How the War Started

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August 18, the Republican runoff debate in Newberry. Asked about Taiwan and the South China Sea, Senator Darline Graham, Republican of South Carolina, said: "National security is not my thing, not my area of expertise."

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October 11, the general-election debate at SCETV in Columbia. Same senator: "Let's not forget, again, how the war started." Then: "The Democrats let Iran get a nuclear weapon, almost." The Daily Beast checked that line. Its verdict, in four words: "There is no evidence."

Short cuts

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Are Taiwan and the South China Sea national security issues?

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The Senate is a job. The job has a syllabus.

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A war vote doesn't always look like a war vote.

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National security: not her thing in August.

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Three chances to end the war. Three Nays.

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The votes are public.

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