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	<title><![CDATA[Gordon Smith Defends Lott's Segregationist Comments]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/12/18/gordon-smith-defends-lott_n_77296.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[Speaking on the Senate floor Tuesday morning, Sen. Gordon Smith, R-OR, offered a passionate defense of the pro-segregationist comments made by his colleague and friend, Sen. Trent Lott, more then three years ago.
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"I was half way around the world when an event befell Trent Lott that shook me deeply," Smith said, referencing Lott's 2002 remarks in praise of Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond's 1948 run for the White House. "I was celebrating my re-election and on vacation. I watched over international news...]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:45:00-04:00</date_published>
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