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Updated May 09, 2009

Attorney General Holder to Law School Grads: Serve Your Country

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Attorney General Eric Holder urged the students to persuade others in their communities to join the battle to reclaim cities, schools and the nation's future.

Attorney General Eric Holder offers this advice for Howard University law school graduates: devote part of your career to public service.

At their commencement Saturday in Washington, he called the graduates "the privileged few."

Holder said teaching a child to read is better than teaching a good jump shot. He also said helping to make society a better place comes in many forms.

The attorney general urged the students to persuade others in their communities to join the battle to reclaim cities, schools and the nation's future.

"I say, `do more,"' Holder told the crowd.

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