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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will visit Paris in the wake of Wednesday's attack on the office of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo by suspected Islamist militants, according to media reports. Twelve people were killed in the attack carried out by heavily-armed gunmen who identified themselves as members of al Qaeda in Yemen.

Holder will attend a meeting of European officials convened by French Justice Minister Bernard Cazeneuve on Sunday, according to media reports. The Barack Obama administration's decision to send Holder, who hasspoken outagainst Islamophobia in the U.S., comes amid a rising tide of anti-immigration sentiment across Europe. Themeeting would involve discussions on addressing terrorist threats, foreign fighters and countering violent extremism, a justice department official reportedly said.

Several right-wing politicians in the region have reportedlyexploitedthe attack in Paris to further their political agendas. On Thursday, a day after the incident, Marine Le Pen, leader of the French far-right National Front party,blamed radical Islam for the attacks, and called for the absolute refusal of Islamic fundamentalism. The sentiment was echoed by nationalist parties in Germany, the Netherlands and the UK.

Alexander Gauland, leader of the anti-immigration, anti-EU political party, Alternative for Germany, said, on Thursday: This bloodshed shows that anyone who ignored or laughed off the concerns about the threat Islamism poses is a fool,according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.

Following the shooting on Wednesday, several mosques in France have also come under attack, although no casualties have so far been reported in the incidents, according to media reports.

Meanwhile, security has been beefed up in countries across Europe amid concerns that militants linked to al Qaeda and the Islamic State group could carry out further attacks in the region. Britain's MI5 -- the countrys counterterrorism agency -- had on Thursday said that an attack on iconic targets in the country is highly likely. Security measures have also been boosted at ports and border crossings in Germany and Belgium, according to media reports.

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Attorney General Eric Holder will travel to Paris this weekend for high-level meetings on terrorism, aides said Thursday.

Mr. Holder will attend a meeting of European officials led by the French Interior Bernard Cazeneuve, aides said, and the talks will center on terror threats, the security risks of people returning from foreign battlefields, and countering homegrown violent extremism.

The meeting was announced as French police continue to search for two suspects wanted for a Wednesday morning attack in Paris on the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. A dozen people were killed in the attack.

French authorities have identified the two suspects as brothersSaid and Cherif Kouachi. In 2008, Cherif Kouachi was sentenced to an 18-month prison term for being part of a terror group, according to French prosecutors. A third suspect has turned himself in to authorities.

Over the past year, U.S. Justice Department officials have had a number of meetings with European officials to discuss security threats stemming from people from Western countries traveling to Syria to fight with jihadist groups, and then returning home. Thousands of Europeans are believed to have traveled to Syria to fight, according to security officials. Related: Charlie Hebdo Attack: Manhunt Continues in France

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Congress should hold a confirmation hearing for attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch before the end of the month, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Thursday.

Earnest also said the White House wanted the Senate hold Lynchs confirmation vote before breaking for the Presidents Day holiday in mid-February.

"She deserves a lot better treatment than she is currently receiving," the White House spokesman told reporters traveling with the president aboard Air Force One, according to a report from Reuters.

Lynch, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, was nominated to replace Attorney General Eric Holder in early November.

Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said earlier this week that he aimed to hold the confirmation hearing either in the last week of January or early February.

In an interview with The Des Moines Register, Grassley said that the schedule would depend on whether they give us the information that we've asked for from the Justice Department.

That is definitely my goal, he continued. Now, if they can't help me meet my goal by giving us all the information we need, then I think they're delaying it, from that standpoint."

Grassley said he wanted documents related to Lynchs tenure as U.S. attorney, as well as a Justice Department legal analysis on the presidents ability to unilaterally release or transfer Guantanamo Bay detainees without giving Congress a months notice. Obama is required to do so under law, but the White House has called the rule unconstitutional and ignored it when trading detainees for the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was captured by the Taliban.

The Senate has twice confirmed Lynch, each time for the same role: U.S. Attorney in both the Clinton and Obama Administrations. Holder has said he will remain in the job until Lynch is approved.

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