NOMINEES FOR FEDERAL JUDICIARY TESTIFY AT CONFIRMATION HEARING IN WASHINGTON
Richard Jones (L), nominee to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Washington, and Sharion Aycock, nominee to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi, are sworn in before the Senate Judiciary Committee at a confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 19, 2007. (UPI Photo/David Brody)
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