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Bush said he would nominate William James Haynes II, currently general counsel at the Defense Department, to be U.S. circuit judge for the Fourth Circuit, spanning Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
The president also said he would nominate Raymond W. Gruender to be U.S. circuit judge for the Eighth Circuit, which encompasses Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa and Arkansas. Gruender joined the U.S. attorney's office in the Eastern District of Missouri in 2000 and became the U.S. attorney a year later.
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