Statehouse leaders say Strange appointment – awkward,’ casts – cloud’

Newly appointed U.S. Sen. Luther Strange looks at Gov. Robert Bentley before Bentley signed the document officially appointing Strange to the Senate during a press conference Thursday in Montgomery. [BRYNN ANDERSON/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS] MONTGOMERY - While Luther Strange was in Washington, D.C., on Thursday becoming the state's next U.S. senator, several members of the Alabama Legislature, including Republicans, questioned the appointment.