Posts Tagged ‘hearings’

NY, Mass., Va. bail hearings await 9 in spy case (AP)

This undated image taken from the Russian social networking website 'Odnoklassniki', or Classmates, shows a woman journalists have identified as Anna Chapman, who appeared at a hearing Monday, June 28, 2010 in New York federal court. Chapman, along with 10 others, was arrested on charges of conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government without notifying the U.S. attorney general. The caption on Odnoklassniki reads 'Russia, Moscow. London, Stone age.' (AP Photo)AP – Bail hearings for nine people charged in a Russian spy case were scheduled Thursday as a U.S. prosecutor said the evidence against them was growing stronger by the day.


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Kagan hearings near end with confirmation likely (AP)

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 30, 2010, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on her nomination. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP – Her confirmation all but assured, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan neared the end of a final grueling day of Senate questioning Wednesday, fielding GOP challenges on abortion, gays in the military and other divisive issues while sidestepping Democrats’ invitations to blast conservative decisions by the court she’s hoping to join.


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Day 1 of Senate hearings offers tale of 2 Kagans (AP)

Supreme Court Justice nominee Elena Kagan smiles during the first day of her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Washington June 28, 2010.     REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)AP – Elena Kagan strode into Day 1 of her confirmation hearing for the Supreme Court with a broad grin and a bounce in her step. She emerged nearly four hours later with her smile intact, and bearhugs aplenty for family and friends.


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Kagan set to break silence as hearings commence (AP)

U.S. Solicitor General and Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan smiles as she begins her day-long tour of Captiol Hill at the office of  U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on Capitol Hill in Washington May 12, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Reed/FilesAP – Elena Kagan, a trailblazer for women and the law, is hitting a new path that could be strewn with a few rough patches: the Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearings.


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Kagan’s e-mails to go public as hearings approach (AP)

FILE - In this May 13, 2010 file photo, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan walks a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP – Ever wish you could rifle through a public figure’s e-mail? Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s e-mails are about to go public as part of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s preparations for her confirmation hearings in a little more than a week.


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Senate hearings prompting spill blame game (AP)

Floating booms protect the fishing and shrimping community of Bayou La Batre, Ala., from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in this aerial photograph taken Monday, May 10, 2010. Alabama Gov. Bob Riley took a helicopter tour of the state's coast, where barriers are still being placed in the water ahead of the possible spread of the slick toward the state. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)AP – The blame game is in full throttle as Congress begins hearings on the massive oil spill threatening sensitive marshes and marine life along the Gulf Coast.


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Toyota’s problems loom large even after hearings (AP)

Toyota President and Chief Executive Officer Akio Toyoda, left, and Yoshimi Inaba, right, president and chief executive officer, Toyota Motor North America, are sworn-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010, prior to testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Toyota. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP – Even as Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda wrapped up a grueling appearance before Congress, the head of the world’s largest automaker wasn’t leaving his problems behind.


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