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Attorney General Eric Holder has recused himself from all legal matters involving Roger Clemens, who may face perjury charges for lying about his alleged steroid use to Congress, reports the New York Daily News.

Before his appointment, Holder was a partner at Covington and Burling, the Washington law firm that also employs Lanny Breuer, who was one of Clemens' attorneys when the pitcher testified before Congress last year.

Breuer himself has been nominated to serve as assistant attorney general in the Department of Justice's criminal division, a post that would put him in charge of any federal prosecution of Clemens for perjury, the News reports.

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President Obama covered a wide range of issues in his first primetime press conference, touching on topics as disparate as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and revelations that Alex Rodriguez had abused steroids during his Major League Baseball career. What follows is a series of excerpts from the press conference.

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At the very start of an appearance today with George Mitchell, his special Middle East envoy, President Obama was heard to joke that "compared to steroids, this is going to be a breeze," CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller reports.

Mitchell headed an investigation into steroid use in baseball in 2007. His new job has him departing on a peacemaking mission to strengthen the Israel/Hamas ceasefire, Mr. Obama said this afternoon.

"When he speaks, he speaks for us," Mr. Obama said at the appearance, alongside Mitchell and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Many Israeli analysts believe Mitchell's appointment could signal a shift away from the pro-Israel policies of President Bush. He arrives in Israel Wednesday.