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Lindsey Graham: What I want to tell the country is that Republicans very much do sit down and think about political picks and…

On the recordMay 7, 2009
What I want to tell the country is that Republicans very much do sit down and think about political picks and appointments in a political sense to try to show that we're a party that looks at all Americans and wants to give an opportunity, and that's just life, and that's not a bad thing.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Graham emphasizes the Republican Party's commitment to diversity in political appointments.

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