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WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed career Dallas prosecutor Damien Diggs as the U.S. attorney for East Texas on Thursday, making him the first Black lawyer to lead the office responsible for federal law enforcement from Plano to Beaumont, including Jasper, where a notorious racial murder took place. Approval came on a unanimous voice vote. Both of Texas’ Republican senators, Ted …

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