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On the recordMarch 6, 2013
Mr. President, I move to proceed to consideration of Calendar No. 43. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion to proceed. The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination. The legislative clerk read as follows: Nomination: Central Intelligence Agency. John Owen Brennan, of Virginia, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Illinois. Cloture Motion
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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