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      <excerpt>...WASHINGTON &#8212; House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn and Sen. Lindsey Graham, both sons of the segregated South, grew up in parts of South Carolina that were much farther apart than the mere 175 miles between them.   Thursday, the two men &#8212; a black Democrat</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...WASHINGTON -- House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., both sons of the segregated South, grew up in parts of South Carolina that were much farther apart than the mere 175 miles between them. Thursday, the two men - a bl</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, to discuss climate change legislation. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., center, accompanied by Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., left, and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., gestures durin</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...views is working behind the scenes to rescue troubled climate legislation. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., together with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., said Wednesday they would work in conjunction with the White House to patch </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...WASHINGTON &#8212; House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn and Sen. Lindsey Graham, both sons of the segregated South, grew up in parts of South Carolina that were much farther apart than the mere 175 miles between them.  Thursday, the two men &#8212; a black Democrat </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday,Nov. 4, 2009, to discuss climate change legislation. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. participates in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, to discuss clima</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...over climate policy that makes his original bill look somewhat irrelevant. Kerry, appearing at the U.S. Capitol with Sens. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) and Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.), said the three of them would work with business groups and the White</excerpt>
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