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On the recordSeptember 17, 2013
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nomination: Calendar No. 335; that the nomination be confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate; that no further motions be in order to the nomination; that any related statements be printed in the Record; that the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The nomination considered and confirmed is as follows: Department of Justice Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr., of Louisiana, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana for the term of four years.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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