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The senator's career was marked by a willingness to adapt to America's dramatically changing political climate, writes the BBC's North America correspondent.
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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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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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;Resize=(620)) Lindsey Graham, 71, was a prominent Republican ?senator from South Carolina. Earlier in ?his career, he was a vocal critic of U.S. President Donald Trump ?before becoming one of his most loyal allies on 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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