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Bush Resubmits Candidates President Bush sends the Senate names of federal judge candidates rejected a year ago when Democrats were in control. Bush renominates Priscilla Owen of Texas, angering supporters of abortion rights. He renominates Charles Pickering Sr. of Mississippi, despite loud protests about Pickering's civil rights record. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

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Owen, Pickering Remain on Bush's Judges List

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Bush Resubmits Candidates

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President Bush sends the Senate names of federal judge candidates rejected a year ago when Democrats were in control. Bush renominates Priscilla Owen of Texas, angering supporters of abortion rights. He renominates Charles Pickering Sr. of Mississippi, despite loud protests about Pickering's civil rights record. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.