Lindsey Graham's death leaves fading GOP foreign policy wing
Why it matters: The South Carolina senator had been a key Republican voice for Ukraine, NATO and U.S. military intervention abroad.
Lindsey Graham's death at 71 has sharpened attention on the shrinking place of interventionist foreign policy inside today's Republican Party. The South Carolina senator spent more than three decades in Congress backing a muscular U.S. role overseas, including strong support for Ukraine, alliances with Europe and Israel, and military action in places such as Iran and Venezuela. PBS reported a preliminary finding from the Washington medical examiner said Graham died after a tear in his aorta. In recent years, he also served as a link between Donald Trump's "America First" politics and older GOP hawkishness, even as skepticism of foreign wars grew in both parties.