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THIS NEWS JUST CAME IN FROM THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
AT ABOUT 9:30 THIS MORNING THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL WAS HAVING HIS
NORMAL MEETING WITH STAFF --
WITH HIGH LEVEL STAFF AT THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WHEN HE
EXPERIENCED SOME FAINTNESS OF
BREATH.
AND JUST OUT OF PRECAUTION THEY
TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL.
HE'S STILL IN THE HOSPITAL RIGHT
NOW.
HE'S RESTING.
HE'S TALKING TO HIS DOCTORS.
HE SEEMS TO BE OKAY.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN A BIT OF
A SCARE FOR HIM.
HE'S NORMALLY A PRETTY HEALTHY
GUY.
SO THIS IS QUITE A SURPRISE TURN
FOR THIS TO HAPPEN THIS MORNING.
>> A 63-YEAR-OLD MAN, PROBABLY
THE CLOSEST FRIEND THAT
PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS IN THE
CABINET.
HE'S MARRIED, HIS WIFE SHARON,
HE'S GOT THREE CHILDREN.
WHAT'S HIS SCHEDULE LIKE ON A
DAY-TO-DAY BASIS?
HE'S NOW IN SECOND TERM AS
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
THERE HAD BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF
SPECULATION THAT HE WOULD NOT
SERVE THIS LONG, YET HE'S GIVEN
NO INDICATION THAT HE'S READY TO
LEAVE YET.
>> WELL, THAT'S RIGHT.
I MEAN, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, A
GRUELING JOB.
HE'S UP PROBABLY BEFORE DAWN
EVERY MORNING.
HE STAYS UP LATE AT NIGHT.
HE'S A LATE-NIGHT KIND OF GUY,
E-MAILING AIDES AND STAFF LATE
INTO THE EVENING.
AND THEN HE'S UP EARLY IN THE
MORNING READING SOME OF THE
BRIEFS BEFORE HE HEADS DOWN TO
THE FBI AND GETS, YOU KNOW, SOME
OF THE LATEST -- WHAT THE LATEST
THREATS ARE ON TERRORISM AND SO
ON.
SOME OF THE BIGGEST CASES THAT
THEY HAVE GOING.
SO IT IS A PRETTY LONG DAY THAT
HE HAS.
AND AS YOU SAID THERE'S BEEN A
LOT OF SPECULATION AS TO HOW
LONG HE WAS GOING TO STAY IN THE
JOB.
HE SAYS THAT HE WASN'T INTENDING
TO SERVE ALL TWO TERMS OF
PRESIDENT OBAMA.
HE TOLD US IN AN INTERVIEW IN
NOVEMBER THAT HE EXPECTED TO
STAY WELL INTO THIS YEAR IN THE
OFFICE.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF SPECULATION
THAT PERHAPS LATER THIS SUMMER
WE MIGHT FIND OUT OF HIS PLANS
TO LEAVE.
BUT HE DOES SAY HE LOVES HIS
JOB.