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Trump: Starting Search to Replace Retiring Supreme Court Justice Kennedy

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at an event called Face-to-Face with our Future at the White House complex on June 27. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Wednesday, 27 June 2018 02:33 PM EDT

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was launching an immediate search for someone to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, whom he hailed as a spectacular man with great vision and heart.

Speaking to reporters during an Oval Office meeting with Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Trump said he would draw from a list of 25 potential court candidates that his campaign had assembled during his presidential run.

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