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Barack Obama: “I am deeply disappointed that despite support from a majority of the United States Senate, a minority of Senators…”

On the recordMarch 5, 2013
I am deeply disappointed that despite support from a majority of the United States Senate, a minority of Senators continues to block the nomination of Caitlin Halligan to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Statement on Senate Action To Block the Nomination of Caitlin J. Halligan To Be a Judge on the United States Court of...

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