SENATOR FRIST MEETS WITH FRESHMAN SENATOR CORKER
Freshman Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) sits during a photo-op in outgoing Majority Leader Bill Frist's (R-TN) office, on Capitol Hill in Washington on November 14, 2006. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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