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Questions raised about Trump's choice for attorney general, Senator Jeff Sessions

Name: Questions raised about Trump's choice for attorney general, Senator Jeff Sessions
Uploaded: 2016-11-18T12:02:47-0500
Duration: 12 min 51 s
Description: In 1986, President Ronald Reagan nominated Jeff Sessions for a federal judgeship, but he was rejected because of racially charged comments about the NAACP. Now, Sessions, a senator from Alabama, has accepted President-elect Donald Trump's offer to be U.S. attorney general. The Weekly Standard's Michael Graham discusses on CBSN.

In 1986, President Ronald Reagan nominated Jeff Sessions for a federal judgeship, but he was rejected because of racially charged comments about the NAACP. Now, Sessions, a senator from Alabama, has accepted President-elect Donald Trump's offer to be U.S. attorney general. The Weekly Standard's Michael Graham discusses on CBSN.