Kagan's Confirmation Hearings

Tonight will be a quick post since it's already pretty late. The last two days I've been living and breathing the Kagan hearings and will be for the next couple days too. I've spent at least 10 hours of the last two days photographing and working on multimedia coverage for these hearings with only a short break to photograph Gen. Petraeus' confirmation hearing as U.S. commander of Special Forces in Afghanistan for a few minutes. So far, I've put together a photo gallery for each day of the hearings. Those slideshows will give you the best perspective of what I've been doing during the hearings. For those that care, the hearings are being broadcast live on CSPAN3 and you can occasionally see me up at the front of the room.

Day One:

http://blogs.chron.com/txpotomac/2010/06/kagans_confirmation_day_one_ph.html

Day Two:

http://blogs.chron.com/txpotomac/2010/06/kagans_confirmation_day_two_ph.html

As some of you may have heard, Senator Byrd, who was the longest serving member of the Senate passed away on Monday at age 92. This offered a unique and unexpected opportunity to witness the way Congress mourns. On Monday, the flags at the Capitol flew at half mast and today at the Armed Services Committee hearing with Petraeus, a black drape was placed at his seat. See the photos below.

Day three of Kagan coverage starts tomorrow. We'll finish round one of questions and see where it goes from there. Look for more photos tomorrow if I'm still awake by dinner time.