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At Sessions Hearing, Dems Focus On Fired Acting Justice AG

The Senate Judiciary Committee once again debated the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions to be attorney general. Democrats on the Republican-controlled committee raised objections to his nomination. The committee met a day after President Trump fired the acting attorney general over her refusal to defend the immigration order banning travel from seven majority Muslim countries.

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Carrie Johnson is a justice correspondent for the Washington Desk.