Lindsey Graham Funeral LIVE: Memorial Service for Sen. Lindsey Graham at U.S. Capitol | Trump | CNBC TV18
WASHINGTON, D.C., USA – Memorial service for Senator Lindsey Graham is held at the U.S. Capitol.
Washington National Cathedral hosts a funeral service for U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, who died July 11 at the age of 71. Graham, one of U.S. President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Congress who traveled the globe to advocate for a more aggressive U.S. foreign policy, died after a tear in his aorta, according to a preliminary medical examiner finding shared by his office. Trump is expected to attend the service
Late Sen. Lindsey Graham's casket arrives at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, featuring an Armed Forces escort ahead of a ceremony at the Washington National Cathedral.
President Trump will deliver the eulogy at the funeral for Sen. Lindsey Graham, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are expected to attend the service at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., Tuesday.
Graham, a four-term senator known for his close relationship to the president and his hawkishness on foreign policy, was a key player in a number of major bipartisan agreements before his death on July 11. He had just returned from a trip to Ukraine, where he visited Zelenskyy and told him of plans for new U.S. sanctions and tariffs against Russia.
A medical examiner determined Graham's cause of death was an aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. He was 71.
The services will begin with an arrival ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, where Graham's remains will be carried by an Armed Forces Body Bearer team to honor his Air Force service, followed by a U.S. Capitol Police memorial guard in a nod to his tenure in the Senate. The ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda will be closed to the public.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota said upon announcing the special ceremony in the Rotunda that "it seems fitting for his friends and colleagues to give back to him through this special Capitol honor."
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