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Thursday, February 13, 2003

White House defense of Estrada nomination
Bernard Hibbitts at 12:25 PM ET

[JURIST] The US Department of Justice Office of Legislative Policy has posted online a copy of a 15-page letter [PDF text] sent Wednesday by White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales to Democratic Majority Leader Senator Tom Daschle and Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Patrick Leahy denying their request for additional information on US DC Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Miguel Estrada and urging them to end the filibuster and allow a vote on the nomination.






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