Sen. Graham not backing down on Benghazi demands

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator said Sunday he won’t back down from blocking President Barack Obama’s nominees for Federal Reserve chairman and homeland security secretary in a long-running dispute over the deadly attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya.

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said nothing had changed even after CBS News acknowledged flaws in a “60 Minutes” report on the Benghazi attack. CBS said Friday that it was wrong to trust a “60 Minutes” source, a former contractor at a British security company who claimed to be at the scene of the assault. “60 Minutes” correspondent Lara Logan apologized for the flawed report on Sunday’s broadcast.

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