Deputy AG Nomination Sent to Full Senate for Vote

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 14-5 on Thursday to endorse David Ogden for the No. 2 position at the Department of Justice, sending the nomination for deputy attorney general to the full Senate for a vote. All Democrats voted in favor of Ogden's nomination. Among the Republicans in opposition, Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, called the nomination a "close call," saying he was troubled by Ogden's representation of the pornography industry and other controversial clients in private practice.