Confirmation Hearing on the Nominations of William H. Pryor, Jr., to be Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit and Diane M. Stuart to be Director, Violence Against Women Office, Department of Justice: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session, June 11, 2003U.S. Government Printing Office, 2004 - 388 pages |
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