Bush nominates Roberts as chief justice
5th Sep 2005, 15:36 GMT
Moving quickly to fill the vacancy left by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist's death, President Bush on Monday nominated Judge John Roberts to the nation's top judicial post.
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