional life.’ He will note he has loved the Justice Department since, when he was a boy, he watched how, under Attorney General Kennedy, the Department played a leadership role in advancing the civil rights movement. During his tenure as Attorney General, Holder has had Attorney General Kennedy’s portrait in his conference room.”