Sen. Jeff Sessions began the defense of his nomination for Donald Trump's attorney general on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 by emphasizing a theme of enforcing law and order and strongly pushed back against allegations of racism in his long career.
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In Washington, the next attorney general insisted at his confirmation hearing that he is not a racist. And in Chicago, the nation's first black president offered a fiery farewell -- and a warning.
