If confirmed by the Senate, Sotomayor would replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter, who was nominated by President George H.W.Bush in 1990.

VOA: standard.2009.05.31

David Frum is a conservative political commentator who was a speechwriter for former President George W.Bush.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

In 2005,then-minority Senate Democrats mounted an unsuccessful effort to filibuster the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who was nominated by former-President George W.Bush.

VOA: standard.2009.05.31

Off the Normandy coast,Earl W.Norwood was a 17-year-old sailor who operated a landing craft between the ships and Omaha Beach, one of the beaches where the Americans landed.

VOA: standard.2009.06.02