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This could be because it launched early, our rights have expired, there was a legal issue, or for another reason. The US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who has said there is better than a 90% chance he will run for president, will give a “very important update” on Monday morning about 2016, according to media reports on Sunday.
The South Carolina lawmaker was quoted by MSNBC as telling supporters in an email: “As an announcement draws near, I need to know you stand with me.” The Washington Post quoted him as saying in the email he would appear on the CBS This Morning program at 8 am on Monday.
For further information, please contact: “Tomorrow morning I will be giving a very important update on my 2016 plans and I want to make sure you are able to hear it,” it quoted him as saying.
Graham is a prominent critic of Barack Obama’s foreign policy and a close ally of fellow Republican Senator John McCain.
He was warmly received at the Iowa Republican party’s forum for 2016 White House hopefuls on Saturday in Des Moines with a mix of jokes and plain talk about America’s national security.
“I’m thinking about running for president. You get a house and a car and a plane. It’s a pretty good gig,” he said.
While other Republicans in the 2016 field have made clear they would not have invaded Iraq given what is now known about US intelligence failures, Graham offered a strong defense of then-president George W Bush.
He said Bush acted based on intelligence at the time that said Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, and that he did the world a favor by toppling Saddam Hussein.
If Graham enters the race, he would join fellow Senators Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio among declared candidates for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. The former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina and retired physician Ben Carson have also announced their candidacies.
Neither Graham nor his representative could immediately be reached for comment.