03/21/1977
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"JUDITH NELSEN KEEP, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California, vice a new position created by P.L. 95-486, approved October 20, 1978."
"Every American feels your loss."
"Ours is a nation that prevails, that triumphs over diversity, and which almost invariably benefits and makes progress when the world is faced with sometimes disconcerting and uncontrollable change."
"I share the disappointment of the American people that this rescue mission was not successful."