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Senate Panel Set to Vote on Alito

NPR

By Steve Inskeep,

Nina Totenberg

Published January 24, 2006 at 9:25 AM EST

Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) gavels four days of Alito hearings to a close on Jan. 12. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) is at Specter's left.

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Steve Inskeep

Steve Inskeep is a host of NPR's Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.

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Nina Totenberg

Nina Totenberg is NPR's award-winning legal affairs correspondent. Her reports air regularly on NPR's critically acclaimed newsmagazines All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition.

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