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The Attorney General is nominated by the President of the United States and takes office after confirmation by the United States Senate. He or she serves at the pleasure of the President and can be removed by the President at any time; the Attorney General is also subject to impeachment by the House of Representatives and trial in the Senate for "treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors." The office of Attorney General was established by Congress by the Judiciary Act of 1789. The original duties of this officer were "to prosecute and conduct all suits in the Supreme Court in which the United States shall be concerned, and to give his advice and opinion upon questions of law when required by the President of the United States, or when requested by the heads of any of the departments." Only in 1870 was the Department of Justice established to support the Attorney General in the discharge of his responsibilities. The current Attorney General, Eric Holder, was confirmed to office by the Senate on February 2, 2009, and sworn into office on February 3, 2009. Holder is the 82nd Attorney General of the United States and the first African-American to hold the position. |
![The United States is stepping up its commitment to Mexico's war on drugs. A new agreement between the two countries allows Mexico access to weapons tracing technology. Scenes from the drug wars in Mexico. Since President Felipe Calderon targeted cartels and vowed to crack down on organized crime in December 2006 some 28000 people have died. The Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez has become the murder capital of the world as cartels fight over the lucrative US Market. Now the United States is stepping up its commitment to fight the violence, signing an agreement with Mexico to offer it access to the lucrative e-tracing system. US Deputy Director of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Kenneth Melson. [Kenneth Melson, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives] "The e-trace agreement allows PGR and ATF to join forces in tracing weapons that are root in cartel violence in this country and will allow us to share the intelligence generated by both." Mexico's Attorney General Arturo Chavez said that the country would make good use of the agreement. [Arturo Chavez, Attorney General, Mexico] "Without a doubt, we know that the US intends to stem the flow of weapons trafficking into our country. Mexico will know how to take advantage of the technological instruments that, starting now, it will have at its disposal to fight crime and to generate high quality intelligence." The United States has pledged $1.4 billion over three years to fight drugs in its <b>...</b>](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fVpWdkeS08w/0.jpg)
