Mystery surrounds rejection of Mikkanen judicial nomination
On Feb. 2, President Barack Obama nominated Arvo Mikkanen to become a federal judge in Tulsa . On Saturday, the U.S. Senate sent the nomination back to the president. In between, we heard little to nothing from the men most responsible for the nomination getting spiked.
Oklahoma Sens. Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa , and Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee , opposed Mikkanen's nomination from the outset. The support of homestate ...
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