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Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) speaks to reports in Washington
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) speaks to reports as he leaves after speaking after the weekly luncheons on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on July 26, 2011. UPI/Kevin Dietsch

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Republicans have significant differences with the White House on education policy, but agree about student loans, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said Saturday.
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A former press secretary for Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., is the communications director for Republican State Leadership Committee, the group's leader said.
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A child is seen playing at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe on the eve of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Berlin on June 18, 2013. Obama is scheduled to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel and will later speak at the Brandenburg Gate where fifty years earlier, U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivered his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner (I am a Berliner)" address . UPI/David Silpa