Barack Obama actually said...

They will be valued voices on our team, and I look forward to working with them in the coming months and years.

Press Release - President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts

05/04/2009

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People must be confident that a judge's decisions are determined by the law and only the law.

I said I would take this process seriously, and I did.

No one is better suited to immediately serve on the Supreme Court.

Today I am nominating Chief Judge Merrick Brian Garland to join the Supreme Court.