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On the recordSeptember 28, 2010
Thank you, Senator Merkley. We very much appreciate your and Senator Wyden's expressions of support for these two nominees.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse acknowledges support for judicial nominees from Merkley and Wyden.

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