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US Senate puts third woman on US Supreme Court
Aug 5, 2010, 21:34 GMT
Washington - The US Senate Thursday approved the nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court in a 63-37 vote, a historic move that for the first time gives women one-third of the seats on the nine-member court.
Kagan, 50, is the second woman nominated by US President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate after last year's appointment of Justice Sonia Maria Sotomayor. The third woman is Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
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