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[http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/article/526230/white-house-expanding-pr-roles-alito-nomination/]
During the January 2006 U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee's confirmation hearings on Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito, Jr., his wife, [[Martha-Ann Bomgardner]], left the hearing in tears. (She left as Senator [[Lindsey Graham]] was apologizing for Democratic Senators' questions about Mr. Alito's membership in the ultra-conservative group [[Concerned Alumni of Princeton]].) ''Time'' magazine reported that, following this incident: [http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1148113,00.html]:The always-alert [[Creative Response Concepts]], a conservative public relations firm, sent this bulletin: "Former Alito clerk Gary Rubman witnessed Mrs. Alito leaving her husband's confirmation in tears and is available for interviews, along with other former Alito clerks who know her personally and are very upset about this development." In case that was too much trouble for the journalists, the firm also e-mailed out a statement from the [[Judicial Confirmation Network]] calling "for the abuse to stop."
==Controversies==
===Hard Right===
*Susan Jones, [http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1360019.html "Alito 'Mindful' of Federal Judges' Responsibilities,"] [[Cybercast News Service]] (''Crosswalk''), October 31, 2005.
*Mark Hand, "[http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/article/526230/white-house-expanding-pr-roles-alito-nomination White House expanding PR roles for Alito nomination]", ''PR Week'', November 3, 2005. (Sub req'd).
*Mike Allen, "[http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1148113,00.html GOP Confident as Alito Hearings Wrap: Despite frustrating Democrats with his answers, the nominee has made no major slip-ups]," ''Time'', January 11, 2006.
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