Carmen Ortiz

Eric Holder Jr., the nation’s first black Attorney General, on Monday swore in Carmen Milagros Ortiz as Massachusetts’ first woman and Hispanic U.S. Attorney.

The two first met 30 years ago when Holder was a young lawyer in the Justice Department and Ortiz was a law student serving an internship in his unit, the Boston Globe reported.

“Have we come a long way, huh?” Ortiz said to Holder, drawing a hearty applause from the packed courtroom, the Globe reported.

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