12/14/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"Dean Koh is widely respected across the legal and political spectrum."
"The battle began in late March when Fox News firestarter Glenn Beck said Harold Koh, Obama's nominee to be the State Department top lawyer, supported Muslim sharia law."
"There are enormous debates in the Senate as well as the American people about various legal principles, even discussion of various constitutional amendments and their meaning for each one of us."
"opening statement"