Over the course of the process that culminated in the confirmation of Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
The BBC's Jon Leyne in Cairo says confirmation of a date in June had been expected but after a long preamble, the commission only expressed hopes about the timetable.
And there have been a number of rather enlightening instances in the past 24 hours of confirmation by unusual sources of the fact that the House and Senate are indeed in recess.
For example, after a new rally in the market begins, we look for confirmation of strength and institutional participation in the form of a follow through day (FTD): a day where a major index is up at least 1.7% in price with higher volume than the previous day.
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Senator Hagel and Mr. Brennan will be assisted as they go through the process of confirmation in the Senate by a number of people, but I don't have individuals to provide to you.
Did he only correct them when it became evident that a congressional committee would likely scrub his tax records in anticipation of confirmation hearings?
Chuck Schumer, in the course of his confirmation hearing and in other settings, Sen.
The service marks the last stage in the Archbishop of Canterbury's appointment following the confirmation of his election in February.
Speaking at a news conference in Belfast, she said she was concerned about the confirmation of an outbreak in County Louth.
The reporting of climate in the media is full of confirmation bias.
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That vacancy was filled in June with the confirmation of former Treasury Department staffer Sheila Bair.
Third place at the Under-20 World Cup Finals in Colombia was another confirmation of sustained improvement.
Jack Mullen's son Mike steps before the cameras tomorrow for his close-up in confirmation hearings as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Clinton and her supporters had been in a race against time to pay off as much of the debt as possible by the time of her confirmation and swearing-in as the nation's 67th secretary of state on January 21.
Homeowners who took out endowment mortgages in the late 1980s will receive final confirmation this year of the shortfall in the expected payout of the policies.
In many ways this research is a confirmation of the description that John Dickie used some years ago in his excellent book, Cosa Nostra.
Mr Brennan's nomination was the latest in a series of tough confirmation battles as Mr Obama rounds out his second term-leadership team.
European veterinary experts have lifted some of the restrictions on the export of live pigs from East Anglia, despite the confirmation of a new case of swine fever in Norfolk.
After getting word from an anonymous source regarding layoffs at the automaker, Plug In Cars has received a confirmation of the staffing slash from Coda's senior vice president of Government Relations and External Affairs, Forrest Beanum.
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At the start of his first term, Obama's pick to lead the Treasury Department, Timothy Geithner, emerged from a tough confirmation fight in the wake of recession to help push through Wall Street reform as well as the banking and auto industry rescues.
After all, what senator would believe that, if confirmed, Mr. Lake will be forthcoming and candid with Congress about evidence that casts Clinton policies in an unfavorable light, when he has had such difficulty doing so in the course of his confirmation hearings?
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Mr Holder may provide the only piece of controversy in cabinet confirmation hearings.
But for many British MPs, a war in which thousands died still requires confirmation of the cause for which it was launched.
The back-to- back increase was viewed as a strong confirmation of a rise in consumer confidence necessary for an improvement in economic growth.
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Dublin-based Conduit, which claims revenue growth of about 200% a year, has released a statement welcoming Oftel confirmation of enhanced deregulation in the directory inquiry market.
Furthermore, Chase Bank was made a defendant in and received notice of the confirmation proceeding, but simply chose not to take any action to contest the tax sale.
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On Wednesday investors in the region fled equities following confirmation of the rate hike, dragging down Europe's main stock-market indexes, which were on average 1.9% lower in afternoon trading.
Lock Ben Kay said the wait for confirmation of his place in the squad had been a painful one, but the news was worth the wait for personal reasons.
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In my book, this is a lagging indicator, and as such is only used as confirmation of a position that I am already in.
Now, instead of receiving thick-carded invitations to runway shows in the mail, guests are invited via email and directed to bring a barcode printout of their seat confirmation to the show in order to be admitted.
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