[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 2678]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          ABSTENSION FROM VOTE

  Mr. GRAHAM of South Carolina. Mr. President, today the Senate Armed 
Services Committee met to vote on several military and civilian 
nominations before the committee. Included on the list of military 
nominations was that of my own to be Colonel in the United States Air 
Force Reserve.
  While I take my responsibility as a member of this committee which 
holds oversight authority over the United States military very 
seriously, I would like to note for the record that I abstained from 
the voice vote on this subject to avoid the impression of a conflict of 
interests.

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