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Senator Lindsey Graham died on Saturday night, a day after returning from Ukraine and four months before he was to face re-election.
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In an interview on Sunday, President Trump recounted his last conversation with Senator Lindsey Graham, hours before his death. Mr. Graham sounded "perfect," he said.
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Former Republican Senator Jeff Flake served in congress alongside Lindsay Graham from 2013-2019. Despite moments of tension and disagreement, he says he and Sen. Graham were "friends to the end."
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He died from "a brief and sudden illness" on Saturday evening, his office said. Over more than two decades in the Senate, he consistently pushed for the use of U.S. military power overseas.
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The senator had sometimes struggled to maintain support from his party's most right-wing voters. But leaders paid tribute to his wit and stalwart support of South Carolina.
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Graham, a prominent Republican senator from South Carolina, was 71. His office announced his death and said he had just returned from a trip to Ukraine.
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The Republican senator denied that he had suffered a heart attack and said he had left the hospital and moved to a physical rehabilitation center. He did not give a timetable for returning to Capitol Hill.
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The influential politician had just returned from Kyiv, where he met Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday.
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The veteran Republican says he will not return to work "quite yet", in his first statement following weeks of speculation about his health.
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