(1) Some were raised in confirmation hearings.

(2) During Senate confirmation hearings, Sen.

(3) At her Senate confirmation hearings, she wasted little time proving him right.

(4) As is customary with appointees facing confirmation hearings, Albright declined to be interviewed for this article.

(5) C., refused to hold a Senate confirmation hearing on the nomination.

(6) This was what she said at her confirmation hearing.

(7) At her Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton expressed support for the Chinese-led six-party negotiations aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear program.

(8) Baucus, speaking during Neil Wolin's confirmation hearing as deputy treasury secretary, complimented former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson for making a "good start" in improving relations.

(9) During his confirmation hearing,() senators sent General Alexander several questions.

(10) Senator Joe Lieberman, in introducing me at my confirmation hearing, said I was the “supreme allied commander in the war of ideas.”

(11) The confirmation hearing of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state began on Capitol Hill.

(12) In written answers to senators at his confirmation hearing in January, he stated that China was “manipulating its currency”.

(13) The Senate Agriculture Committee has scheduled a confirmation hearing for Vilsack for January 14.

(14) At his confirmation hearing last month, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said that the “next Pearl Harbor we confront could very well be a cyber-attack.”

(15) Separately, Attorney General-designate Eric Holder testified at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

(16) The Senate leadership quickly gave its consent and we ran many of the confirmation hearings live.

(17) The Senate Judiciary Committee did not make her charges public and closed the confirmation hearings without calling her as a witness.

(18) Andrew Cuomo had the combined feminine power of two dynasties backing him at his Senate confirmation hearings Wednesday.

(19) Lake is not granting interviews as he prepares for his confirmation hearings.

(20) The new president's appointee for Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Michele Flournoy, was asked about that at her Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday.

(21) The new Treasury secretary, Timothy Geithner, at his Senate confirmation hearing harped on that old Treasury mantra about China "manipulating" its currency to gain trade advantage.

(22) U.S. senators criticized the Federal Reserve but offered measured support for the central bank's leader in a confirmation hearing Thursday.

(23) His job at NEC is designed to make him the captain of the team but avoid an unpleasant Senate confirmation hearing.

(24) Austan Goolsbee, one of President Barack Obama's economic advisers, called himself a "data dog" in his Senate confirmation hearing last year. And the data dogs may finally have their day.

(25) In a related story, Republicans have announced that Sotomayor's confirmation hearing will consist of three questions and a timed obstacle course.

(26) On Thursday, the Senate Armed Services Committee held a confirmation hearing for Mr. Panetta.

(27) Pyongyang, says the Sejong Institute's Song, "did not like Hillary's nuance at the confirmation hearing, that denuclearization comes before a sincere dialogue.

(28) General David Petraeus acknowledged challenges in the Afghan war effort during his confirmation hearing Tuesday in the Senate Armed Services Committee.