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Now that's it that's it let's start with some great news coming from Washington, D.C.

Kristen Clark has been confirmed as the first black woman to lead the Civil Rights

Department in the Department of Justice. The Senate on yesterday voted to confirm Kristen Clark

to lead the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division,

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