Read about the Senate confirmation of former Florida state attorney general Pam Bondi as the country's 87th attorney general.

A Tampa-area native, Pam Bondi became the second Floridian and the third woman to hold the office of U.S. attorney general.

Pam Bondi's confirmation as U.S. attorney general comes at a time when the Justice Department and FBI are under heavy scrutiny by Democrats and Republicans.