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Roundup

8-24-05

Trent Lott reflects on a life in politics

Sen. Trent Lott, the Republican from Mississippi, has a new memoir called "Herding Cats: A Life in Politics." Lott was the Senate majority leader from June 1996 to January 2001. He resigned from his position in 2002 after making racially divisive remarks.

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