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- ↑ "Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 36". Govinfo. U.S. Government. p. S2528. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
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- ↑ Online NewsHour: Clearing the Bench, Transcript of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (January 5, 2000).
- ↑ Senator Feinstein Declares Opposition to “Nuclear Option”, (May 10, 2005).
- ↑ Online NewsHour: Race and Justice Archived 2013-03-26 at the Wayback Machine , Transcript of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (May 8, 2001).
- ↑ President Clinton Appoints Roger Gregory to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Archived 2001-02-28 at the Wayback Machine , (December 27, 2000).
- ↑ Associated Press, Bush Dumps Clinton Nominees, CBS News (March 20, 2001).
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- ↑ http://www.charlotte.com/local/story/201332.html%5B%5D