WASHINGTON — Within a week of Donald Trump's election, Sen. Lindsey Graham counseled the president-elect to quickly send a message to the drug cartels from the White House.
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U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks Aug. 26 during a news conference after his meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon.Â
Hussein Malla, Associated Press
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President Donald Trump talks to reporters Tuesday as he arrives for dinner at a restaurant near the White House in Washington with Vice President JD Vance.Â
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Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., talks with reporters July 16Â outside the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Washington.Â
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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters Tuesday before he enters a restaurant near the White House in Washington.Â
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