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Outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder may be the third-longest-serving attorney general in U.S. history, but hes almost surely the most traveled.

Loop Fans may recall some of his fine tripswith staff and security on his FBI plane to places such as New Zealand, Morocco and of course Europe. Then there are those trips to fulfill his pledge to visit all 93 U.S. attorneys offices.

And just because hes likely to leave in about three weeks doesnt mean hes just sitting around his office, packing boxes, writing farewell thank-you notes. (Dear Darrell Issa)

No, Monday morning finds him in jolly old London, attending the Global Law Summit, a three-day international gabfest of 2,000 lawyers from government, business and other organizations who are celebrating the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta. (It is did help shape American law) Holdersofficial schedule indicates that hes not going to be making a formal speech there, but, according to the conference schedule, he will deliver remarks at the welcoming session Monday morning in the Churchill Auditorium of the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre.

The event styles itself a high-level business forum with a mix of practitioners, business leaders and others to talk about and develop relationships across markets and jurisdictions. Folks from 50 countries are scheduled to attend, including top officials from China, Russia, Ukraine and Malta. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon may have been too busy to attend, but he sent a video.

Not going? There may still be time to get a flight out of Dulles

The brochure says: Whether you are looking for investment, to invest, or wanting to collaborate, networking can be instrumental for your prospects for growth.

Sounds like a good event to pass out business cards. . .

Al Kamen, an award-winning columnist on the national staff of The Washington Post, created the In the Loop column in 1993.

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Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the National Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) | Mark Wilson via Getty Images

WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Eric Holder indicated on Tuesday that the Justice Department is wrapping up two separate investigations that stemmed from the shooting of Michael Brown in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, six months ago.

Holder, speaking at the National Press Club, said he was "confident" that he would be able to announce the results of a civil rights investigation into the shooting of 18-year-old Brown by Officer Darren Wilson as well as of a broader investigation into the conduct of the Ferguson Police Department before he steps down as attorney general, which is likely to happen in the next few weeks. Holder intends to retire once his successor is confirmed. Loretta Lynch's nomination for the position is currently pending in the Senate.

"My hope will be, as I said, to make these determinations before I go," Holder said in response to a question about the probes, adding that he was briefed on the status of both of the investigations last week.

"I'm satisfied with the progress that we have made, and also I'm comfortable saying that I'm going to be able to make those calls before I leave office," Holder said.

Holder also said he was "confident that people will be satisfied with the results that we announce" and said that his prior comments about the need for wholesale change within the Ferguson Police Department would not impact the investigation being conducted by career Justice Department lawyers in the department's Civil Rights Division. Wilson is not expected to be federally indicted on civil rights charges in Brown's death, but many anticipate that the so-called "pattern or practice" probe into the Ferguson Police Department will find issues with the way the department operates.

Holder was also critical of the way that authorities in St. Louis County deployed tactical vehicles and weapons even during peaceful daytime protests back in August, but indicated that he saw it more as an issue of training rather than a question of whether local and state law enforcement organizations should have had the equipment in the first place.

"The deployment of at least some of that military hardware in Ferguson exacerbated what was a pretty difficult situation," Holder said. "On the other hand, if you're in New York City, and you have to deal with a terrorist incident, I think that some of the militaristic equipment that has been made available to state and local authorities in fact can be useful."

"Armored carriers and things of that nature I think can be useful if deployed in appropriate ways," Holder said. "If it looks like the military is in fact occupying American streets during civil disturbances, that, I think, is not a good thing for the American people or for the world necessarily to see."

Holder used the speech to highlight the effects that reforms he implemented have had on the number of federal drug cases brought by federal prosecutors last year.

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