Jeff Sessions was today sworn in as America's Attorney General after being narrowly approved by a bitterly divided US Senate amid the Democrats' attempt to derail his nomination over his record on civil rights and immigration.<br/>'<br/>70-year-old Sessions, who was the Senator from Alabama since 1997, was confirmed as America's powerful law enforcement officer by surviving a near-party-line vote by 52 to 47.'<br/><br/>Sessions, President Donald Trump's most controversial cabinet appointees, used his short inaugural speech to vow to end "lawlessness" and combat what he sees as a rise in crime. Trump called Sessions a "great protector of the people".'<br/><br/>Sessions was one of the first few top Republican Senators to have endorsed Trump in his race to the White House in the Republican primary.