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- ↑ Chattanooga Times Free Press | Attorney general talks priorities
- ↑ "Cooper out, Herbert Slatery in as Tennessee AG - Nashville Business Journal". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06.
- ↑ "Slatery to be sworn in as Tennessee's 27th AG". Nashville, Tennessee: WSMV. October 15, 2014. Archived from the original on October 10, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2023– via Wayback Machine.
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