Trent Lott is the Senate minority whip
16th Nov 2006, 17:23 GMT
WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans voted back Trent Lott as the Republican Senate whip. Lott beat Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander by a narrow margin to assume the No 2 position in the Senate behind Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
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