00:01U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, a senior Republican and one of President Donald Trump's closest
00:07allies in Congress, has died at the age of 71.
00:11His office announced on X that the South Carolina lawmaker died on Saturday following a brief
00:17and sudden illness.
00:18NBC News reported that emergency responders were called to Graham's Capitol Hill residence
00:23on Saturday night following a cardiac arrest.
00:28Graham had recently traveled to Ukraine, where he met President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss
00:34the country's air defense needs and proposed sanctions against Russia.
00:39He served as chairman of the Senate Budget Committee and sat on several influential committees,
00:44including Appropriations and the Judiciary.
00:47Trump paid tribute to Graham, calling him a dedicated senator and an American patriot who
00:53would be deeply missed.
00:54A former Air Force lawyer and member of the South Carolina Air National Guard, Graham was
01:00first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994, before winning a Senate seat in 2002.
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