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June 29, 2010

Kagan Promises 'Impartiality' as Hearings Begin

Kathy Kiely, USA Today

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For the adroit Ivy League super-achiever, it marked the opening of the toughest oral exam she's ever faced. For the senators who will be her inquisitors, it could be another key stop in a midterm election campaign that will determine control of Congress.

Nearly 3-1/2 hours after the hearings began, dominated by comments from the Judiciary Committee members who will be Kagan's inquisitors for the next week, Kagan got her say. Her 12-minute opening statement, which closed the day's proceedings, were her first public comments since May 10, when President Obama named her as his second Supreme Court nominee.

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