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Bill Frist Poised to Take Over Senate Leadership

NPR
Published December 23, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Host Bob Edwards talks to reporter James Brosnan of the Memphis Commercial Appeal about Bill Frist, the man who's expected to become Senate majority leader. Sen. Frist (R-TN) is a medical doctor and relative latecomer to politics. He has close ties to President Bush and is considered one of the Republican Party's foremost experts on health care issues.

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