Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing on Justice Department nominees in Washington
Tony West attends a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination to be an assistant attorney general in the Civil Division of the Justice Department on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 10, 2009. (UPI Photo/Alexis C. Glenn)
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