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Conservatives Honor Ex-Sen. Jesse Helms

Conservatives on Tuesday honored former Sen. Jesse Helms as a role model whose departure from elected office left a void in Washington.

"You are missed here in this town every single day," Wayne LaPierre of the National Rifle Association said at the event in Arlington, Va.


Helms, a Republican from North Carolina who will turn 84 next month, retired from the Senate in 2003 after serving five terms. He released his memoirs, "Here's Where I Stand," earlier this month.
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