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09-07-2016, 07:40 PM
Obama **minates first Muslim-American to bench of federal court
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President Barack Obama on Tuesday **minated Washington lawyer Abid Riaz Qureshi to the United States District Court for Washington, D.C., making Qureshi the first Muslim-American to be **minated to the bench of a federal court.
“I am confident he will serve the American people with integrity and a steadfast commitment to justice," Obama said (https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-******/2016/09/06/president-obama-**minates-abid-riaz-qureshi-serve-united-states-district) in a statement.
SEE ALSO: Obama and Putin's icy death stare gets a presidential Photoshop battle (http://mashable.com/2016/09/06/obama-putin-photoshop-battle/)
Qureshi is a lawyer and partner at Latham & Watkins' LLP, where he specializes in anything concerning the False Claims Act, federal securities, and healthcare fraud, according to his brief biography (https://www.lw.com/people/abid-qureshi) on the firm's website.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/07/abid-riaz-qureshi-barack-obama-federal-court-judge/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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President Barack Obama on Tuesday **minated Washington lawyer Abid Riaz Qureshi to the United States District Court for Washington, D.C., making Qureshi the first Muslim-American to be **minated to the bench of a federal court.
“I am confident he will serve the American people with integrity and a steadfast commitment to justice," Obama said (https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-******/2016/09/06/president-obama-**minates-abid-riaz-qureshi-serve-united-states-district) in a statement.
SEE ALSO: Obama and Putin's icy death stare gets a presidential Photoshop battle (http://mashable.com/2016/09/06/obama-putin-photoshop-battle/)
Qureshi is a lawyer and partner at Latham & Watkins' LLP, where he specializes in anything concerning the False Claims Act, federal securities, and healthcare fraud, according to his brief biography (https://www.lw.com/people/abid-qureshi) on the firm's website.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/07/abid-riaz-qureshi-barack-obama-federal-court-judge/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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