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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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Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina died on Saturday after a "brief and sudden" illness, his office said.
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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 influential politician had just returned from Kyiv, where he met Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday.
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The Iran and Ukraine wars underline the common limits of military force in achieving political ends, but also the differences between a dug-in Russian president and a vacillating American one.
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The visit comes after heavy clashes this week between the U.S. and Iran. The country's supreme leader pledged to avenge his father's killing, trading threats with President Trump.
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;Resize=(620)) The Trump administration's move, which seeks to force the reporters to testify before a federal grand jury, should 'shock the conscience' of Americans, a New York Times lawyer says.
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