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Lott Giving Up Senate GOP Leader's Post

NPR | By David Welna,

Alex Chadwick

Published December 19, 2002 at 10:00 PM MST

Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) says he will step down as Senate Republican leader following a furor over remarks that seemed to endorse America's segregated past. Lott faced a Jan. 6 vote on his status as incoming majority leader and a challenge for the post from Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN). Hear from NPR's Alex Chadwick and NPR's David Welna.

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