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Jeff Sessions: “It is a lifetime appointment that you are seeking to the Federal appellate court, and I think the Senate's obligation is…”

On the recordApril 28, 2009
It is a lifetime appointment that you are seeking to the Federal appellate court, and I think the Senate's obligation is very real.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions emphasizes the Senate's duty to carefully examine judicial nominees.

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