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Elena Kagan, Al Franken
Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., left, listens to Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, right, as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 30, 2010, before the committee's hearing on her nomination.
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