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Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings, Washington DC, America - 1991
United States Senator Joe Biden (Democrat of Delaware), Chairman, US Senate Judiciary Committee, second right, welcomes Judge Clarence Thomas, center, to the hearing before the US Senate Judiciary Committee to confirm him as Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court in the US Senate Caucus Room in Washington, DC on September 10, 1991. Pictured from left to right: US Senator John Danforth (Republican of Missouri); US Senator Strom Thurmond (Republican of South Carolina), Ranking Member; Judge Thomas; Chairman Biden; and Virginia Thomas, wife of the nominee, can be seen in the lower right corner of the photo. Thomas was nominated for the position by US President George H.W. Bush to replace retiring Justice Thurgood Marshall.