Frist prepares for top post in Senate as Lott resigns

Saturday, December 21, 2002

WASHINGTON -- A beleaguered Trent Lott stepped aside Friday as Senate Republican leader two weeks after igniting a political firestorm with racially charged remarks, and Tennessee's Bill Frist prepared to inherit the job when the GOP takes over the chamber next month.

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