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Ex-Speaker Hastert: ‘I tried my best’

Posted by JD Thomas on November 15, 2007 in Techfun 4 comments

    WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert bid his colleagues farewell in a final speech Thursday, expressing worry about the "breakdown of civility" in politics. Hastert, 65, became the longest-serving Republican speaker of the House in history after taking the post in January 1999. The Illinois lawmaker stepped down as the top  Read more »