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OPINION:<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, died on Saturday, America lost a leader, Israel lost a friend and the free world lost a champion.<\/p>\n

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The tributes pouring in from heads of state \u2014 including the leaders of Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan \u2014 speak volumes about Mr. Graham\u2019s impact on foreign affairs. Wherever the West was in danger, Lindsey Graham was there.<\/p>\n

His was a life of service.<\/p>\n

The senator was active in the United States Air Force from 1982 to 1988. He later served in the South Carolina Air National Guard and the United States Air Force Reserve, retiring as a colonel in 2015.<\/p>\n

Mr. Graham served one term in the South Carolina House of Representatives before winning election in 1994 to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he served until his election to the Senate in 2002. As a member of the House, he was one of the managers for the impeachment trial of President Clinton in 1999.<\/p>\n

Mr. Graham was a tireless advocate for national security. He worked to strengthen NATO and fight Russian aggression in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

He died shortly after returning from his latest trip to Kyiv.<\/p>\n

He favored regime change in Iran.<\/p>\n

In the face of growing animosity among his Democratic colleagues, Mr. Graham was a fierce defender of the Jewish state, once stating, \u201cIf America pulls the plug on Israel, God will pull the plug on us.\u201d<\/p>\n

A critic of President Trump when Mr. Trump was a candidate in 2016, the senator became one of the commander in chief\u2019s closest allies in Mr. Trump\u2019s first and second terms.<\/p>\n

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After Mr. Graham\u2019s death, the president said of him: \u201cIf he wanted to get something, if he thought he was right, and he had people against him, he could be very tough, actually.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Graham will also be remembered for his stalwart defense of Brett M. Kavanaugh during his 2018 Supreme Court confirmation hearing. He stood strongly against further delays in the process over decades-old allegations of sexual assault brought by Christine Blasey Ford.<\/p>\n

Mr. Graham was withering in his scorn for his Democratic colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee, describing the future Supreme Court justice as a victim who had \u201cbeen put through hell\u201d by \u201cthe most unethical sham since I\u2019ve been in politics.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many believe that Mr. Graham single-handedly saved the Kavanaugh nomination, thus altering the future makeup of the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

It is difficult to sum up a life as large as that of Sen. Lindsey Olin Graham. It may take decades to fully measure his impact on America and the world.<\/p>\n

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