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Article: Wellstone will join Grams on foreign relations panel.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- December 4, 1996
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Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn., said Tuesday he will join the Foreign Relations Committee - a committee headed by a senator that Wellstone once said he despised.
When he arrived in Washington six years ago, Wellstone, one of the Senate's most liberal members, said he despised arch-conservative and committee chairman Sen. Jesse Helms because of his "racist politics." Since then, Wellstone has said he regretted making the comment about the North Carolina Republican.
He said Tuesday that he doesn't anticipate any problems working on the committee with Helms. "That wouldn't give me any pause. The disagreements are policy disagreements. Personally, it's fine."
Wellstone ...