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Joe Lieberman’s Slow-Motion Divorce From the Democratic Party

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The retiring senator talks to Howard Kurtz about why he feels the Democrats deserted him.

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During the run-up to the Persian Gulf War, Joe Lieberman was leaving an Oval Office meeting when George H.W. Bush turned to him and said, “Where are you on this, Joe?”

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The freshman Democratic senator said he agreed that Congress should formally authorize military action to liberate Kuwait.

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