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Celina Sotomayor, the mother of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, wipes her eye when President Barack Obama introduces her daughter as his choice for the nation's highest court Tuesday in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C.

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( AP photo by Susan Walsh / May 26, 2009 )

Celina Sotomayor, the mother of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, wipes her eye when President Barack Obama introduces her daughter as his choice for the nation's highest court Tuesday in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C.

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