ABC News’ Yunji de Nies and Sunlen Miller Report:
Standing in the East Room with incoming Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, President Obama declared it “a good day.”
The President joked that while the former solicitor general “may be feeling a twinge of sadness about giving up the title of ‘general,’ a cool title, I think we can all agree that “Justice Elena Kagan” has a pretty nice ring to it.”
The President spoke to the historical significance of Kagan’s appointment, noting that “for the first time in history, there will be three women serving on our nation’s highest court.”
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