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Article: Get to D.C., head right; Helms followed his own path.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- December 3, 2002
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Byline: George Archibald, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Sen. Jesse Helms came to Washington 30 years ago with a personal goal to reverse the federal government's leftward direction and help stop the advance of Soviet-inspired totalitarian communism.
"I never had any trouble knowing where I was going to stand," Mr. Helms, North Carolina Republican, told The Washington Times as his Senate career draws to a close. "I've tried to be consistent with my conservatism."
His intention all along was to make others feel comfortable implementing the same agenda, he said in an interview. "A lot of people were afraid to acknowledge that they were conservative. And if ...