Obama already starting process of Supreme Court nomination, White House says

USA Today: President Obama could nominate a successor to Justice Antonin Scalia as soon as next week when the Senate returns from a week-long recess, the White House said Monday.

"As soon as the Senate returns, the president was very clear that he is going to to fulfill his constitutional responsibility to nominate a successor to Justice Scalia," White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz told reporters travelling with the president in Rancho Mirage, Calif. for a summit of Southeast Asian leaders.

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