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January 3, 2018

Sen. Orrin Hatch to Retire, Prompting Speculation over Mitt Romney
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Back in the United States, the Senate's longest-serving Republican,
Utah's Orrin Hatch, said Tuesday he will not run for re-election in
2018. During his 42 years in the Senate, Hatch supported U.S. wars in
Afghanistan and Iraq, and played a prominent role in passing the USA
PATRIOT Act in 2001. Hatch also helped pass the Children's Health
Insurance Program and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Hatch's
retirement will set up a likely primary battle in Utah, a
majority-Republican state. There's speculation that former Massachusetts
Governor Mitt Romney will run for the seat.


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